... Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 1 59 TRIBUTE OF THE CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY The press prominent citizens and organizations in editorials in personal letters and formal resolutions gave expression to their appreciation of the character and service of Mr Randall The Historical Society of Clark County Ohio on March 3 1 920 recorded its tribute and adopted resolutions as follows Occasionally in life we find a rare character who ...
... 36 OHIO HISTORY 36 OHIO HISTORY WINE BARON'S CASTLE Marblehead Peninsula Lake Erie Low thunderheads like distant nebulous hills Hovering on the horizon and the lake In silvered calm reflective eye of summer Casting on earth and sky a spell of vast And brooding quiet -- almost as if time Were an unchanging landscape and its motions With those of wind and weather all suspended That was the afternoon we found the house Known to us only by vague history And local legend then an echoing shell Of ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 491 Reviews Notes and Comments 491 a strong advocate of health inspection in the public schools which was introduced in his administration In his twenty-seven years' service in Columbus he became widely acquainted and his memory is cherished for his kindly manner and brief but helpful addresses on his visits to the various school rooms Every pupil in Columbus regarded Dr Shawan as his friend and felt free to speak to him when meeting him on the street On retiring ...
... 216 Ohio Arch 216 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications REV PURLEY A BAKER On March 30 Rev P A Baker died at his home in Westerville Ohio He was born in Jackson County Ohio April 10 1858 He was prominently identified with the work of the Anti-saloon League almost from its beginning This organization like many other movements began in Ohio in 1893 and extended to every state of the Union Its founder was Rev Howard H Russell who is still living in Westerville Rev P A Baker was in charge of the ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue CLARE DOWLER holds a Master's degree from Duke University the thesis for which was The Life Letters and Works of John James Piatt 1835-1882 CLARENCE H CRAMER is a member of the History Department of Southern Illinois State Normal University GEORGE KUMMER holds a Master's degree in English from Harvard and is studying for his Doctor's degree at Columbia REV R PIERCE BEAVER is pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Oakley in Cincinnati Ohio The late ...
... 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 retired this year received the Distinguished Service Award of the Ohio Academy of History in April At the ...
... DOCUMENTARY DATA DOCUMENTARY DATA By BERTHA E JOSEPHSON Contrary to expectations the summer months brought an increase in the activities of this department Not only have the collateral duties of editing been unusually heavy what with the completion of the History of the State of Ohio series the issuing of another volume in the Ohio Historical Collection series and the compilation of a revised list of Publicatio n s in Print and For Sale --all these in addition to the routine editing of Museum ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments Reviews Notes and Comments 559 He was a Kentuckian by birth and his daughter became the wife of George D Prentice the gifted editor and writer of Louisville Kentucky HONORS AWARDED TO OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MEN The following announcement in a local paper is of general interest We are pleased to note that our state archaeologist is included in the honor roll Membership in the Ohio State University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholastic fraternity has been ...
... 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 in the form of pageants This fact has been ...
... 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 University of Wisconsin in Madison where he ...
... 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 peerless Ohio There's life in a kiss of her rarified air Ohio prolific Ohio Her sons are valiant and noble and bright Her beautiful daughters are just about right And her babies God bless them are clear out of ...
... Notes and Queries Winter-Spring 2002 pp 94-95 Copyright 2002 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved This article is presented page by page according to the original print version If a sentence seems to end abruptly scroll down to continue with the next page NOTES AND QUERIES The Ohio History 100-Year Index is now available in print The index covers material published in the journal from 1887 through 2000 It is a two volume set with Book I featuring the subject author and title ...
... 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 the National Afro-American Museum amp Cultural Center National History Day in Ohio and Ohio Historic Preservation Office with Downtown Ohio Inc Heritage Ohio ...
... Railroad the life of nineteenth-century African American businessmen and the social history of the Ohio River Valley Longterm efforts to save Parker House were successful in 1996 when the property was purchased by the newly formed John P Parker Historical Society The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and will soon become a National Historical Landmark For further information about this on-going project write to the ...
... 402 Ohio Arch 402 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications 6 Stuart James-Three Years in North America Edinburgh 1833 Vol II 7 Shirreff Patrick-A Tour through North America Edinburgh 1835 8 Steele Mrs Eliza RA Summer Journey in the West New York 1841 9 Buckingham J S-Eastern and Western States of America London 1842 Vol II 10 Godwin Parke-Prose Writings of Wm Cullen Bryant Vol II Bryant Wm C--Illinois Fifty Years Ago New York 1901 11 Dickens Charles-American Notes London 1903 12 Fordham Elias ...
... THE OLD RIVER BRIDGE THE OLD RIVER BRIDGE JAMES BALL NAYLOR Read at the dedication of the Malta-McConnelsville steel bridge July 8th 1902 The flew steel bridge superseded the old wooden toll bridge built in 1867 The old river-bridge grown decrepit and gray In the warfare of years has alas passed away For Time the remorseless has triumphed at lastAnd the faithful old bridge is a part of the past Like a warrior it stood with its feet in the tide And its lean arms outstretched to the bridegroom ...
... Little Brown and Co 1972 728p notes bibliography and index 1750 Pithole The Vanished City A Story of the Early Days of the Petroleum Industry By WI LL IA M C UL P DARRAH Gettysburg Pennsylvania W C Darrah 1972 viii 252p illustrations and index 850 ...
... THIS MONUMENT IS OLDER THAN THE GREAT THIS MONUMENT IS OLDER THAN THE GREAT PYRAMIDS BY FELIX J KOCH If you want to set your wits to work over something to which there may be an infinity of answers -each based on facts as logical as the next and yet each trying to solve a problem of utmost importance to the historian and the scientist and of interest to intelligent persons the world over just try to figure out how old the little mound in the ...
... AN ILLUSTRATED FIELD KEY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AN ILLUSTRATED FIELD KEY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MAMMAL BONES By GEORGE W BRAINERD The key given here is designed for the identification of mammal bones in the field by persons who have not had specialized training in the subject Identifications made under such conditions are of course not always accurate and of necessity often cannot be specific When accurate identifications to species or subspecies are required the material should be checked ...
... Archaeological Exhibit for the Centennial Archaeological Exhibit for the Centennial 173 The State should pay for it pay generously for it and should authorize the placing of a copy of the final report in the hands of every contributor to the exhibition and in every public library of the State with a large edition over for distribution by the proper officers of the State and the experts who prepared the report There are a few magnificent collections which ought to be placed unbroken in the ...