... GENERAL GEORGE A GENERAL GEORGE A CUSTER JUDGE RICHARD M VOORHEES If after a lapse of twenty-three centuries the world still looks with respectful emotion on the mound which protects the dust of that phalanx of Spartan heroes who fought and fell at Thermopylae while resisting the tide of Persian invasion and in rescuing the land of popular liberty of letters and arts from a ruthless foe surely no apology is needed for claiming an hour's thoughtful consideration of the life character and ...
... a 314 LOGAN AND THE LOGAN LEM LOGAN AND THE LOGAN LEM BY DR HOWARD JONES I have been asked to tell you something about this piece of land upon which we have assembled today and what this meeting commemorates This is easy and yet difficult easy because the subject is replete with interesting history difficult because the time allotted is too short to treat the subject in a very comprehensive or even an understandable manner It was in 1911 that I made the proposal to Mrs Wallace to purchase ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA The recent appointments to the Board of Trustees of the Society have added strength and dignity to that body Governor Cox on June 24 1913 appointed ex-Governor Myron T Herrick of Cleveland and ex-Governor James E Campbell of Columbus for the terms of three years from the date of their appointment Mr Herrick was originally appointed by Governor Harmon The high character of the personnel of the Board has been unbroken in the twenty-eight years of its history This is ...
... Book Notes Book Notes Connected Thoughts A Reinterpretation of the Reorganization of Antioch College in the 1920's By Stephen R Herr Lanham Maryland University Press of America 1997 xii 282 p tables endnotes bibliographic essay index In the long history of Antioch College two presidents have been revered Horace Mann for his liberal educational policies in the 1850s which introduced females and minorities and Arthur E Morgan for his work-study concept in the 1920s The work-study co-op program ...
... 614 Ohio Arch 614 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications STATE PARKS As Chairman of the Committee on Parks I have the following report to submit Acting under the instruction of our President Mr Arthur C Johnson I visited the following properties during the year Logan Elm Park Mound City Park Fort Laurens Park Schoenbrunn Park Seip Mound Park Serpent Mound Park Fort Ancient Park Campus Martius Observing the magnitude of the task assigned to me in trying to visit and direct improvements in all ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews The Rise of Warren Gamaliel Harding 18651920 By RANDOLPH C DOWNES Columbus Ohio State University Press 1970 x 734p notes bibliography and index 1750 At long last the historiography of Warren Gamaliel Harding has reached the point where two thorough and scholarly books have appeared The statement refers to The Rise of Warren Gamaliel Harding 1865-1920 by Randolph C Downes and The Harding Era Warren G Harding and His Administration by Robert K Murray The road to this ...
... 160 Ohio Arch 160 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications HEMISPHERE - EXTRA COLUMBUS OHIO SEPT 17TH 1834 BIOGRAPHY OF GOV ROBERT LUCAS BY A CITIZEN OF COLUMBUS THE life and services of all public men holding high official stations in the government of the country are a species of public property and it is right and proper that the body of the people who are subject to be called upon to act directly upon the merits and fitness of candidates for popular favor should be made acquainted with ...
... Book Notes Book Notes Ohio Pottery and Glass Marks and Manufacturers By Lois Lehner Des Moines Iowa Wallace-Homestead Books 1978 113p illustrations notes bibliography A useful updating of John Ramsay's 1947 check list of Ohio potteries with additional material on Ohio glass manufacturers this work contains brief company histories arranged alphabetically by town or city and accompanied by reproductions of known ware marks The bibliography indicates an uneven utilization of available material ...
... DE CELORON'S EXPEDITION TO THE OHIO IN 1749 DE CELORON'S EXPEDITION TO THE OHIO IN 1749 BY 0 H MARSHALL The extensive territory lying between the Ohio River and Lake Erie has been the theatre of many remarkable historical changes Its earliest inhabitants left no record of their origin or history save in the numerous tumuli which are scattered over its surface bearing trees of the largest growth not distinguishable from the adjacent forest Measured by the extent and character of those vast ...
