The 1982 Annual Report of The Historical Society

Despite difficult economic times, the Cincinnati Historical Society reached new levels of growth and service in 1982. The annual reports of the li- brarian, the education coordinator, and the director of community develop- ment and public relations each chronicle aspects of the institution's service to the people of Cincinnati during the past year. One result of the Society's recent commitment to offering new programs for the general community has been increased use of the library collections. Through its long history, the Cincinnati Historical Society has built a rich collection of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, paintings, prints, photographs, and other materials that document the history of this city and region. Over the years, and particularly since the Society's move to its Eden Park facilities in 1964, the number of library users has increased. But neither the boom in graduate school programs in the 1960's nor the "roots" phenomenon in the 1970's generated as many researchers for the library staff to serve as has the recent series of television programs, the Metro History Fair, the Cincinnati Neighborhood Studies Project, and similar efforts to share the history of the city with more people. To the degree that our historical society measures its success by the number of people who seek to learn about their city's history through research in the library, our public programming has proven to be a highly effective method by which people become motivated enough to come to the library to carry out personal research projects. This success has revealed how years of inadequate resources, which forced the Society to neglect the proper care and organization of its collec- tions, make increasingly difficult for the staff to serve effectively the public that comes to use the library. One essential element of a library is its catalog. Only through properly maintained finding aids can materials be predictably found and efficiently retrieved. The Society has rarely devoted adequate re- sources to the work of creating and maintaining catalogs for the collections, forcing the staff itself to become finding aids through personal assistance of the researchers. With more researchers using the library, however, the staff has less time to spend with each even though the new library patrons are frequently less experienced and in greater need of assistance. The resulting frustration for both staff and researchers is destined to grow. Crowded con-

249 ditions in our building already mean that the collections are squeezed to- gether to maximize the use of limited space. In the years ahead, shifting and re-shifting collections will be necessary to live within the confines of the building. Furthermore, long years of not investing adequately in the care of books through re-binding, construction of book boxes, and the substitution of xeroxes and microforms for original materials mean that our collections cannot stand up to the increased use being placed on them. Thus, at a time when the public in greater numbers seeks access to their own history, the Society finds itself frequently unable to accommodate and satisfy that in- terest. Solutions exist. Our recent Sesquicentennial Challenge Grant Fund Drive enabled us to initiate larger conservation and preservation programs in 1982. But affording the cataloging staff and the expenses of participating in computer-assisted cataloging systems are presently beyond the reach of the Society. Ours is now the only professionally staffed library in Cincinnati that has failed to enter the computer age. Yet, the trustees and staff of the Society have a rare opportunity in the years immediately ahead to create an institution that can more effec- tively serve the people of Cincinnati. In few cities in the country are its residents as proud of their city and its heritage. In few cities is there a collec- tion as rich and as valuable as the Society's. In few cities has there been such limited opportunities for people generally to experience, to share, to explore the history of their community. As Greater Cincinnati contemplates how it will commemorate the 200th anniversary of its founding on December 28, 1788, the Society has an unparalleled opportunity to serve and, possibly, an unequalled capacity to be of service to the community. To realize this potential, the Cincinnati Historical Society must define itself for a new Cincinnati century. Over the past few years, the staff of the historical society has extended itself in the service of the community to the point where current trends cannot be sustained. If the television programs, the publication of Cincin- nati: The Queen City, the sponsorship of the Metro History Fair, the Fourth Street History Gallery, and the Neighborhood Studies Project collectively fail to generate greater support from the community, then the institution's trusteeship of the collections will force it to retreat until a future time when other people will have an opportunity to attempt the work we seek now to perform. That prospect promises to make the years immediately ahead fully as busy and as critical for the Cincinnati Historical Society as those just past.

