... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue RUSSEL B NYE is in the Department of English of Michigan State College East Lansing GEORGE W RIGHTMIRE is President Emeritus of the Ohio State University Columbus WILLIAM MARION MILLER is Associate Professor of Romanic Languages Miami University Oxford Ohio WILLIAM D OVERMAN is Curator of History and Archivist of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society of Columbus JAMES H RODABAUGH is Associate Director of Research Hayes Memorial Fremont Ohio ...
... 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 ...
... EMILIUS OVIATT RANDALL EMILIUS OVIATT RANDALL 1 850 -1819 This issue of the QUARTERLY is a memorial to Emilius Oviatt Randall Secretary of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society from February 1894 to the date of his death December 18 1919 a period of twenty-five years Through all that time he was editor of the OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTO R ICAL QUARTERLY Its pages bear the impress of his character - his industry his literary merit as historian and his devotion to his native ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue WELLINGTON G FORDYCE is instructor in history at Euclid Central High School Cleveland ALICE McGUFFEY MORRILL RUGGLES granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton McGuffey graduate of University of Cincinnati and Radcliffe College is interested in the social history of the Middle West a writer of prose and verse JOHN I KOLEHMAINEN Ph D in history Western Reserve University is at present educational director of the Cooperative Trading Company a producer-consumer ...
... 284 Ohio Arch 284 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO October 10 1925 -- 1245 P M Present Messrs Johnson Prince Furniss Orton Wood Goodman Bareis Florence and Mrs Dryer Mr Bareis moved that Arthur C Johnson be elected President of the Society On motion of General Florence the nominations were closed and the Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous ...
... 110 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 110 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY NOTES Contributors to This Issue WAYNE JORDAN journalist a graduate of Marietta College is on the staff of Business Week ALFRED B SEARS is in the Department of History University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma ROBERT SAMUEL FLETCHER is associate professor of history at Oberlin College Oberlin Ohio OPHIA D SMITH is author of The Life and Times of Giles Richards being volume VI of the Society's Ohio ...
... 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 accompanying picture may be This mound or tumulus is ...
... 472 Ohio Arch 472 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Index to the Minutes of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees Annual address by Dr Rightmire 360-373 names of those present 341 report Annual meeting of the Society 341-373 of president 342-343 of secretary 343Annual meeting of trustees 358-359 346 of treasurer 346-347 of auditor Annual reports of officers 342-356 348 of director 349-353 ...
... 354 Ohio Arch 354 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren His interest in local history as attested by numerous articles and the voluminous History of Sandusky County his kindly and cheerful disposition and his optimistic spirit will long be remembered by his fellow members of the Society MEETING OF CRESAP SOCIETY The Cresap Society will hold its meeting in Columbus September 15-16 The first session will be held Friday evening September 15 at the ...
... Announcing Announcing THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO Edited by CARL WITTKE and Published under the Auspices of the OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY in Six Volumes Volumes I II and III are now available and Volume VI is in press Volumes IV and V are expected in 1943 The price of the complete set is 2500 and orders should be sent direct to the Secretary Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Ohio State Museum Columbus Ohio Because of the limited edition sets will not ...
... Announcing Announcing THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO Edited by CARL WITTKE and Published under the Auspices of the OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY in Six Volumes Volumes I II and III are now available and Volume VI is in press Volumes IV and V are expected later The price of the complete set is 2500 and orders should be sent direct to the Secretary Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Ohio State Museum Columbus Ohio Because of the limited edition sets will not be ...
... Announcing Announcing THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO Edited by CARL WITTKE and Published under the Auspices of the OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY in Six Volumes Volumes I II and III are now available and Volume VI is in press Volumes IV and V are expected in 1942 The price of the complete set is 2500 and orders should be sent direct to the Secretary Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Ohio State Museum Columbus Ohio Because of the limited edition sets will not ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... EDITORIAL EDITORIAL At the October 1934 meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society a recommendation was made that a Board of Editors be appointed to cooperate with the editor in determining the character and quality of material to be published in the QUARTERLY It was suggested that the members of this Board be chosen pretty widely from the historical activities of the State making it a capable and representative body At the same meeting the editor ...
... EDITORIAL NOTE EDITORIAL NOTE It seems appropriate to make the April issue of the QUARTERLY a Memorial to the late Charles Burleigh Galbreath who for fourteen years was its editor The April issue of Museu m Echoes was devoted largely to him It contained a brief sketch of his life written by the editor copies of the editorials appearing in the Columbus daily newspapers following his death and three poems written by local friends which were originally published in the A Verse for Today column of ...
... COUNT BYRON KHUN DE PROROK COUNT BYRON KHUN DE PROROK Count Byron Khun de Prorok on the evening of January 28 1924 delivered his lecture in the audience room of the Elks' Club to an appreciative audience on the subject My Excavation of Ancient Carthage When the Count reached Columbus those interested in the lecture were surprised to find in him a very young man He might easily have passed without notice among the thousands of students at the Ohio State University He is still in his twenties ...
... Announcing Announcing THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO Edited by CARL WITTKE and Published under the Auspices of the OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY in Six Volumes Volumes I II III and VI are now available Volume V is in press and Volume IV is expected this year The price of the complete set is 2500 and orders should be sent direct to the Secretary Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Ohio State Museum Columbus Ohio Because of the limited edition sets will not be ...
... EDITOR'S NOTE EDITOR'S NOTE The Summer 1975 issue of Ohio History marks the first change in editorship of the Society's journal in approximately ten years Such change inevitably involves more than mere difference of personnel Any publication reflects the interests personality strengths and even prejudices of its editor With this issue we are starting to introduce changes in the cover internal design and paper Changes however have not been limited to such prima facie considerations As the ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to this Issue Robert C Wheeler at one time a member of the staff of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is at present with the fighting forces in North Africa Helen M Dudley great-granddaughter of Governor Thomas Worthington resides in Morrow Ohio Ray Baker Harris librarian of the Supreme Council of the Thirty-third and Last Degree Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction located at Washington D C is now in the armed ...