... A CHECK-LIST OF OXFORD IMPRINTS 1827-1841 A CHECK-LIST OF OXFORD IMPRINTS 1827-1841 Periodicals The Literary Focus a monthly periodical edited and published by the Erodelphian and Union Literary Societies of the Miami University Stilus optimus et praestantissimus dicendi effector ac magister Oxford Ohio printed at the Societies' Press J D Smith pr 1827-28 Vol I June 1827-May 1828 12 issues June-November 1827 published by J B Camron pr Hamilton Ohio December 1827-May 1828 published by the ...
... 266 JAMES PRESTON POINDEXTER ELDER STATESMAN JAMES PRESTON POINDEXTER ELDER STATESMAN OF COLUMBUS by RICHARD CLYDE MINOR Professor of Sociology Lincoln University Jefferson City Missouri The story of James Preston Poindexter though it can never be told in its completeness still reveals enough to show that he was a remarkable man Of mixed Negro Caucasian and Indian blood the force of circumstances made him a Negro the force of his personality made him a man respected among men There are many ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Societies CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Orton G Rust President Mr Arthur Altick the former curator of the society who died recently has been succeeded by William F Lohnes The position of secretary which Mr Altick also held has not yet been filled The society has published some reminiscences of early pioneers as the first volume of a series entitled Yesteryear in Clark County The reminiscences are of the period 1810 to 1860 They cover a variety of ...
... DAVID ZEISBERGER DAVID ZEISBERGER REV JOHN GREENFIELD Memorial delivered Sunday Nov 15 1908 in Nazareth Pa That ye be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promisesHebrews 612 Our congregation celebrates today a threefold festival We commemorate first of all the powerful experience made by our Fathers November 13 1741 that Jesus Christ is the Chief Shepherd and Head of the Church We celebrate in the second place our annual congregation festival for it ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Thomas Worthington Father of Ohio Statehood By Alfred Byron Sears Columbus Ohio State University Press for the Ohio Historical Society 1958 viii260p end-paper illustrations bibliography and index 550 Jeffersonian republicanism or Jeffersonian democracy as many prefer to call it is one of the great inheritances of the American people but it is a difficult one to approach From one direction it appears to be monumental symbolized in the eloquence of the Declaration of ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXXII INDEX TO VOLUME XXXII Alder Jonathan early pioneer honored Bible Indian translates Gospels into with marker 533-536 sketch of life Shawnee language 339-340 Bibles proby great-granddaughter 534-535 advided for prisoners at Ohio Penidresses by C B Galbreath L C tentiary 390 Dick and others 535 unveiling by Bibliography Shorthorn Cattle 65-66 descendants 535 list of descendants works of George Kennan 226 Mitchpresent 535-536 ener's Legend of the White Woman Alford Thomas ...
... REPORT OF FIELD WORK REPORT OF FIELD WORK BY W C MILLS CURATOR PREFACE It is the purpose of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society to visit different sections of the State each year for explorations upon the mounds and village sites It is apparent to all that the mounds and earthworks are fast being leveled by the encroachment of agriculture and the relic hunter who under the stimulus of commercial enterprise tears the mounds down and forever blots out evidence which would ...
... II II BRIEF HISTORY OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY T H E EDITOR The Pioneers of Territorial Ohio seem to have been conscious of the fact that they were making history Intimations of this are found in the addresses and letters of St Clair and his associates and on the printed pages of William Maxwell's Centinel of the NorthWestern Territory The first definite movement of an organization to collect the materials of this early history appears to have been consummated ...
... DOCUMENT DOCUMENT THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMES HALL WESTERN LITERARY PIONEER edited by DAVID DONALD Instructor in History Columbia University Collecting data for his projected Cyclopaedia of American Literature Evert A Duyckinck in 1855 addressed the most prominent living writers in the United States requesting pertinent biographical and bibliographical information One of the most interesting replies came from James Hall veteran Cincinnati editor and author Taking time from his duties as bank ...
... J J C WILD WESTERN PAINTER AND LITHOGRAPHER by JOHN FRANCIS MCDERMOTT Professor of English Washington University On the 8th of April 1840 the St Louis Missouri Republican announced that Mr C Wild of this city proposes to publish in the course of a few weeks a set of views of this city The paintings from which the engravings will be taken are ready for examination at his painting office on Locust Street between Main and Second Streets to which the attention of the public is invited All those ...
... FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT oF THE OHIO STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR FEBRUARY 24 1898 TO FEBRUARY 1 1899 GEN R BRINKERHOFF President E O RANDALL Secretary COLUMBUS O JANUARY 1899 275 To His Excellency Asa S To His Excellency Asa S Bushnell Governor of Ohio I herewith have the honor to submit the fourteenth annual report of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society covering the year February 24 1898 to February 1 1899 With very ...
... Remarks of J Remarks of J V Jones 175 REMARKS OF J V JONES ESQ LADIES AND GENTLEMENIt would hardly be proper for me to say fellow-citizens for the reason of having been absent from your county for nearly fifty-eight years During that time many changes have been wrought in the city of Gallipolis and Gallia county Eighty-one years ago a young married couple might have been seen slowly wending their way on horseback down the slopes of the Blue Ridge and foot-hills of the Allegheny Mountains of ...
... THE ORIGIN OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OHIO THE ORIGIN OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OHIO BY WILLIAM MC ALPINE M A A certain very excellent history of education says that in Ohio public education was a victory of the New England element over the other parts of Ohio's population In the same work there are certain maps taken from Mathews' Expansion of New England Certain parts of the state where the New England population is supposed to have predominated are marked white The remainder is black The ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA FORT STEPHENSON CELEBRATON August 2d 1906 was the ninety-third anniversary of the gallant defense of Fort Stephenson the site of which is now the center of the attractive and enterprising city of Fremont The heroic and unparalleled holding of the little stockade fort by Major George Croghan on August 2d 1813 against some two thousand British troops under General Proctor and an equal number of Indian braves under Chief Tecumseh is one of the most memorable events not ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XIII INDEX TO VOLUME XIII A Articles - Concluded Abolition in Ohio 50 History of Ft Hamilton Miller Adams County - 97 Todd's Trace in 318 Historic Worthington Parsons 71 Trebor Tavern in 307 John Brough Hooper 40 Zane's Trace in 318 Kenton's Gauntlet at Chillicothe Agriculture Prehistoric people engaged Brown 483 in 189 Marcus A Hanna Dick 355 American Economic Association MeetOhio in the Spanish and Philippine ing of 288 War Anderson 551 American Historical Association 121 K ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Societies AMERICAN JEWISH ARCHIVES Cincinnati Jacob Marcus Director The growing collections of congregational minute books genealogies and personal papers of notable Jewish personalities are being cataloged and made available for researchers Dr Stern-Taeubler's book The Court Jew has recently been published BRECKSVILLE EARLY SETTLERS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Brecksville Ernest Green President The association is at present furnishing a room at the museum ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Organizations ALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Lima James A MacDonell President The society now has about 134000 in cash and a quantity of bricks on hand for its proposed museum building The estimated cost of the structure is 150000 The society would like to lay the cornerstone in Ohio's sesquicentennial year but definite plans have not been made ALLIANCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Alliance Mrs Fred R Donaldson President A marker has been placed by the society ...
... compiled by compiled by PATRICIA B GATHERUM Checklist of Major Research-in-Progress and Completed Masters and Doctors Degrees on Topics Relating to Ohio REFERENCE WORKS DITTBRENNER CURTIS H and GERALD G NEWBORG Guide to Researching Ohio County and Municipal Government Records Archives specialists Ohio Hist Soc F ULLER SARA S Guide to Research Materials on Ohio Black H istory Mss specialist Ohio Hist Soc GATHERUM PATRICIA B Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations on Ohio History Reference ...
... 292 Ohio Arch 292 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VoL 4 FRANCIS CHARLES SESSIONS BY WASHINGTON GLADDEN D D LL D Blessed are they that dwell in thy house They will be still praising thee Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee In whose heart are the highways to Zion Passing through the Valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs Yea the early rain covereth it with blessings They go from strength to strength Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion - Ps lxxxiv 4 -7 This ...
... OHIO'S RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND THE WAR OHIO'S RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND THE WAR MARTHA L EDWARDS 'LAKE ERIE COLLEGE What have the churches of Ohio had to do with the war The answer to this question must of necessity await investigation since the source material upon which final judgments are to be based cannot now be assembled There is however evidence already at hand in the collections of the Historical Commission of Ohio which permits a tentative sketch of what the churches of the ...