Gale E. Peterson Director

250 Report of the Treasurer for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30,1982

General Special Fund Projects Total Receipts: Investment Income $210,809 $210,809 Membership Dues-Individual 72,787 72,787 Membership Dues-Corporate 19,775 19,775 Gifts and Grants 48,279 $258,623 306,902 Reproduction Fees and Services 6,715 11,674 18,389 Profits from Sales 5,124 435 5,559 Special Events 12,049 2,656 I4,7O5 Operating Transfers 13,848 (13,848) — Miscellaneous 565 - 565 $389,951 $259,540 $649,491 Disbursements: Administrative Personnel $ 87,271 $ 9,276 $ 96,547 Building 29,990 105 30,095 Office 19,594 8,881 28,475 Capital Acquisitions 207 1,309 1,516 Development/Communications 9,021 6,180 15,201 Professional Services 7,74i 2,032 9,773 Preservation 1,440 1,440 Publications 3,566 3,566 Other 3,075 7,235 10,310 $156,899 $ 40,024 $196,923

Library/Collections Personnel $147,030 $ 29,020 $176,050 Office 5,213 1,448 6,661 Capital Acquisitions 6,464 19,516 25,980 Preservation 334 31,431 31,765 Professional Services 593 — 593 Other 2,161 1,928 4,089 $161,795 $ 83,343 $245,138

Programs Personnel $ 22,675 $ 62,476 $ 85,151 Office 1,367 16,003 17,370 Capital Acquisitions 989 4,690 5,679 Research and Publications 37,607 2,012 39,619 Professional Services 7,843 12,302 20,145 Other 506 5,104 5,6io $ 70,987 $102,587 $173,574

Total Disbursements $389,681 $225,954 $615,635

Excess Income/(Deficit) $ 270 $ 33,586 $ 33,856 Cash Balance, July 1, 1981 14,036 Cash Balance, June 30, 1982 $ 14,306 (Gifts and bequests to the Endowment Fund are not included in this report. In addition, the Women's Association reported income of $9,624 and expenses of $4,700.) J. Rawson Collins, Treasurer

251 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

RESEARCHERS PER MONTH

1981 —— 1982

Students participating in Metro History Fair greatly increased library usage in January, February, and March as the graph clearly shows. LIBRARIAN'S ANNUAL REPORT - 1982

THE LIBRARY For more than a decade library activities and programs have been reported for the previous July-June fiscal year. In order to convert to a calendar year report, this resume of activities covers July 1981 through December 1982. During this eighteen month period the library staff provided reference serv- ice, processed and created finding aids to collections, implemented conserva- tion programs funded by the Sesquicentennial Challenge Grant Drive, and sought solutions to critical space shortages for library users, collections, and personnel.

Reference Service

The library staff provided reference service for 8,056 researchers from forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries and assisted 3,186 people who came to the Society for meetings, to view exhibi- tions or to purchase for-sale items. The staff answered 21,074 desk and telephone questions and replied to 1,360 mail requests for information. In addition to researching family history, library users studied such topics as the female seminary movement in nineteenth-century America, the transi- tion from Jeffersonian to Jacksonian democracy and the 1869 controversy over use of the Bible in Cincinnati schools. Subjects of biographical studies included George Washington Williams, minister, lawyer, and author who became pastor of the Union Baptist Church in 1876; Civil War general William T. Sherman; and Silas Omohundro, a Virginia slave trader who lived in the city during the 1840's. Art historians, attempting to identify the works of artists M.W. Hopkins and John Smibert, examined the eighteenth- century portraits of Boston bookseller and publisher Daniel Henchman and his wife, Elizabeth, and the nineteenth-century portrait of Margaret Place Baker. The Society's Metro History Fair attracted students from area high schools, boosting 1982 library usage over the previous calendar year by 16% in January, 56.5% in February, and 34% in March.

