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"The Ohio Valley Historical Association Fifth Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pa., October 30-November 1, 1911: The 'New Orleans' Centennial," Volume 22, Number 1, January, 1913, pp. 1-125.
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY THE OHIO VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Fifth Annual Meeting Pittsburgh Pa October 30-November 1 1911 THE NEW ORLEANS CENTENNIAL Robert Fulton who had profited by the experiments and experiences of John Fitch and James Rumsey a score or more years before made a successful trial with the steamboat Clermont on the Hudson River in 1807 The success of the Clermont on the New York river inspired her owners Fulton Livingston and Roosevelt with the ...

"Two Generous Patrons," Volume 29, Number 3, July, 1920, pp. 297-298.
... Reviews Notes and Comments Reviews Notes and Comments 2 97 HAVE WE FORGOTTEN Have we forgotton those who went away When hope burned low behind the window-pane And the wide sea was very cold and gray Have we forgotten those who went away And will not come again Have we forgotten those who went away On great gray ships into the fog and rain Who left the dear warm arms that bade them stay Have we forgotten those who went away And will not come again Have we forgotten those who went away To follow ...

"The Ordinance of July 13th, 1787," by William P. Cutler. Volume 1, Number 1, June, 1887, pp. 10-37.
... THE ORDINANCE OF JULY 13TH 1787 THE ORDINANCE OF JULY 13TH 1787 TH E intrinsic merits of that organic law which was enacted by the old Continental Congress on the 13th of July 1787 for the Government of the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio have been so fully discussed and are so well understood that any attempt in that direction would be little more than a repetition of views already familiar to an intelligent audience Its merits can now be measured by its fruits Results are its monument ...

"Randall and the Ohio Supreme Court," by Hugh L. Nichols. Volume 29, Number 2, April, 1920, pp. 87-93.
... Emilius Oviatt Randall Emilius Oviatt Randall 87 But a recognition wider and even more highly prized was that written in the hearts of those who knew and loved him During his college days at Ithaca Mr Randall met Miss Mary A Coy the lady who later became his wife To her and their two sons and daughter we of the Kit-Kat Club offer our sympathy We too have suffered a grievous loss We knew his genial companionship his ready helpfulness and his continuing friendship His sterling scholarship his ...

"Ohio in McGuffey's Time," Volume 50, Number 2, April-June, 1941, pp. 115-129.
... OHIO IN McGUFFEY'S TIME OHIO IN McGUFFEY'S TIME By GEORGE W RIGHTMIRE Indians--Wayne's Treaty 1795 The Ohio of McGuffey's time was very new it began in 1788 at Marietta and the next year at Cincinnati but little progress was possible until Territorial issues were settled with the Indians--not only the Indians but the British who held many posts long after the Treaty of 1783 in violation thereof and exerted a strong influence over the northwest country After suffering two severe defeats from ...

"Randall and the City Library," by John J. Pugh. Volume 29, Number 2, April, 1920, pp. 97-98.
... Emilius Oviatt Randall Emilius Oviatt Randall 97 RANDALL AND THE CITY LIBRARY BY JOHN J PUGH LIBRARIAN It is not without emotion that I approach the subject Mr Randall and the Library The intimacy of my relations with Mr Randall during the thirty-five years he served as Trustee of the Public Library was such that the personal note cannot be excluded However a Johnson can well afford to have a Boswell The estimate of Mr Randall as a factor of the Library does not suffer even though written by a ...

Volume 57, Number 1, January, 1948, pp. 103-110.
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Beginnings of the U S Army 1783-1812 By James Ripley Jacobs Princeton New Jersey Princeton University Press 1947 497p including bibliography and index 500 This handsomely bound beautifully printed and heavily footnoted volume relates in considerable detail and in extremely readable form the military history of the United States from the end of hostilities with Britain in 1783 to their outbreak again in 1812 It is the first of several volumes that will carry the ...

"Note-Historical," by R. W. McFarland. Volume 11, Number 1, July, 1902, pp. 153-154.
... NOTEHISTORICAL NOTEHISTORICAL R W M'FARLAND OXFORD OHIO People familiar with the early annals of the West know something of Simon Kenton They know also of the rivalry between him and Leitchman for the hand of a young lady-that Kenton was unsuccessful in his suite-that there was a fight in consequence and that in the first encounter Kenton again lost but in the second by wrapping Leitchman's long hair about a sapling Kenton won and so severely beat his opponent that thinking him fatally injured ...

Volume 52, Number 1, January-March, 1943, pp. 79-93.
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Hero in America By Dixon Wecter New York Charles Scribner's Sons 194 1 530p 350 Here is something entirely new in literature--or as near brand new as is possible in these days of multiple coverage of all fields It is a brilliant book at times a bit too brilliant with apt quotations dragged in occasionally when the dazzled reader might prefer perhaps to take things a little easier Professor Wecter of the Department of English at the University of California has set ...

"The Diary of John Beatty, January-June 1884: Part III," Volume 59, Number 1, January, 1950, pp. 58-91.
... THE DIARY OF JOHN BEATTY JANUARY-JUNE 1884 THE DIARY OF JOHN BEATTY JANUARY-JUNE 1884 Part III edited by HARVEY S FORD Head Librarian Toledo Blade Wednesday March 26 1884 The newspaper correspondents have for the last month been urging me to give them an interview on the political situation What they mean by an interview is a carefully prepared dialogue between the correspondent who asks the questions or is represented as asking them and the interviewed person so called who writes both ...

