... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN THE OHIO VALLEY PREVIOUS TO 1840 BY JANE SHERZER The section of country investigated in this paper under the name of The Ohio Valley includes Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Southern Ohio Indiana and Illinois and Kentucky and Tennessee In West Virginia in Southern Indiana and Illinois there were no schools for the higher education of women up to 184 0 It is true early in 1840 in Indiana there were two ...
... COMMERCIAL VS COMMERCIAL VS SCIENTIFIC COLLECTING A PLEA FOR ART FOR ART'S SAKE WARREN K MOOREHEAD Curator of Archaeology Phillips Academy Andover Mass It occurs to me that so far as it could be accomplished without infringing upon the rights of individuals museum curators should combine against dealers in archeological specimens There seem to be two classes of these men and the one should not be confounded with the other Of recent years the dealers of archaeologic specimens have increased to ...
... THE OHIO CANALS PUBLIC ENTERPRISE THE OHIO CANALS PUBLIC ENTERPRISE ON THE FRONTIER By CHESTER E FINN On July 4 1825 the little town of Newark Ohio celebrated the grandest and most glorious fourth of its history The notables of the State and of other States were congregated there and a momentous event in the history of Ohio was about to take place After suitable celebrations in the town the group adjourned to Licking Summit escorted by brilliantly uniformed troops of militia and followed by ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Joseph Benson Foraker An Uncompromising Republican By Everett Walters Ohio Governors Series I Columbus Ohio History Press Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society 1948 xiii 315p illustrations bibliography and index 350 Ohio during the closing decades of the turbulent nineteenth century was in many ways the hub of national politics The state had produced a simply amazing number of legislative giants and private individuals who knew how to stand quietly in ...
... SUNSET COX OHIO'S CHAMPION OF COMPROMISE IN SUNSET COX OHIO'S CHAMPION OF COMPROMISE IN THE SECESSION CRISIS OF 1860-1861 by DAVID LINDSEY Associate Professor of History Baldwin-Wallace College Among the political leaders of the blundering generation of 1860-61 no one deplored the tragic drift of events toward armed conflict more than Samuel Sullivan Cox of Ohio Son of a pioneer printer from New Jersey Cox had been born and reared in Zanesville and schooled at Ohio University and Brown ...
... Forty-First Annual Meeting 661 Forty-First Annual Meeting 661 President Johnson then introduced Mr Walter D McKinney a life member of the Society who had previously presented the rare original painting of Simon Kenton and who had brought to the meeting a painting of Thomas Walker Cridland Mr McKinney came forward with the painting in its pioneer frame which he presented to the Society in the following interesting and informing address THOMAS WALKER CRIDLAND Two years ago it was my privilege to ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 70 NUMBER 2 APR I L 1 961 Samuel Watts Davies and The Industrial Revolution in Cincinnati By HARRY R STEVENS IN AN AGE PREOCCUPIED with case studies it is refreshing to discover a man as distinctive and individual as Samuel Watts Davies Although he seems on first acquaintance to be merely a typical aggressive frontier business enterpriser the appearance of similarity is deceptive The resemblance exists but not because Davies ...
... DR DR WILLIAM A GALLOWAY Dr William A Galloway a life member of the Archaeological and Historical Society a scholarly gentleman long interested in the local history of his section of the State a public-spirited citizen and prominent physician died at his home in Xenia early in the afternoon of November 7 1931 He had been ill for almost a year as a result of ptomaine poisoning which left him with a weakened heart He seemed to rally from the attack in the early autumn This buoyed the hopes of ...
... DAVID FRENCH DAVID FRENCH Elizur Wright Jr and the Emergence of Anti-Colonization Sentiments on the Connecticut Western Reserve Probing the origins of reform sentiment is the sort of sleuthing particularly attractive to students of social history The Connecticut Western Reserve has evoked considerable scholarly discussion much of which vastly over-simplified the interaction of reformers with their environment The origins of sentiments in the Western Reserve in opposition to schemes for ...
... WASHINGTON GLADDEN WASHINGTON GLADDEN FIRST CITIZEN OF COLUMBUS by C GEORGE FRY The story is told that Washington Gladden was once a guest at a downtown businessmen's luncheon in Columbusl A stranger was present and was introduced to Doctor Gladden Assuming him to be a physician he asked Sir where do you practice Gladden smiled and replied Oh I don't practice I just preach2 Friends and admirers of Washington Gladden knew however that he did practice as well as preach in many areas He was ...