Sesquicentennial Challenge Grant Projects

In 1981 the Society launched a drive to raise $1 million so that the library could implement more adequate programs to care for the institution's ex- tensive collections. Eighty per cent of the funds raised will be placed in the Society's permanent endowment fund to provide an on-going source of income for this work. The remaining amount will be spent on equipment

253 purchases and one-time conservation or preservation projects. In 1982 Sesquicentennial Challenge Grant appropriations were used to purchase equipment for on-going conservation projects and to obtain microfilm copies of Cincinnati's major daily newspapers. With the addition of a film inspector and densitometer, we now have the inspection equipment necessary to produce good-quality microfilm copies of printed and manuscript works in the collections. The acquisition of a splicer and jacket loader have given us the capability of providing those copies on sheet as well as on roll film. New book-mending equipment will be used to repair many of our volumes in-house, while works needing extensive repair or special attention will be sent to a conservator or commercial bindery. Using recently purchased enlargers, camera lenses, lights, and print-drying racks, we now are obtaining good-quality photographic negatives and prints to better accommodate the growing demand from the public and staff for copies of images from the collection. Recording and playback equipment, storage containers, and blank tapes were purchased to make use copies from originals in the 500-item audio tape collection. Acquired over the past four years, the collection has high research value. Before the tapes can be made available to researchers, however, they must be indexed and the collection cataloged. During the past three years, the Cincinnati Neighborhood Studies Project personnel and volunteers recorded approximately thirty conversations with successful Blacks including Theodore M. Berry, Ronald Temple, Carl West- moreland, J. Kenneth Blackwell, Oscar Robertson, Marian and Donald Spencer, Virginia Coffey, Webster Posey, Wilbur Page, John Marshall, William Bowen, and Fred Shuttles worth. Their interviews with residents of Norwood, Riverside, Sedamsville, and Mt. Auburn document the history of those communities. Interviews with dancers, choreographers, and set designers of national and international fame are contained on 250 reels donated by the Cincinnati Ballet Company, while the Fred Bennignus "I Remember Radio" collection documents early radio locally and nationally. The Cincinnati Women Working collection of fourteen interviews with Cincinnati women office workers contains information about working con- ditions, employment opportunities, and workers' attitudes from 1910 to the present day. Transcriptions of these tapes were supplied by the organization. Selections from WAKW Radio tapes recorded at public events in Cincin- nati over the past fifteen years are also included in the audio tape collection. The E.W. Scripps and Gannett foundations donated microfilm copies of , 1881 to date, and , 1841-1920, completing our holdings of these newspapers and significantly increasing our microfilm collection. Additional microfilm readers and a reader-printer were purchased to better equip our film-reading area.

254 Scott Gampfer uses the densi- Cindy Cline microfilms the archi- tometer to inspect microfilm tectural records collection. copies of architectural records.

Manuscript Collection In July 1981 the library received a $34,900 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission which provided partial funding to process and microfilm the Society's extensive architectural rec- ords collection. Sesquicentennial Challenge Grant funds will be used to complete the project. The collection documents Cincinnati's man-made environment from the 1860's to the 1970's, and consists of correspondence, financial records, specifications, and drawings from the Harry Hake, James McLaughlin, Elzner and Anderson, Samuel Hannaford, and Edward Schulte firms, the records of the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Institute of Architects as well as designs for single projects by local and out-of-town firms including J.W. Carlisle; Charles F. Cellarius; Garber, Tweddel and Wheeler; Fellheimer and Wagner; Shreve and Lamb; and Saarinen & Saarinen. Processing and creating finding aids for all of these collections began in August 1981 followed by filming the support material from the Hake Collec- tion, the largest record group consisting of 142 cubic feet of office files and approximately 40,000 drawing sheets. By the end of December 1982 we had filmed almost 179,000 documents from the correspondence and photograph files. In addition to inventories created for each record group, a biographical directory of local architects and a glossary of architectural terms found in the records are being compiled and will be incorporated into the final collec- tion inventory. The Historical Society, like other repositories that actively acquire manu- script collections, has a backlog of unprocessed material. To establish processing priorities for these collections and, because we were aware that some of our older, important collections had not been described as com- pletely as now is our custom, in 1980 staff members began an appraisal of our manuscript holdings. Some of the older collections had received minimal attention, having been put in boxes without the papers being cleaned or placed in folders. Only a few cards had been created to describe these collections and, in many cases, a list of contents was needed. The staff established re-processing criteria that included physical condition, quality of finding aids, and research demand for the material. We then scheduled all collections for processing and, during the past year and a half, staff members and volunteers have worked on older as well as recently acquired personal papers and records of businesses and organizations. A list of some of the collections that were completed appears at the end of this report.

