... 408 Ohio Arch 408 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications That was my first impression and Dr Schlesinger's that the Archaeological Museum will become in time the mecca for county historians or as he phrased it a laboratory for scientific historical research experiment synthesis and exploitation - forever We are still receiving papers from 67 of the 88 Ohio counties in many cases two or three papers from a county making about 150 papers in all scrap-books are being formed steadily by daily ...
... ORIGIN OF SOME EARLY BELMONT COUNTY ORIGIN OF SOME EARLY BELMONT COUNTY NEWSPAPERS By FRANCIS C HIBBARD The history of the early newspapers of Belmont County Ohio is to some extent confused and contradictory Much that has been written on the subject is based apparently upon tradition and second-hand information An attempt will herewith be made to clear up some of the confusion and rectify at least some of the errors Two of the present-day papers of the county--the St Clairsville Gazette and ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 497 Reviews Notes and Comments 497 Dr Mendenhall was educated in the public schools was one of the members of the first faculty of the Ohio State University was called to the Imperial University of Japan where he occupied the chair of physics from 1878-1881 returned to Ohio State University where he taught three years after which he was successively professor of the U S Signal Corps President of Rose Polytechnic Institute Superintendent of the U S Coast and Geodetic ...
... 650 Ohio Arch 650 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Colonel Curry stated that the Secretary had received letters from two members of the Committee which he would place on file NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF TRUSTEES Mr George F Bareis for the Committee on Nominations reported that the Committee recommended the election of Doctor W O Thompson Columbus General Edward Orton Jr Columbus and Colonel Webb C Hayes Fremont to succeed themselves as Trustees of the Society Mr Bareis moved That the ...
... OHIO POPULATION TRENDS 1920-1940 OHIO POP U LATION TRENDS 1920-1940 BY RANDOLPH C DOWN ES From the point of view of population figures Ohio has almost stopped growing The following table1 taken from the 1940 census report shows that the increase of 260915 in the 1930's is the smallest 10-year growth since the first decade of the eighteenth century and the smallest percentage of growth in Ohio's entire history Census 10-yr Increase 10-yr Increase Year Population In Numbers In Percentages 1940 ...
... Centennial Tribute to Ohio Centennial Tribute to Ohio 181 Oh the tasseled corn for the whole broad land For the Union no power can sever But the buckeye brown for the Buckeye State Shall be our badge forever CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO OHIO BY JOHN HOPLEY Hail fair O HIO from the great Northwest The first established free state and the best Where bounteous Nature spread with lavish hand A fertile soil throughout this favored land And filled the tree-crowned hills with varied stores Of inexhaustible ...
... INDEX TO FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING INDEX TO FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING Auditor Report of 537-538 Good Dr H L 526 Bachert W H 526 Greenman Emerson F 527 Basket Maker Prehistoric presented to Headley J E 524 Society 526 unveiled 567-569 Heer Fred J 521 538 Beaton Ralph 526 Hine James S 527 Bond Beverley W Jr The Old NorthHooper Osman C 519 west to Eastern Eyes 542-555 Houston Mrs William 518 Brown William A 519 Howells William D 518 Bush F W 519 Japan Gifts from 526 Business Agent Office of ...
... OHIO CANALS OHIO CANALS WORK ON THEM INAUGURATED IN 1825 The year 1825 was a memorable one in the history of Ohio On May 19 General Lafayette crossed the river in his tour through what were then called the western states and stepped on the Ohio shore at Cincinnati in the midst of patriotic demonstrations unparalleled in the history of the state For a time he was the guest of this city then the metropolis of the West after which he proceeded up the river to Wheeling making short stops at ...
... About WS 2003 Summer-Autumn 2003 Contents Staff and Advisory Board OHS Board of Trustees Instructions for Authors PDF of these pages Click page numbers to view articles PDF links are also provided for printing articles Can't read PDFs Get Adobe Acrobat Reader ARTICLES 68 Property and Power Women Religious Defend Their Rights in Nineteenth-Century Cleveland by Leslie Liedel PDF of this article 87 The State of Ohio in 1848 As Seen by Traugott Bromme translated by Richard L Bland PDF of this ...
