... Winthrop Sargent 273 Winthrop Sargent 273 became adopted amongst them his head shaved painted etc as is their custom upon such occasions and has since by his own account been much in favor with them He relates that he has been with them to the British posts Michilmackinac particularly That they are there equipped with all the necessaries to come to war against the United States--march out upon these occasions under English colors and are received when they return with scalps with military ...
... THE INFANT SCHOOL THAT GREW UP THE INFANT SCHOOL THAT GREW UP By JOSEPHINE E PHILLIPS One hunded years ago the first child's garden was opened by Herr Friedrich Froebel in the little village of Blankenburg in Germany To Froebel belongs much credit for the development and spread of the kindergarten idea He saw that the education of a child should begin much earlier than the customary school age--six or seven years--and that play should be incorporated in that education He declared that the ...
... PIONEER DAYS IN CENTRAL OHIO PIONEER DAYS IN CENTRAL OHIO1 IT is pleasant my friends to realize the sentiment that not only peace has its triumphs as well as war but that domestic and home life hath its excitements and enjoyments as well as the political arena In this day of public strife-in the middle of a campaign in which the embattling squadrons of the several political parties of the day are arrayed against each other in the contest for civil power-we rest on our arms and come together as ...
... ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1945 To THE OFFICERS TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Herewith is submitted the Annual Report of the Society for the year 1945 The cooperation and the many courtesies which you have shown to the staff personnel during the year are greatly appreciated Respectfully submitted April 1 2 19 46 HENRY C SHETRONE Director REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR The year 1945 was a ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Spring meeting of the Ohio Academy of History will be held April 4th and 5th 1997 at Malone College in Canton Ohio The historical Encyclopedia of African American Associations is seeking scholars interested in contributing assigned entries This single-volume reference work will include associations established by African Americans and interracial groups working in the interest of African Americans For a list of entries and further information please ...
... SHAPING THE SEMINAR IN LOCAL HISTORY1 SHAPING THE SEMINAR IN LOCAL HISTORY1 by HARVEY WISH Associate Professor of History Western Reserve University History-writing has no prouder tradition than the pretentious seminar for graduate students and yet in far too many cases it has no rival for stuffiness and ineptitude That the seminar has survived and is in no immediate danger of extinction is not due to the guiding principles of Ranke or Herbert B Adams but rather because it serves as a ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Miracle at Kittyhawk The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright Edited by Fred C Kelly New York Farrar Straus and Young 1951 ix482p frontispiece illustrations and index 600 The publisher of this volume of letters has chosen to call Wilbur and Orville Wright two of the greatest and most fabulous figures of modern times Those who have been closest to the lives and the work of these men will probably approve that characterization for history can identify few notable ...
... TERRY A TERRY A BARNHART A Question of Authorship The Ephraim George Squier-Edwin Hamilton Davis Controversy In 1848 Ephraim George Squier a young ambitious eastern journalist and Dr Edwin Hamilton Davis a prominent western physician and antiquarian laid claim to world attention with publication of their classic monograph Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley As the first scholarly publication of the fledgling Smithsonian Institution the appearance of this Great American Work1 was a ...
... MILDRED COVEY FRY MILDRED COVEY FRY Women on the Ohio Frontier The Marietta Area It is difficult for the present-day American woman living in a modern suburb to comprehend the physical rigors the loneliness and the mental anguish suffered by those pioneer women who left comfortable New England homes journeyed eight hundred miles to the wooded savage Northwest Territory and then settled in crude log cabins or houses A better understanding of that period in history can be gained by learning ...
... 508 Ohio Arch 508 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications ing food and supplies She quoted the words of President Lincoln that without the women of the north the union could not have preserved The speaker dwelt at some length on the honors that Ohio women had won in various pursuits and callings that over one hundred of them had been given medals for their part in great achievements She gave a number of important actions benefiting womankind in which the initiative was taken by Ohio women Mrs ...
