... 502 Ohio Arch 502 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications PROLIFIC OHIO LUCIEN SEYMOUR The following poem was recited by the author at the unveiling of the Perry's Victory Monument at Hotel Victory Put-in-Bay Ohio July 8 1907 The sun never shone on a country more fair Than beautiful ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 433 Reviews Notes and Comments 433 The timely and appreciative words of welcome by Governor Vic Donahey friend of the Society the brief but eloquent speeches delivered in the afternoon by Judge Benson W Hough and Lieutenant Colonel Ralph D Cole former Congressman and the dedicatory address by Congressman Theodore E Burton former United States Senator from Ohio were in the opinion of the large audience among the most ...
... early days in the 1830s to the present as well as the complex ways in which Mormonism has interacted with other religious groups in the larger world For further information visit the MHA website at wwwmhahomeorg Or contact the Mormon History Association at klarryattbicom or at 1-888-642-3678 The Ohio Academy of History Fall 2003 Meeting will be held Friday October 10 2003 at the Rutherford B ...
... 568 Ohio Arch 568 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications The report was received and the committee given authority to receive the donation WARREN COUNTY SERPENT MOUND Mr Cole read the following report furnished by Dr Charles H Hough The mound property is in statu quo except that the wood lot has been somewhat marred by a gravel pit opened along the creek The field is now in grain-stubble ...
... early statehood and early 1800s Ohio Historical Society Laura Russell Several books recently received by Ohio History which might be of interest to our readers include The Great Lakes Guidebook Lake Huron and Eastern Lake Michigan By George Cantor Ann Arbor The University of Michigan Press ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 589 Reviews Notes and Comments 589 County and the founders of the first church and school in Ohio This pageant was so highly appreciated that those who presented it were prevailed upon to repeat it on the following evening when a capacity audience again enjoyed and heartily applauded it Nothing so thoroughly arouses and impresses the events of local history upon the general public as the presentation of that history ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 329 Reviews Notes and Comments 329 shown as the Josh Billings house on August 8 1845 from John Tift jr for 1100 and resold it to John Tift on January 3 1848 for 1050 That Josh Billings had always dreamed of buying back the old place in Norwalk is attested by a correspondence covering a long number of years between the humorist and W J Alley of Norwalk a lifelong friend of Billings The daughter of Mr Alley who is still living in Norwalk remembers as a little girl when ...
... REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 281 REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 281 spectively are the two more important additions to the State Memorial list during the year A number of park superintendents' residences have been built and others are under construction Storage buildings comfort stations shelters roads trails bridges fences parking areas drinking fountains flagpoles--these are but a few of the improvements to be credited to the accomplishment of the year Landscaping ...
... MINUTES OF MINUTES OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY Meeting at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel Columbus Ohio April 24 1947 The Ohio Academy of History met in Columbus April 24 1947 in joint meeting with the Mississippi Valley Historical Association at the luncheon conference with 160 in attendance President F P Weisenburger introduced Governor ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Ohio University Press is launching a new series of books to commemorate Ohio's two-hundredth anniversary in 2003 The Ohio Bicentennial Series will provide the public scholars and students with a comprehensive picture of the development of Ohio life Ten ...
... OHIO A LEGEND OHIO A LEGEND D TOD GILLIAM An Aviator sailing through the skies 'Tis said in quest of Paradise Checked suddenly his rapid flight And gazed in rapture at the sight That burst upon his startled eyes And held him speechless in surprise Quoth he at length his sense regained My long sought purpose is attained If Paradise exist below This surely must be it I know 'Tis Paradise or ...
...early six million photographic prints negatives transparencies posters and other visual images in the custody of the National Archives Still Picture Branch The collection documents the military political economic social and cultural history of the United States and includes images by such familiar artists as Howard Chandler Christy Lewis Hine William Henry Jackson Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange The 176-page volume is available for 2500 plus 300 ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA REUBEN GOLD THWAITES Reuben Gold Thwaites whose work in the field of Western history has made his name familiar to every American historical student died in Madison Wis on October 22 He was born in Dorchester Mass in 1853 and in 1866 removed to Wisconsin From 1876 to 1886 he was managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal published in Madison In 1886 he was elected Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and editor of the society's collections which ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Recent appointments and retirements within the professional community of Ohio historians include the following at the Ohio State University Alan D Beyerchen appointed to associate professor Robert J Donia to assistant professor and Joseph H Lynch has assumed new duties as Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Andreas Dorpalen who ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Dr William T Doherty Jr Professor of History and University Historian at West Virginia University has been named Editor of West Virginia History Dr Doherty will immediately assume the editorial duties of the quarterly publication of the Department of Culture and History Doherty earned undergraduate degrees from Southeast Missouri State University his Master of Arts degree from American University's School of Social Sciences and Public Affairs and his Doctor ...
... Notes and Queries Winter-Spring 2004 p 52 PDF of Notes and Queries CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2004 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved The 2004 Building Connections Conference will be held November 4-6 2004 at the Columbus Athenaeum Columbus Ohio The meeting is a collaboration of the Ohio Historical Society including ...
... early canal history In early printing press and early 100 additional maps and the completion of the cataloging of the Presbyterian Records Collection Under a new system of card duplicating adopted this summer unit cards with annotated headings are being introduced into the Manuscript and Map Catalogs of the department The catalog cards for ...
... Historical News Historical News THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HISTORY DEPARTMENT has established an annual national master's essay competition open in the academic year 1959-60 The first William P Lyons Master's Essay Award will be made for the best essay submitted by July 15 1960 in manuscript form from those which have merited MA degrees from American universities during 1959-60 The award will recognize work that is exemplary in style and method based solidly on original sources and interpretatively ...
...early two years after early a year before his second lecture tour in Ohio3 is perhaps his first letter to a Cleveland correspondent concerning his lectures The earliest letter recorded by Rusk was written in May 1852 to Charles Herrick4 corresponding secretary of the Cleveland Mercantile Library Association The letter quoted above cannot be ...
... In Memoriam Summer-Autumn 2002 pp 198-199 PDF of In Memoriam CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2002 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved Frank L Byrne A Gifted Civil War Historian By Leonne M Hudson Frank L Byrne was born on May 12 1928 in Hackensack New Jersey At the time of his death on April 21 2002 he was Professor Emeritus of History at Kent State University After graduating from Trenton State College in 1950 he attended the ...