... MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Friday April 12 1946 100 P M The meeting was called to order by President Arthur C Johnson Sr at 100 PM with a larger and more representative attendance than usual In opening the meeting President Johnson made the following introductory remarks We are now at an important crossroads in the life of the Society We will not read the reports of the activities for the past year ...
... ESSAY AND COMMENT ESSAY AND COMMENT Preservation of the Newsreel Films of President Harding by Robert W Wagner Efforts of the professional archivist in his attempt to preserve historical materials are often complicated by the very nature of the substance he is trying to preserve For example all 35mm motion picture film from 1888 to 1951 was made with a cellulose nitrate base which makes the reels highly flammable and under some circumstances highly explosive A partially decomposed nitrate film ...
... IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM Read and adopted at the afternoon session of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society April 30 1931 EDWIN FOREST WOOD WHE REAS It has pleased Divine Providence to remove from our midst our co-worker associate and friend Edwin Forest Wood and W HEREAS He had been prominently identified with the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society since 1890 serving first as Assistant Treasurer and after the death of S S Rickly November 23 1905 as Treasurer of the ...
... 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 All land in that locality is held at very high prices I think it unwise to negotiate with anyone until we ...
... Notes and Queries Summer-Autumn 2002 pp 200-201 PDF of Notes and Queries CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2002 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved The 2003 Ohio Academy of History Spring Meeting will be held April 2515026 at Kent State Stark Campus Additional information and directions are posted at www2uakroneduOAH on the Spring Meeting link If you have questions please contact the Coordinator of Local Arrangements Dr Thomas Sosnowski Department of History 6000 Frank Ave NW ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 108 Ohio Arch 108 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Columbus was done with generous enthusiasm To him more than to any other man Columbus owes the fact that the dream of a Civic Center is becoming a reality That noble idea in its concrete form at least was Mr Packard's and many hours and days and weeks he gave to perfecting his plans and to helping create an irresistible sentiment for this greatest of city beautifications this building for the future of Columbus What a monument this will ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 201 Reviews Notes and Comments 201 Western Reserve Historical Society and the Cleveland Foundation Mr Palmer was a life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and was at one time a member of its Board of Trustees DEATH OF DR WILLIAM C MILLS While the current issue of the QUARTERLY was passing through the press Dr William C Mills since 1898 archaeologist and director of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society passed to his final ...
... 490 Ohio Arch 490 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications DR JACOB ALBRIGHT SHAWAN Dr Jacob A Shawan for many years recognized as one who had attained high place among educators of Ohio died at his home near DeGraff Logan County Ohio May 4 1927 He was born in Wapakoneta June 15 1850 was reared on a farm educated in the public schools of Urbana Ohio and was graduated from Oberlin College in 1880 He received his M A degree from Oberlin College in 1883 and the honorary degree of Ph D from ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Ohio Historical Society's Local History Office recently established a lending library of over 300 books booklets tapes and slidetape programs dealing with the preservation and interpretation of local history Available to all incorporated historical organizations in Ohio the materials may be checked out for three weeks with no charge beyond return postage To obtain a complete listing of the available items and a copy of the operating rules please contact ...
... THE RICHLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE RICHLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Richland County Historical Society was organized in 1898 and has accomplished much during the five years of its exisitence A public meeting is held in June of each year The first annual meeting was held in June 1899 and was addressed by local speakers The meeting of June 1900 was addressed by the Hon Rush R Sloane president of the Firelands Historical Society and others At this meeting the late Hon John Sherman ...
... 584 Ohio Arch 584 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Shetrone made some splendid finds while exploring mounds the specimens being on exhibition in the rotunda NECROLOGY Mr C W Justice Chairman of the Committee on Necrology reported that the following members have passed away within the past year Professor R G Kinkead Columbus Judge Lewis M Hosea Cincinnati Clinton Cowen Cincinnati Dr T C Mendenhall Ravenna Colonel John L Vance Gallipolis and Mozart Gallup Sandusky PUBLICATIONS Dr F C ...
... 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 ...
... GEORGE BANCROFT SMITH GEORGE BANCROFT SMITH Secretary-Treasurer of C F Kettering Inc Dayton Ohio George Bancroft Smith Secretary-Treasurer of C F Kettering Inc Dayton Ohio was born November 16 1867 at Phillipsburg Ohio a son of Lewis R Smith who was actively identified in the legal profession at one time in the contracting business and of Mary John Smith Ancestry on father's side Scotch and Holland Dutch on mother's side of Welsh descent George Bancroft Smith received a public school education ...
... 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 ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to this Issue JOHN FRANCIS MCDERMOTT is in the English Department of Washington University St Louis Missouri PHILIP D JORDAN is in the Department of History Miami University Oxford Ohio and is writing volume V of the proposed History of Ohio CHARLES M THOMAS is in the Department of History Ohio State University Columbus GEORGE WALTON BRAINERD is with the Carnegie Institution at Boulder Colorado His mammal bone key was worked out in connection with his dissertation PhD ...
... 634 Ohio Arch 634 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS O SEPTEMBER 9 1922 12 o'clock noon Present Messers James E Campbell George F Bareis B F Prince E F Wood J Warren Keifer Edward Orton Jr Frank L Packard Webb C Hayes Director Mills and Secretary Galbreath were also present The meeting was called to order by President Campbell On motion of Mr E F Wood President James E Campbell was reelected President of the Society Mr ...