... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries ABC-CLIO recently released Historical Abstracts and America History and Life on the World Wide Web During the development of the Web version of these large databases ABC-CLIO sought recommendations for interface improvements from an extensive network of librarians and historians Their suggestions helped create an easy-to-navigate database on the Web that meets the needs of history and library users For more than 40 years ABC-CLIO has been an industry leader ...
... 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 ...
... 628 Ohio Arch 628 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications 39 Addition Historical specimens belonging to the Seip Family presented by Mr John Seip Chillicothe O 9-27-26 738 Historical specimens presented by Mr C V Sigler Columbus O 9-27-26 37 Addition Collection of seeds from Honolulu T H presented by Miss Zarel Jones 9-30-26 739 Indian Beadwork Moccasins and Regalia of J High Redthunder Sioux Medicine Man Pine Ridge South Dakota Presented by Mr Peter M Ambos Columbus O 10-1 -26 Accessions to ...
... 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 ...
... 630 Ohio Arch 630 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications 1 A circular letter to members of the Society asking them to submit names of prospective members 2 A blank form for the names and addresses of prospective members 3 A stamped envelope for the return of the list of prospective members 4 A circular entitled Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society--Notes on Present Activities Past Achievements and Future Prospects This material will be mailed from the office of the Secretary of ...
... 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 ...
... 504 Ohio Arch 5 04 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications THE BUCKEYE PIONEERS OSMAN C HOOPER This poem was written for the Franklin Centennial held at Columbus Ohio September 15 1897 Fair Buckeyeland we sing your praise And bare our head to them Who lived and wrought in other days And framed your diadem Their handiwork none can forget The jewels of the years Would in your crown be still unset But for the pioneers CHORUS Then a song for the pioneers The praise of a hundred years For the women ...
... Notes and Queries Summer-Autumn 2003 pp 113 PDF of Notes and Queries CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2003 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved Robert L Daugherty PhD the tenth editor of Ohio History retired August 8 2003 Bob a native of West Virginia earned his undergraduate and masters degrees from West Virginia University and his doctorate in military history from The Ohio State University in 1974 He served in the United States Army and was a member of the history faculties of ...
... 118 Ohio Arch 118 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications EDITORIALANA VOL XXVIII No 1 JANUARY 1919 BIOGRAPHY OF GROVER CLEVELAND The following letter which we gladly publish speaks for itself NEW YORK CITY October 31 1918 Editor Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society DEAR SIR I should be grateful if friends of Mr Cleveland who possess published addresses or other critical comment of historical value concerning his policies or character or letters to or from him or personal recollections ...
... 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 ...
... In Memoriam In Memoriam The Ohio Historical Society and Ohio History were saddened by the recent death of James H Rodabaugh following a lengthy illness Professor Rodabaugh's professional services to the Ohio Historical Society included that of research associate and editor 1944-1951 and division head 1951-1963 Additionally he was the editor of the Ohio Historical Quarterly 1946-1963 and was on the editorial advisory board of Ohio History from 1977 to the time of his passing In April 1985 ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Transylvania Colony By William Lester Stewart Spencer Indiana Samuel R Guard amp Co 1935 288p 300 Professor W L Stewart has made an exhaustive study of the sources by using the Draper Manuscripts the Haldimand Papers the American State Papers the Swain Manuscripts the Colonial Records of North Carolina newspapers etc He points out in an informative preface that the Transylvania company among the several that were formulated for the exploitation of the land lying ...
... Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Ulysses S Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Ulysses S Grant 287 published in the character sketch by Judge Hugh L Nichols in the April QUART E RLY POETIC TRIBUTES ON THE OCCASION OF THE GRANT CENTENARY Though General Grant as his son has stated cared little for music and as other writers have told us was not fond of poetry the centennial celebration of his birth called forth poetic tributes The following appeared in the papers of Georgetown the first ...
... 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 ...
... OHIO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OHIO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF HISTORY University of Akron Akron Reuben V Smith Summerfield Baldwin Chairman Homer R Cotterham Clara G Roe King Bradow Clarence D Leckey Case Institute of Technology Antioch College Yellow Springs Cleveland Irwin Abrams Chairman Stanton Ling Davis Chairman Louis Filler George A Carroll James Horton Kenyon C Kramer William F Zornow Ashland College Ashland Cedarville College Cedarville E G Mason Chairman R W Bixler Donald R ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue DONALD D SHIRA MD Columbus O is Assistant Secretary Ohio Public Health Association Associate Editor Ohio Public Health and Lecturer School of Social Administration Ohio State University FREDERICK C WAITE PHD Cleveland O is Professor of Histology and Embryology School of Medicine Western Reserve University and author of many articles on medical history and an authority on the history of Western Reserve University HOWARD C DITTRICK MD Cleveland O is Senior ...
... 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 ...
... BOOK REVIEWS 237 BOOK REVIEWS 237 note numbering in the texts of the documents especially in the later pages A useful chronology of communications gives the dates of origin of documents and their variants and enclosures An extensive bibliography of other materials consulted also has a calendar of communications The seal of the company here delineated for the first time is used as the frontispiece and is stamped on the binding Many of the documents are valuable apart from their connection with ...
... Preface Preface With the publication of Volume 96 Ohio History marks its 100th year of publication The oldest ongoing program of the Ohio Historical Society the journal was during the early decades of the Society's existence synonymous with the institution Early issues contained the scholarly articles documents and book notes which constitute our present fare as well as papers and proceedings of Society meetings and lists of notable collection acquisitions Issued quarterly 1887-1981 Volumes ...
... 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 ...