"The Underground Railroad: A Re-evaluation," by Larry Gara. Volume 69, Number 3, July, 1960, pp. 217-230.
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 69 NUMBER 3 JULY 1960 The Underground Railroad A Re-evaluation By LARRY GARA FOR MANY YEARS discerning scholars have suspected the inadequacy of traditional accounts of the underground railroad yet the elusive nature of source material for re-evaluating the history of the mysterious institution has apparently discouraged such reinterpretation1 Even some recent encyclopedia articles textbooks and monographs describe the ...

"Address of Welcome" (Taylor-Livingston Centenary) Volume 13, Number 4, October, 1904, pp. 489-492.
... The Taylor-Livingston Centenary Etc The Taylor-Livingston Centenary Etc 489 Jr of a paper prepared by his father Edward L Taylor Sr address by ex-Governor George K Nash address by Col James Kilbourne address by Hon Phil H Bruck recitation of poem by Mrs William Sprague address by Hon Thomas E Powell The program as carried out was from first to last impressive instructive and entertaining characterized by sentiment wit and humor Immediately upon the conclusion of the exercises supper was served ...

"Westernization of New England, The," by Albert Bushnell Hart. Volume 17, Number 3, July, 1908, pp. 259-274.
... THE WESTERNIZATION OF NEW ENGLAND THE WESTERNIZATION OF NEW ENGLAND ALBERT BUSHNELL HART LL D Mr Hart is professor of American History at Harvard University the author of many standard and popular works on United States History In 1902 he was chosen editor-in-chief of the co-operative history of the United States projected under the auspices of the American Historical Association The article herewith published was the address deliverd by him at Marietta on the occasion of the erection of a ...

"Women in Ohio," Volume 23, Number 2, April, 1914, pp. 223-225.
... Editorialana Editorialana 223 injustices combined with the unfair and oppressive policy of Governor Berkeley and his failure to quell the Indian uprisings led at last to the rebellion of the downtrodden planters under the leadership of Nathaniel Bacon a descendant of Lord Bacon Bacon led the planters successfully against the Indians and protected the frontiers then drove out Berkeley and remained master of Virginia until his death a few months later when Berkeley once more assumed control Then ...

"Auto-Sketch of Charles Williams," Volume 18, Number 3, July, 1909, pp. 372-379.
... AUTO-SKETCH OF CHARLES WILLIAMS AUTO-SKETCH OF CHARLES WILLIAMS Charles Williams was the first white settler - so claimed - in what is now the city of Coshocton Mr Williams settled there in the spring of 1800 the town being laid out the next year For a season or two prior to his locating at Coshocton Mr Williams had grown a crop of corn on the prairie four miles up the Walhonding River Mr Williams was a typical pioneer and his sketch written by himself is of special interest because giving not ...

"The Architectural Legacy of Guy Tilden of Canton," by Eric Johannesen. Volume 82, Numbers 3 & 4, Summer-Autumn, 1973, pp. 124-141.
... ERIC JOHANNESEN ERIC JOHANNESEN The Architectural Legacy of Guy Tilden of Canton For forty years from the mid-1880's to the mid-1920's Guy Tilden was the leading architect of Canton Ohio according to Edward T Heald Stark County's encyclopedic historian1 Of Tilden's enormous output only a remnant exists but this sample serves to indicate both the variety and the quality of building done in a growing Ohio industrial town during those years Buildings reveal the needs ambitions tastes and whims of ...

Volume 94, , Summer-Autumn, 1985, pp. 226-241.
... Index Index COMPILED BY LAURA RUSSELL ABRIDGMENT of the Laws by Nathan Dane 72 Academic Seal of The Ohio State University 68 Achenbaum W Andrew Shades of Gray Old Age American Values and Federal Policies since 1920 rev 112-13 Acreage Owned by 43 French Persons in the District of Gallipolis in Washington County July 1 1800 65-67 Table 66 Adams John Quincy 6 Adams Robert 130 Adult education 34-45 Aeneid by Vergil 73 Agricultural Experiment Station 39 Agricultural extension service 34-45 ...

"Remarks of Secretary Randall" (Dedication of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Museum and Library Building:) Volume 23, Number 4, October, 1914, pp. 339-356.
... Dedicatory Exercises May 30 1914 Dedicatory Exercises May 30 1914 339 who were following us in the retreating continental Ice Sheet in Ohio as the Eskimo are still doing in Alaska and Greenland Thus geology and archaeology join hands in our state to shed light on the earliest conditions under which man struggled to maintain his existence in this world of thorns and thistles of earthquakes and volcanoes and of waxing and waning ice sheets The contrast between those conditions and those in which ...

"Class Conflict over Residential Space in an African American Community: Cleveland's Lee-Seville Public Housing Controversy" Volume 111, , Winter-Spring, 2002, pp. 25-43.
... Moore Winter-Spring 2002 pp 25-43 Copyright 2002 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved This article is presented page by page with footnotes according to the original print version If a sentence seems to end abruptly scroll down to continue with the next page Class Conflict over Residential Space in an African American Community Cleveland's Lee-Seville Public Housing Controversy By Leonard Moore When discussing the conflict over residential space in America historians have placed ...

Volume 85, Number 1, Winter, 1976, pp. 86-96.
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Leadership in the American Revolution Papers Presented at the Third Symposium May 9 and 10 1974 Edited by the Library of Congress Washington D C Library of Congress 1974 ix 135p notes 450 The five papers presented at the Third Symposium on the American Revolution sponsored by the Library of Congress each prefaced by a brief gracious introduction by L H Butterfield comprise this attractive book It is much more successful than most collections of papers each author is a ...