... 110 Ohio Arch 110 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications TRIBUTE TO DR W O THOMPSON RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY TO HIS SURVIVING RELATIVES At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Secretary Galbreath concluded a tribute to Dr W O Thompson as follows After retirement from the presidency of the Ohio State University November 5 1925 Dr Thompson became president emeritus of that institution In that position there was no diminution of the widening ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue August C Mahr is a professor of German at Ohio State University Harlow Lindley is Secretary-Editor-Librarian of this Society Robert Price is an instructor in the Department of English at Ohio State University James H Rodabaugh is Research Associate of this Society Bertha E Josephson is Chief of Department of Documents and Editorial Associate of this Society 77 ...
... TO CINCINNATI TO CINCINNATI BY EDWARD A M'LAUGHLIN 1798This poem appeared as one of a collection printed in Cincinnati in 1841 The general title of the book was Lovers of the Deep To any one who is acquainted with the culture of Cincinnati the prophetic vision of the poet can be keenly appreciated City of gardens verdant parks sweet bowers Blooming upon thy bosom bright and fair Wet with the dews of spring and summer's showers And fanned by every breath of wandering air Rustling the foliage of ...
... NOTES NOTES Henry C Shetrone is Director of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Ophia D Smith Mrs William E the author of The Life and Times of Giles Richards Ohio Historical Collections VI 1936 and Old Oxford Houses 1941 resides at Oxford Ohio W Edson Richmond is a graduate assistant in the Department of English Ohio State University Harlow Lindley is Secretary-Editor-Librarian of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Hudson Hyatt Ensign U S N R was until ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS JAMES R MORRIS James R Morris was born at Rogersville Green County Pennsylvania January 10 1 820 He died at Woodsfield Ohio December 24 1899 His father Joseph Morris was elected to Congress in 1843 and re-elected two years later Joseph Morris moved with his family to Waynesburgh Pennsylvania in 1828 in the following year to Antioch Ohio and two years later to Woodsfield Ohio ...
... 100 Ohio Arch 100 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications NOAH'S ARK The construction and voyage of Noah's Ark is not exactly material pertinent to Ohio history or archaeology but as a matter of universal curiosity we herewith republish from very recent popular press items the following M V Millard archaeologist and distinguished excavator along the Nile who was recently at Indianapolis declared that he had discovered the place where Noah built the ark Millard for a year past was engaged in ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 313 Reviews Notes and Comments 313 conditions at the time he said I am not surprised at the action of the United States government Slavery is now recognized as morally and economically wrong but at the time of the Harper's Ferry raid it was legalized by the United States and the State of Virginia It is generally admitted now that the blow at Harper's Ferry hastened the outbreak of the Civil War which brought slavery to an end in the United States John Brown's ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue EMERSON F GREENMAN is curator of archaeology in the Ohio State Museum MAURICE F NEUFELD is an assistant in the Department of History in the University of Wisconsin He received the degree of Master of Arts in 1932 and Three Aspects of the Economic Life of Cincinnati from 1815 to 1840 forms a part of his master's thesis EDGAR ER S KINE HUME an officer of the Medical Corps of the regular United States Army is librarian of the Army Medical Library in ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue FREDERICK COYNE HAMIL is instructor in history at Wayne University Detroit FLORENCE E WHEELER is librarian of Leominster Public Library Leominster Massachusetts ROBERT PRICE is instructor in the Department of English Ohio State University HARRY WILLIAMS is instructor of history in the University of Omaha JOHN GILLIN is assistant professor of sociology Ohio State University ALFRED J WRIGHT is professor of geography Ohio State University FREDERICK C WAITE ...
... Communications Communications To the Editor Marc Raphael has used his experience as an interviewer for the Columbus Jewish History Project to write a short analysis of the opportunities and difficulties surrounding oral history in an ethnic community Autumn 1977 Much of what Professor Raphael writes is solid and well-reasoned In certain technical areas however he stated as fact what is at best opinion or presented information which is less than accurate Raphael's most significant contribution ...
... 250 Ohio Arch 25 0 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications Ohio where he opened a law office in the Beckett Block which he occupied continuously until the time of his death He pursued an extensive and lucrative practice For many years prior to and during the Civil War he was the proprietor and editor of the Hamilton Intelligencer Mr Williams was an ardent loyalist and warm supporter of President Lincoln and took a very active and prominent part in aiding Governors Tod and Brough in their ...
... CONSTITUTION OF CONSTITUTION OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY1 ARTICLE I Name and Location Section 1 This Society which is organized as a corporation not for profit under the laws of the State of Ohio shall pursuant to its Articles of Incorporation be known as The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and shall have its offices at Columbus Ohio where its principal business shall be transacted ARTICLE II Purposes Section 1 The purposes of this Society as set ...
... ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO SATURDAY MARCH 29 1930 The Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met in annual session pursuant to call at 1 o'clock p m In the absence of President Johnson Vice-President George F Bareis presided Trustees present Bareis Orton Wood Spetnagle Goodman Florence and Hinkle Director Shetrone and ...
... MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY April 6 1945 After a luncheon at the Faculty Club where the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society were guests of Dr George W Rightmire the annual meeting of the Board was held in the Trustees' room of the Ohio State Museum at 130 p m Friday April 6 Those present were Arthur C Johnson Sr Freeman T Eagleson H ...
... 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 ...
... HOWARD CARTER HOWARD CARTER Howard Carter famous Egyptologist was born at Swaffham Norfolk England in 1873 Because of his delicate health he received his education under private instructors He went to Egypt in 1890 In 1892 he assisted Professor Flinders Petrie in explorations He was a draftsman on the Egyptian Exploration Fund archaeological survey staff 1893-1899 He was engaged in explorations in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes Egypt from 1907-1923 Early in December 1922 under the patronage ...
... 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 ...
... THE SOCIETY AND THE QUARTERLY THE SOCIETY AND THE QUARTERLY THE past fifteen years have witnessed especially in the United States a striking and continuing zeal for the pursuit of historical study and investigation By the side of the historical student the archaeologist has been pursuing his studies with unflagging energy The evidences of what we may call the new historic spirit are seen on all sides Never before in the history of this country have there been so many specialists pursuing ...
... 96 Ohio Arch 96 Ohio A rch a nd Hist Society Publications A YOUTHFUL HISTORIAN Sometime before the holidays 1907 The Daily News of Springfield Ohio offered three prizes for the best three essays on some local historical subject essays to be written by the pupils of the public schools and to be confined to one thousand words each The judges selected as the awarding committee were Prof B F Prince professor in history in Wittenberg College ex-President Clark County Historical Society and for many ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 349 Reviews Notes and Comments 349 his voluntary service and the assistance of the regular employees of theSociety a mass of valuable material was collected This consists chiefly of local newspapers from which clippings have been made indexed and bound When the General Assembly finally acted it made only meager appropriations for the work At its last session no provision was made for the Commission but the work has been continued by the Society It should collect ...