... INDEX TO MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH INDEX TO MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY Baker C B 620 Society 595-596 recommends purBaker R C 593 chase of photostat equipment 598Bareis George F 593 620 report as 599 620 621 motion by 627 629 chairman of museum committee 627offers resolution to amend constitu628 634 elected first vice-president tion 630-632 634 elected secretary of Society 634 motion by 634 librarian and editor of Society 634 Battelle Gordon 620 Gard D H 593 ...
... 136 Ohio Arch 136 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications THE BUNCH OF GRAPES TAVERN In Old Boston Taverns -a rare little pamphlet published in Boston in 1886 and written by Samuel Adams Drake--is an entertaining little chapter on the Bunch of Grapes Tavern the inn that figured so historically in the early stages of the organization of the Ohio Company of Associates The tavern stood in King Street now State Street at the upper corner of Kilby Street It was not far from the site of the Boston ...
... RUTHERFORD B RUTHERFORD B HAYES AND THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Letters contributed by CURTIS W GARRISON RAINBOW OHIO Dec 2nd 1891 GEN R B HAYES Dear General As you are one of the Trustees of the Ohio State University and as I wish to act intelligently in the coming Legislature in all matters concerning it I take the liberty of asking your counsel in the case While I have not the least doubt that the Trustees and managers of that institution have done all in their power to build it up yet they ...
... 314 Ohio Arch 314 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications historic building but no one has come forward with the money to purchase and preserve it It is likely to share the fate of the house in Niles in which William McKinley was born JUDSON HARMON Judson Harmon jurist attorney general in the cabinet of President Cleveland and twice elected governor of Ohio died in Cincinnati February 22 1927 He was a graduate of Denison University a lawyer of eminent ability and a life member of the Ohio ...
... Dedication of the Haycs Memorial Dedication of the Haycs Memorial 4 69 on his generous endowment which assures that the whole shall be properly cared for forever It needs no prophetic vision to foresee that year after year the people of Ohio and of the Nation will come in increasing numbers as to a shrine to pay their tribute of reverence and affection for the simple great one gone and his beloved wife who sleep side by side under yonder monument From this shrine will constantly go forth an ...
... The Allen County Historical Museum The Allen County Historical Museum By ROBERT C WHEELER An Allen County dream is about to become a reality Late in 1955 the new Allen County Historical Museum will open to the public an event long awaited in and around Lima Few cities in the country can boast such facilities for preserving and interpreting their past The new museum will have in addition to ample exhibit space an auditorium seating 225 a local history library and a thirty-car parking area ...
... DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS A STATE MOTTO By Harlow Lindley The recent appearance of a book published by the Ohio Development and Publicity Commission entitled Ohio an Empire within an Empire offers an opportunity to make some comments concerning a state motto This title is purported to be taken from the State's motto the State of Ohio however has no official motto In 1866 a law was passed providing for the inscription of a motto on the State seal The motto adopted was Imperium in Imperio--an empire ...
... PRESENTATION OF RARE COLLECTION BY PRESENTATION OF RARE COLLECTION BY PROFESSOR EMERSON VENABLE After adjourning to the Library as above noted the following proceedings were had SECRETARY GALBREATH Mr Emerson Venable teacher author and writer will present the Dolores Cameron Venable Memorial Collection in honor of his late wife MR EMERSON VENABLE Mr Galbreath and Members of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society I regret that my daughter Evelyn Venable is unable to be present on ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Ohio Historical Society's Local History Office recently established a lending library of over 300 books booklets tapes and slidetape programs dealing with the preservation and interpretation of local history Available to all incorporated historical organizations in Ohio the materials may be checked out for three weeks with no charge beyond return postage To obtain a complete listing of the available items and a copy of the operating rules please contact ...
... DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS A LETTER FROM GREENE COUNTY OHIO DECEMBER 28 1817 Among recent acquisitions to the Manuscript and Archives collections in the Library of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is the following letter which describes pioneer conditions in Greene County Ohio in the year 1817 The letter was addressed to Nathan Fisher Mendon Worcester County Massachusetts and was postmarked at Xenia December 31 It evidently reached its destination January 18 1818 The postage was ...