... The Black Hand The Black Hand 457 thyself be beaten by the cunning right hand of a boy Disgraced thou art and no longer shalt thou be numbered among the members of my frame And the hand clung to the rock and turned black and spread and grew until it was as the hand of a giant and while the chief Ahyomah and the tribe stood silently watching the wonder the defeated warrior wrapped his robe about him spoke no word of farewell and striding swiftly into the dark depths of the forest was seen no ...
... OHIO'S DEEP ROOTS IN CONNECTICUT OHIO'S DEEP ROOTS IN CONNECTICUT By JOSEPHINE E PHILLIPS To Elijah Backus Esq one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County of New London Comes Zebedee Wood one of the Granjurors of our Soverign Lord the King for the County of New London and Complains amp Gives Your Worshop to Understand that Gideon Baker of Norwich in Said County was on or about the Midle of August Last Guilty of Transgression of Law in Sd Norwich for that he the Sd Baker Did Breek ...
... The Nomination of The Nomination of Ru t herford Hayes for the Presidency by KENNETH E DAVI S ON 96 OHIO HISTORY 96 OHIO HISTORY The Nomination of Rutherford Hayes for the Presidency For the first time since the Civil War the Republican party faced the possibility of defeat in 1876 so strong was public sentiment against the corruption of Grant's administration The Republican candidate would have the handicap of representing the scandal-torn party in power his Democratic opponent would ...
... MARIETTA COLLEGE AND THE OHIO COMPANY MARIETTA COLLEGE AND THE OHIO COMPANY A Review of Professor Arthur G Beach's History BY WAYNE JORDAN A college history that is also an outstanding contribution to the general historical literature of Ohio has been published in connection with the 100th anniversary of the present charter of Marietta College and the 138th of the founding of Muskingum Academy The book is entitled A Pioneer College--The Story of Marietta1 and was written by Arthur G Beach ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA WILLIAM McKINLEY Elsewhere in this Quarterly we report at some length the interesting ceremonies held on Ohio Day July 18 at the Pan-American Exposition Little did we suspect on that joyful day that in two brief months a terrible tragedy would transform the bright banners bedecking the buildings into the trappings and suits of woe On Friday September 6 President McKinley attended the Exposition and in the afternoon while holding a public reception in the Temple of ...
... KENNETH E KENNETH E DAVISON Travels of President Rutherford B Hayes In a predominantly newspaper age long before the advent of radio and television Ohio's President Rutherford B Hayes spent much of his four-year term traveling throughout the United States Beset by critics in both the political arena and the press he strove to put his cause and himself directly before the American people While many of his trips were avowedly nonpolitical they definitely helped to project a favorable image of ...
... JOHN BROWN IN OHIO JOHN BROWN IN OHIO An Interview with Charles S S Griffing edited by Louis FILLER Assistant Professor of American Civilization Antioch College John Brown's Ohio years merit continued study In view of the fact that a serious shadow has been cast over his intentions and activities in Kansas by a formidable historian1 it is evident that the Ohio period may be crucial in any ultimate evaluation of Brown's role and personality Mary Land's article John Brown's Ohio Environment in ...
... MEMBERSHIP IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERSHIP IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF OHIO BY B H PERSHING Professor in Wittenberg College Since pure democracy is not possible in any country with a numerous population every republic finds itself under the necessity of devising some system of representation The emergence in America of geographical areas having in every case a historical background and a political consciousness has made the problem more complex here than in lands in which artificial ...
... MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Board of Trustees of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met in annual session in the Trustees' Room of the Museum and Library Building at 1 o'clock p m Tuesday April 24 1934 The following trustees were present Mr Arthur C Johnson Sr President Messrs Goldman Eagleson Miller Goodman Florence Sater and Mrs Dryer Director Shetrone ...
... THE USEFUL RESULTS OF HISTORICAL CONTROVERSY THE USEFUL RESULTS OF HISTORICAL CONTROVERSY An Illustration and Suggestion WILLIAM Z DAVIS LL D Judge Ohio Supreme Court The present controversy about the discovery of the North Pole suggests the thought that the truth of history is established by adverse criticism and thorough investigaton and that the truth cannot be hidden forever A striking illustration of this is found in the bibliography of the discussion over the question Who discovered the ...