... Organizing a National Convention Organizing a National Convention A Lesson from Senator Dick E dited by THOMAS E FELT FROM THE CIVIL WAR to the present the engineers and operators of Ohio's major party machinery have been obliged by circumstances to learn their trade thoroughly The state's strategic geographic position its coveted electoral votes and its diverse economic interests have made it not only a home of presidents and would-be presidents but a school for party managers as well In this ...
... COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS the RUFUS PUTNAM HOUSE at the Campus Martius Museum by DANIEL R PORTER THE RUFUS PUTNAM house at the Campus Martius Museum State Memorial is the most outstanding architectural combination of New England tradition and frontier necessity preserved in Ohio today The house exemplifies as well the military and domestic challenges which faced the pioneers who established Marietta the first authorized United States settlement in the Old Northwest It was natural that New ...
... edited by edited by ROBERT W HATTON Just a Little Bit of the Civil War As Seen by W J Smith Company M 2nd 0 V Cavalry-- Part I These are the memoirs of Private William James Smith Company M Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Smith the second of eight children in the family of Randall and Nancy Lyons Smith was born in a log cabin near Galion Ohio on October 25 1844 When he was two years old his family moved to Iberia Morrow County Ohio where his father worked in the Shunk Brothers Cooper Shop ...
... FRANK L FRANK L KLEMENT Ohio and the Dedication of the Soldiers' Cemetery at Gettysburg Ohioans had more than a passing interest in the dedication of the Soldiers' Cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19 1863 A decisive three-day battle fought in the surrounding countryside on July 1-3 1863 had claimed the lives of many of the state's soldiers some of whom were hurriedly buried in shallow graves or merely covered with spadefuls of dirt where they had fallen No other governor not even ...
... Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association 415 may be mentioned Hugh Henry Brackenridge the author of a satirical romance entitled Modern Chivalry in which he sarcastically depicts the political conditions of his time The Pittsburgh Gazette the first newspaper printed west of the Alleghany mountains contains in its early columns a number of contributions from the pen of this versatile son of Princeton who had been a classmate of James ...
... MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO Saturday October 10 1925 900 A M The meeting was called to order by Secretary C B Galbreath There were present B F Prince George F Bareis W H Pengelly James S Hine E F Wood Joseph C Goodman W C Mills A E Domoney F C Furniss Dean M Hickson H O Whitaker Miss Martha J Maltby T B Alexander Mrs T B Alexander Mrs Charles A Covert Mrs ...
... Dedication of Ohio's World War Memorial 473 Dedication of Ohio's World War Memorial 473 tions in manuscripts newspaper files and local history being especially notable ADDRESS OF CHARLES T GREVE At the conclusion of Mr Cathcart's address which was liberally applauded Professor Siebert introduced Mr Charles T Greve Secretary of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio and well-known author who spoke as follows Mr Chairman and Our Hosts The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical ...
... RESEARCH IN STATE HISTORY ITS RESEARCH IN STATE HISTORY ITS PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES By DR ASA EARL MAR TIN INTRODUCTORY REMARKS The purpose of my paper is to discuss some of the problems connected with state history I assume that my audience is composed of those who have more than a passing interest in this topic and that they are primarily concerned with the questions which history teachers historical writers and the local historical societies face every day For that reason I have made no ...
... MRS MRS JULIA B FORAKER A REVIEW OF HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY By C B GA LB RE ATH In his Notes of a Busy Life Senator J B Foraker pays the following tribute to his wife But among all the pleasing memories that attach to Delaware one remains to be mentioned that outranks all others considered either separately or collectively It was there I met courted and became engaged to Miss Julia Bundy daughter of Hon H S Bundy of Jackson County Ohio at that time and for a number of terms the Representative of his ...
... OHIO GENERALS AND FIELD OFFICERS IN THE OHIO GENERALS AND FIELD OFFICERS IN THE CIVIL WAR BY COLONEL W L CURRY In every crisis through which our Nation has passed since the firing of that shot at Concord April 19 1775 that was heard around the world there seem to have been men born to meet every emergency statesmen and men of military genius called from the walks of civil life to carry the ship of State safely through both in peace and war Therefore when the first gun of the War of the ...