... 374 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 374 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY the semi-centennial program at two o'clock An abstract of the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees follows ABSTRACT OF THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY APRIL 23 1935 The regular annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society convened in the Trustees' Room of ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL BUSINESS SESSION 1000 AM APRIL 24 1942 OHIO STATE MUSEUM The Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society convened in the auditorium of the Museum at 1000 AM on April 24 1 942 Mr Arthur C Johnson President of the Society called the meeting to order President Johnson in his brief introductory remarks referred to the small attendance caused no doubt by the fact ...
... 292 Ohio Arch 292 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications at the proper time took action in adopting memorial resolutions on the death of Dr Thompson but has had no formal meeting since the death of Mr Galbreath The resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees are at hand Mr Secretary will you read them DR LINDLEY It seems fitting that the resolution passed at the time of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees on January 23 1934 should be read before the members at the Annual Meeting ...
... MINUTES OF MINUTES OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY Deshler-Wallick Hotel Columbus Ohio April 9 1948 The Ohio Academy of History met in Columbus April 9 1948 in connection with the Ohio College Association The morning session opened at 10 A M with Clayton S Ellsworth of the College of Wooster presiding Two papers were given The Name of the Holy Roman Empire by Richard G Salomon of Kenyon College and The Good Neighbor Policy by Arvid T Johnson of the University of Toledo Forty members attended ...
... 436 THEODORE E THEODORE E BURTON Theodore E Burton was born at Jefferson Ohio December 20 1851 was graduated from Oberlin College in 1872 received the degree of LL D from Oberlin and Dartmouth Colleges and from New York University Ohio University and other institutions was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Cleveland in 1875 was elected to the National House of Representatives and served through the fifty-first fifty-fourth to sixtieth and sixty-sixth and sixty-eighth ...
... NOTES NOTES Contributors to This Issue DONALD D SHIRA MD Columbus O is Assistant Secretary Ohio Public Health Association Associate Editor Ohio Public Health and Lecturer School of Social Administration Ohio State University FREDERICK C WAITE PHD Cleveland O is Professor of Histology and Embryology School of Medicine Western Reserve University and author of many articles on medical history and an authority on the history of Western Reserve University HOWARD C DITTRICK MD Cleveland O is Senior ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA REUBEN GOLD THWAITES Reuben Gold Thwaites whose work in the field of Western history has made his name familiar to every American historical student died in Madison Wis on October 22 He was born in Dorchester Mass in 1853 and in 1866 removed to Wisconsin From 1876 to 1886 he was managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal published in Madison In 1886 he was elected Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and editor of the society's collections which ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 313 Reviews Notes and Comments 313 conditions at the time he said I am not surprised at the action of the United States government Slavery is now recognized as morally and economically wrong but at the time of the Harper's Ferry raid it was legalized by the United States and the State of Virginia It is generally admitted now that the blow at Harper's Ferry hastened the outbreak of the Civil War which brought slavery to an end in the United States John Brown's ...
... 288 Ohio Arch 288 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications U S GRANT ONE OF OUR BOYS BY BERTYE Y WILLIAMS One of our boys In the long ago He trudged along through the winters' snow To the old school-house that you see there still Oft' he went with grist to the White Oak mill When the days of summer were long and fair Met the other boys and went swimming there 0 he knew these woods and hills and streams And 'twas here he dreamed his boyhood dreams One of our boys Just one of our boys One of our ...
... GILBERT D GILBERT D SCHNEIDER Daniel Emmett's Negro Sermons and Hymns An Inventory Daniel Decatur Emmett author of the immortal Dixie was born in Mt Vernon Ohio on October 29 1815 the oldest child of Abraham and Sarah Emmett During the 1840s and 1850s he became a major figure in the development of Negro minstrelsy His natural abilities as singer fiddler banjoist and black-face comedian found favor with audiences across the United States and overseas Emmett if alive today would be part of the ...