... MARK PITCAVAGE MARK PITCAVAGE Burthened in Defence of our Rights Opposition to Military Service in Ohio During the War of 1812 The War of 1812 has long been famous as a war to which substantial opposition existed in the United States The nearness of the Congressional vote over the declaration of war the refusal of several New England states to provide militia for the invasion of Canada and the Hartford Convention in 1814 are all notable examples of the degree to which the nation divided over ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Recent promotions appointments and awards within the professional community of Ohio historians include Edmund J Danziger of Bowling Green State University has been promoted to Chairman of the Department of History Gary R Hess of Bowling Green State University has been appointed Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve David C Skaggs of Bowling Green State University will take a leave of absence to attend the ...
... THE WISCONSIN ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY THE WISCONSIN ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY STATE FIELD ASSEMBLY July 29-30 1910 REPORT BY CHARLES E BROWN CURATOR Several years ago the Wisconsin Archaeological Society adopted the plan of holding summer field meetings of its members in various sections of Wisconsin which were known to be rich in prehistoric Indian remains The purpose of these annual gatherings was doubly that of extending their acquaintance with the features of the local archaeological field and ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS A convention of the International Society of Archaeologists was held at Cincinnati on September 29th 1912 The meeting had been called as a semi-official gathering but the large attendance and enthusiastic sessions resulted in its being voted an official convention - the first of the organization The sessions were held at Art Museum arrangements for this privilege having been made by Mr Philip Hinkle curator of that institution ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 261 plained Indeed the annotations themselves have a value second only to the text which they explain They constitute a compendium of information that evidences the faithfulness and enthusiasm with which Mr Connelley has performed his work We cite only one instance especially interesting to Ohio readers It is Mr Connelley's note on the meaning of the word Ohio He says Ohio is derived from the Iroquois The original is variously spoken in the different dialects In ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Old Favorites from the McGuffey Readers Ed by Harvey C Minnich With Illustrations from the McGuffey Readers New York American Book Company 1936 482p 350 William Holmes McGuffey and His Readers By Harvey C Minnich With Photographs and Old Drawings New York American Book Company 1936 203p 225 The set boxed 500 One hundred years ago the first McGuffey Readers made their appearance in Cincinnati Ohio They found immediate popularity in the West In the course of a few years ...
... WINFIELD SCOTT'S VISIT TO COLUMBUS WINFIELD SCOT T' S VISIT TO COLUMBUS BY GEN H B CARRINGTON U S A General Henry Beebee Carrington is one of the very few su viving generals of the Civil War He has led a distinguished ar eventful life Born in Wallingford Conn March 2 1824 he is now the age of eighty-six hale and hearty a writer of clearness and precisio and a speaker forceful and entertaining He graduated at Yale 1845 and in November 1848 arrived in Columbus to there take up his pe manent ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Manuscript Sources in the Library of Congress for Research on the American Revolution Compiled by John R Sellers Gerard W Gawalt Paul H Smith and Patricia Molen van Ee Washington DC Library of Congress 1975 iii 372 p indexes 870 The Library of Congress is many things to many people a legislative library a leader in the introduction of new library techniques the world's largest depository of written materials and the custodian of internationally significant collections ...
... EXPLORATIONS OF THE SEIP MOUND EXPLORATIONS OF THE SEIP MOUND WILLIAM C MILLS The Seip Mound is located within the largest prehistoric earthworks of the Paint Creek Valley known as the Seip Group1 One very large mound and another half its size enclosed with earthworks which form a combination of two circles and a square and five mounds situated outside the earthworks but in close proximity to them constitute the Seip Group This group is located in Paxton Township Ross County about 3 miles east ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY DECEMBER 1887 THE WESTERN LAND POLICY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FROM 1763 TO 1775 THE ink with which the treaty of Paris was written was hardly dry when Great Britain took a very important step in the line of a new land policy Just how much this step meant at the time is a matter of dispute but the consequences flowing from it were such as to mark it a distinct new departure Previous to the French and Indian war England had virtually affirmed ...
... REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES Robert Latham the editor of the Asheville N C Citizen in the issue of that paper for May 12 1929 publishes his review of the Life and the Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes Mr Latham is a well-known journalist of the Southland He began on the editorial staff of the Columbia S C State He was afterwards editor of the News and Courier ...