... A HOPEWELL SCULPTURED HEAD A HOPEWELL SCULPTURED HEAD By RICHARD G MORGAN During the excavation of Seip Mound No 1 Ross County Ohio in 1927 a sculptured human head was found1 It was in a fragmentary condition due partly to its having been subjected to fire and partly to an accident in its removal hence an adequate description was not possible at the time the report was written The specimen has now been restored from dozens of small fragments and due to its unique character it has been ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 351 Reviews Notes and Comments 351 action makes very little change in the status of the Society while it offers large opportunities for co-operation with the various branches of the Department of Education The Superintendent of Public Instruction now becomes ex-officio a member of our Board of Trustees ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR SOLDIERS OF THE WORLD WAR A constitutional amendment providing for issuing bonds for adjusted compensation for service in the World War was ...
... BOOK NOTES BOOK NOTES THE OLD NORTHWEST with a View of the Thirteen Colonies as Constituted by Royal Charters By B A Hinsdale Ph D New York Townsend Mac Coun 1888 The importance of the Northwest Territory has been fully emphasized during the present year by centennial celebrations of various kinds beginning with that at Marietta in April last of which the full proceedings were published in the last issue of the QUARTERLY While many parts of the history of this region have been fully ...
... Editorialana Editorial an a 563 families through his mother being connected with Roger Williams and related to the Reverend John Robinson pastor and founder in 1606 of the Pilgrim Church at Leyden Holland Mr Bates is a graduate of the University of Michigan and is a practicing attorney in the city of his birth Detroit and wields a potent influence in social Masonic educational and scientific circles of that beautiful enterprising city Mr Bates is an orator of unusual force and eloquence and is ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Chadwyck-Healey recently announced the availability of the papers of Charles Sumner on microfilm and a printed Guide and Index to all 26000 letters Compiled and edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer the Charles Sumner Papers Project represents the publication of virtually the entire known correspondence of Sumner 1811-1874 and throws new light on the man as well as on the major American political and social issues of the nineteenth century For details concerning ...
... Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 645 Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 645 Mr Edward S Lewis 22 1 7 McGregor Place Cincinnati Ohio Mrs Rhea Mansfield Knittle 177 E Main St Ashland Ohio Mr C Allen Boughton 1 25 W Fifth St Mansfield Ohio Mrs Henry V Weil 1 26 E 57th St New York City N Y Mr Ralph H Beaton 1578 E Long St Columbus Ohio Rev L L Roush 5725 Gallia Ave Portsmouth Ohio Mr C E Spindler Ashville Ohio Miss Gertrude H Terrell New Vienna Ohio R F D No 3 Mr Edward S Thomas 1116 ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue EMERSON F GREENMAN former curator of archaeology of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is now at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor Reprints Reprints of any paper published in the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY may be obtained by the contributor Estimate of the cost will be furnished on request and the request should be made to the editor before the issue containing the article is to be published Publications For a ...
... AboutSA2002 Summer-Autumn 2002 Contents Editorial Staff and Advisory Board Instructions for Authors OHS Board of Trustees PDF of these pages Click page numbers to view articles PDF links are also provided for printing articles Can't read PDFs Get Adobe Acrobat Reader ARTICLES 101 Visions of America 17871501788 The Ohio of Reverend Manasseh Cutler by Louis W Potts PDF of this article 121 The Political Judge Justice John McLeans Pursuit of the Presidency by Thomas E Carney PDF of this article ...
... OHIO DAY AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION OHIO DAY AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION For much of the material in the following account of Ohio Day at the celebration of which the Editor was present indebtedness is due to the official report of the Ohio Commissioners made by Mr Stuart R Bolin Circleville Ohio to the Governor of the state Mr Bolin was Executive Commissioner to the Ohio Jamestown Commission and resided in the Ohio Building during the continuation of the Exposition The General Assembly of ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue ROB ERT S FLETCHER is associate professor of history at Oberlin College Oberlin Ohio W SHERMAN SAVAGE PhD Ohio State University 1934 is head of the Department of History at Lincoln University Jefferson City Missouri ALTA HARVEY HEISER who has done work at the University of Cincinnati writes nature and historical articles for the Hamilton Ohio Journal-News and does genealogical research JOSEPHINE E PHILLIPS of Marietta Ohio is a research worker in early ...
... LIFE MEMBERSHIPS LIFE MEMBERSHIPS To Donors of Rare Gifts In presenting life memberships to Mr John H James of Urbana Ohio who was present and to Mr Albert G Giddings of Ashtabula Ohio who was unavoidably absent Secretary Galbreath said 55 5 556 Ohio Arch 556 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications DEAR MR JAMES It is my very pleasant privilege as Secretary to present you this life membership in the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society For three generations in the James family ...