... I Whipped Six Texans A Civil War Letter of an Ohio Soldier edited by FRANK L KLEMENT James Pike a grandnephew of Zebulon M Pike the noted explorer was an unusual soldier in more ways than one He was the son of Sam Pike an outspoken critic of the Lincoln administration and a longtime editor of the Hillsboro Weekly Gazette the organ of Copperheadism in Highland County while the son performed heroically on the battlefields the father was accused of secessionist sympathies James Pike's prewar ...
... COLONEL JOHN MURRAY COLONEL JOHN MURRAY DAVID E PHILLIPS The readers of the Archaeological and Historical Quarterly can hardly fail to be interested in any matter intimately associated with the very beginnings of our Great Commonwealth The famous old mansion in Rutland Mass now owned by The Rufus Putnam Memorial Association and called The Cradle of Ohio has become one of the Shrines of American Patriotism and few have had so romantic an origin and history It was built about the year 176 0 and ...
... 486 Ohio Arch 486 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications where they fell at the hands of the Indians This I think should be one of the first things to be done by the Commissioners The pioneer history of Ohio is filled with soul-stirring events and I know our posterity will read with grateful hearts the story of the builders of the great foundation on which now stands in high esteem in all lands of the world our great State of Ohio Good-night COLONEL WILLIAM LEONTES CURRY Colonel William ...
... OHIO SURVEYS FROM THE AIR OHIO SURVEYS FROM THE AIR By ALFRED J WRIGHT Many Ohioans have been interested in studying the evolutionary aspects of today's landscapes Very likely many more will think along these lines during the year marked as it is by the sesquicentennial celebration of the founding of Ohio There have recently come into the possession of the State Archaeological and Historical Society some air photographs of one aspect of this evolutionary thought Through the good offices of the ...
... 532 Ohio Arch 532 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications Ulysses S Grant born April 27 1822 at Point Pleasant Clermont Co Nominated from Illinois at Chicago May 20 1868 Inaugurated March 4 1869 Renominated Philadelphia June 5 1872 Inauguarted March 4 1873 Died at Mount Gregor N Y July 23 1885 Buried Riverside Park New York August 8 1885 Rutherford B Hayes born October 4 1822 Delaware Delaware Co Nominated at Cincinnati June 14 1876 Inaugurated March 5 1877 Died Fremont Ohio January 17 1893 ...
... ROBERT CUMMING SCHENCK FIRST CITIZEN AND ROBERT CUMMING SCHENCK FIRST CITIZEN AND STATESMAN OF THE MIAMI VALLEY by FRED B JOYNER Professor of History Miami University In 1937 in a radio address celebrating Founders Day of Miami University President A H Upham called attention to the fact that the university had sent two ambassadors to the Court of St James Whitelaw Reid was one Robert Cumming Schenck was the other The work of the former is well known The career of Schenck is less well known A ...
... DARNELL'S LEAP FOR LIFE DARNELL'S LEAP FOR LIFE It will be recollected by students of history that in the year 1778 during the Revolution Daniel Boone with twenty-seven others was taken prisoner in Kentucky and brought to Old Town or Old Chillicothe as the Shawanese called it Through the influence of Hamilton the British Governor Boone with ten of his party was taken to Detroit while the remaining seventeen prisoners were left with their savage captors Among the latter number was a man whose ...
... 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 ...
... Book Reviews Summer-Autumn 2000 pp 225-238 Copyright 2000 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved This article is presented page by page according to the original print version If a sentence seems to end abruptly scroll down to continue with the next page INDEX Volume 109 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ ABISAAB Rula J 93 Accounting for Growth Information Systems and the Large Corporation by Margaret Levenstein rev 114-115 Adams Edward 175-176 AFF See Army Field ...
... FUNERAL OF ADAM WILLIS WAGNALLS FUNERAL OF ADAM WILLIS WAGNALLS September 24 1843 Adam Willis Wagnalls first opened his eyes to the light in the village of Lithopolis Fairfield County Ohio On Wednesday evening September 3 1924 at the close of a life rich in good works and meritorious achievements Adam Willis Wagnalls closed his eyes for the last time on earthly scenes at Doremi Manor Northport Long Island New York the home of his daughter Mrs Mabel Wagnalls Jones Lithopolis the little village ...