... 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 ...
... 422 Ohio Arch 422 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications the entrance of the Campus and facing the High street thoroughfare The legislature passed those two bills and the hopes of these officers who have labored for twenty years now see the consummation of our labors And now I have the pleasure of introducing our honored and devoted President Professor G Frederick Wright ADDRESS OF PROF G FREDERICK WRIGHT Ohio has been behind many of her sister states in appreciating her archaeological and ...
... -- Drawings by HR Goodwin 638 TYPICAL SPECIMENS FROM THE SPETNAGEL CACHE NATURAL SIZE THE SPETNAGLE CACHE OF FLINT THE SPETNAGLE CACHE OF FLINT SPEAR-POINTS Few better examples of ceremonial offerings of chipped flint artifacts than the Spetnagel cache of flint spear-points recently placed on exhibition in the Museum of the Society by Mr Albert C Spetnagel of Chillicothe have been found in Ohio or elsewhere This remarkable cache-lot of upwards of 200 ceremonial spears was unearthed in the ...
... 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 ...
... 632 Ohio Arch 632 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications DIVISION OF SEIP MOUND PARK Wages 560 Office Supplies 100 Printing 1300 Building Materials 4290 Taxes 958 Cash Advanced to H C Shetrone Director 38682 45890 DIVISION OF JAMES E CAMPBELL PARK Wages 30612 Landscaping 22942 Improvements 158253 211807 Cash advanced Geo Rogers Clark Memorial Commission 15111 For sundry purposes and later refunded 250926 For sundry purposes to be refunded 29132 295469 Transferred to Permanent Fund 42500 Cash ...
... NOTES NOTES Conhributors to T his Issue Jonathan Forman BA MD FACA is a Columbus physician who is also editor of the Ohio State Medical Journal Adolph E Waller PhD is an associate professor of botany at Ohio State University Philip D Jordan PhD is a professor of history at Miami University John F Cunningham PhD is the dean of the College of Agriculture Ohio State University Chester S Szubiski AB DDS is at present serving as a lieutenant in the United States Army William H Hildreth is an ...
... 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 ...
... 424 Ohio Arch 424 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications pass through the Governor's office for he holds the veto power and we are equally indebted therefore to good Governor Judson Harmon who has long been a member of our Society and taken a deep and active interest in its proceedings We had a very delightful and successful voyage through the Governor's office Governor Harmon is not able to be present in person but we are greatly favored in having with us his good Secretary Honorable George ...
... SIMON KENTON-SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE SIMON KENTON-SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE R W MCFARLAND Inasmuch as I had personally known only a part of Simon Kenton's family and the record of the William Kenton family gave only two or three items about Simon I consulted one of Simon's descendants and he gave the number of children of each marriage to the best of his knowledge The date of the second marriage was taken from the county records From the same gentleman I got a clue which enabled me to locate Simon ...
... 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 ...
... Twenty-second Annual Meeting Twenty-second Annual Meeting 255 above named gentlemen as Trustees The Secretary cast the ballot as instructed and the five men designated were declared elected as Trustees of the Society to serve for the ensuing three years ending at the Annual Meeting in 1910 Mr Wood in making the report of the Nominating Committee stated that the committee further desired to recommend that General R Brinkerhoff be elected by the Society President Emeritus for life Such action he ...
... 226 Ohio Arch 226 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications JANUARIUS ALOYSIUS MACGAHAN Eulogy by William A Taylor Many years ago when a boy attending Dist No 6 school in Harrison township I was deeply but not then favorably impressed by this sentence in Kirkham's Grammar The evil that men do lives after them the good is often interred with their bones which I was called on to parse analyse and expatiate on generally by my teacher Philander H Binckley student philosopher literary writer and ...
... 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 ...
... 148 Ohio Arch 148 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications Really of what value to any one are the opinions of Mr Fowke The society cannot afford to become sponsors for Mr Fowkes' eccentricities It is far better that the entire edition be suppressed and all the books sent out recalled than that the society should suffer from this most inconsiderate of books If the Executive Committee will take such action it will not only meet with my approval but I will advocate the same before the entire Board ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue PAUL R GRIM has been research assistant in the Bureau of Educational Research in Ohio State University for two years and is principal-elect of the Junior High Training School of the Western Washington College of Education at Bellingham Washington B H PERSHING is dean of men and professor of history at Wittenberg College JAMES H RODABAUGH author of Robert Hamilton Bishop is a graduate of Miami University and has recently completed his degree of Doctor of ...
... 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 ...
... LEADEN PLATE AT THE MOUTH OF THE MUSKINGUM LEADEN PLATE AT THE MOUTH OF THE MUSKINGUM In the October QUARTE RL Y were published cuts of the leaden plate prepared for deposit at the mouth of the Conewango and the one buried at the mouth of the Kanawha On the following pages are illustrations of the remnant of the plate buried at the mouth of the Muskingum and what was probably its entire text This plate was considerably multilated A portion of the lead was cut away for bullets before the ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... Fortieth Annual Meeting 253 Fortieth Annual Meeting 253 186--addition Mrs Gardiner adds 13 dolls to collection 103-'25 NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION 9--addition Mastodon and elk teeth presented by Mr C M Ault Piketon O 2-20-'25 29--Collection of mussel shells presented by Mrs F L Cornell Black Lick O 3-24-'25 30--Specimen of coral presented by Mr E P Wilson Columbus O 5-16-'25 31--Fossil shark tooth presented by Mr H C Baird Pataskala O 8-24-'25 32--Stalactite presented by Mr E W Eley New Orleans ...