... JUDGE JAMES HALL JUDGE JAMES HALL A Literary Pioneer of the Middle West DAVIS L JAMES In the preparation of this sketch acknowledgment should be made of the writer's indebtedness to the Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley by our fellow member Dr W H Venable This volume published in 1891 is of the greatest importance and value to the student of early literary history and an indispensable book of reference It is a matter for much regret that it is out of print and only to be found ...
... HELEN M HELEN M THURSTON The 1802 Constitutional Convention and Status of the Negro What does the 1802 Ohio constitution say regarding freedom suffrage and citizen rights for negroes and mulattoes1 How were decisions made at the constitutional convention Who were the decision-makers Since even today confusion exists in historical studies on these questions it is hoped that answers in some degree can be obtained from a vote by vote study of the eight major motions concerning the negro that were ...
... Ohio Valley Hist Ohio Valley Hist Ass'n Fifth Annual Meeting 7 sylvania State College excellently fulfilled its purpose of forming a general introduction to the sessions of the three-days meeting THE INFLUENCE OF THE OHIO RIVER IN WESTERN EXPANSION BY EDWIN ERLE SPARKS President Pennsylvania State College Of the five great continents on the globe three have been conquered have been opened and have been civilized within the span of recorded history It is possible therefore to make a ...
... William Oxley Thompson 103 Wil li am Oxley Tho m pson 103 ber of men and women of the state than any other person he has by personal example set the impress of his own character and ideals To no one of his generation is the commonwealth under greater obligations to no one does it accord higher respect A power for civic righteousness a lover of his fellow-men a broadminded generous courteous Christian gentleman Truly he has had The heart to conceive The understanding to direct And the hand to ...
... ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN EARLY CINCINNATI By Ophia D Smith Many volumes have been written about the hardships and accomplishments of pioneer preachers in the Western Country Most of these however deal with men of orthodox faith The Swedenborgians equally self-sacrificing but unorthodox and misunderstood have received little attention because they were few in number Yet they were people of influence--they were readers and thinkers and doers In ...
... HARRY G HARRY G ENOCH One Man's Experience in a One Hundred Day Regiment Barzilla R Shaw and the 143d Ohio Volunteer Infantry Like many other young Union soldiers Barzilla R Shaw of the 143d Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry OVI kept a diary of his experiences during the Civil War Although his unit was a late entry it saw action in the crucial Petersburg Campaign in the summer of 1864 which led to the end of the Confederacy In April Governor John Brough had called Shaw's home guard unit to the ...
... ARNOLD SHANKMAN ARNOLD SHANKMAN Soldier Votes and Clement L Vallandigham in the 1863 Ohio Gubernatorial Election The Ohio gubernatorial election of 1863 was a hotly contested election with overtones extending to the national level The nation was engaged in a bitter civil war which showed no signs of terminating and many citizens of the Buckeye State were rapidly tiring of the conflict A large number of Ohio Democrats were dissatisfied with the Lincoln administration's handling of the war and ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Nursing in Ohio A History By James H Rodabaugh and Mary Jane Rodabaugh Columbus The Ohio State Nurses' Association 1951 xiv 2 73p illustrations appendices source notes and index 400 Ohio for many years has shown unusual interest in the history of medicine Stimulated by the eager enthusiasm of Dr Jonathan Forman a group of researchers has met annually for more than a decade to add immeasurably to the knowledge of nineteenth-century science in the Middle West A steadily ...
... SIMON KENTON -- THOMAS W SIMON KENTON - - THOMAS W CRIDLAND PIONEERS BY WALTER D MCKINNEY Today it is my great privilege to place in the custody of this Society the framed portrait of a man This I might do in short form which would be forgotten at the conclusion of the ceremony but the subject of the portrait and the portrait itself -- and the maker of the frame and the frame itself -- are deserving of greater consideration by the society and myself The subject of the portrait is Simon Kenton ...
... THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE IN BALLAD AND HISTORY THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE IN BALLAD AND HISTORY BY CHARLES B GALBREATH Perry's victory on Lake Erie stands out pre-eminent among the naval exploits of the War of 181 2 And this is true not only by virtue of the comparative importance of the battle and its results but because it combined in an unusual degree the elements of intrepidity patriotic fervor and personal valor that captivate the imagination live in legend and story and song and make up what ...