Artifact Collection

Until we received a small grant from the Museums Association in July 1981, the Society's 2,000-item collection had not had proper care. The institution has never had a permanent curator for the collection, so the

UC student, Debbie Sarabia, A recent donation of antique studies images from the Daniel bottles to the artifact collection is Ransohoff Collection. accessioned by Claudia Watson. objects only received attention when a staff member found time in an already busy schedule or when an interested volunteer was assigned to record, box, and label acquisitions and to straighten out older accession records. The OMA grant made it possible to employ a temporary curator to administer the collection. When the OMA grant ended, an appropriation from the Sesqui- centennial Challenge Grant picked up the project which is scheduled for completion in June 1983. Since work began, we have installed utility shelving upon which to house objects and purchased two steel wardrobes for storage of the more important textiles. Never before had the collection been inventoried, the objects cleaned and boxed, and registration procedures and a classification scheme devel- oped and implemented. Accession and deaccession policies were written and adopted and an Artifact Advisory Committee was formed to review staff recommendations for withdrawal of items considered unsuitable because of their deteriorated condition or irrelevance to the Society's artifact collec- tion interests. In addition to working with the collection, the staff also participated in the planning and installation of exhibitions at the Society, at our Fourth Street History Gallery, and at other locations for Society-sponsored special events and programs.

Photograph Collection

The photograph collection continues to be a popular source of images for the media, businesses, museums, publishers, our own publications and exhibitions as well as for the general public. During the past fifteen months the department received 281 requests for 2,770 copies of photographs. To process these orders more quickly we hired a full-time photographer and expanded the darkroom. Copy work, once carried out in the photograph room where the space was inadequate and the work disrupted the staff's efforts to process and service the collection, has been moved to a basement alcove adapted for this function. Two college students assisted the curator during the past year. A Miami University intern compiled a useful directory of nineteenth-century Cin- cinnati photographers and, presently, a work-study student from the Uni- versity of Cincinnati is numbering negatives, refiling prints and soon will begin placing older prints in protective acid-free mats. In the summer of 1981, the curator selected images, wrote captions, and arranged for the publication of Cincinnati IQ2^-IQ^O, SL 1982 appointment calendar featuring fifty-five scenes of the city, its buildings, and citizens taken by noted twentieth-century commercial photographer Paul Briol.

257 Two large and important collections were added in 1982. Daniel Ransohoff donated his collection of almost 26,000 images documenting poverty in Cincinnati since the mid-1930's. He has exhibited his work in numerous museums, including the Contemporary Arts Center, the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, and in Edward Steichen's exhibi- tion, "The Family of Man," at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955. In December Walt Burton placed on deposit nearly 100,000 negatives, contact prints, and enlargements of the Playhouse in the Park and the taken between 1964 and 1974.

Exhibitions

With the opening of the Society's Fourth Street History Gallery in the Clopay Building in June, the primary exhibition area moved from the Hauck Room to the downtown location. Still, several exhibits in the Hauck Room cases complemented lectures or special events, and works from the Cornelius J. Hauck History of the Book Collection continued to be displayed regularly. The small exhibits included a display to commemorate 's centennial in September 1981 and "Images by Paul Briol" was shown from October through December to coincide with the publication of the calendar. In January 1982 letters and memorabilia relating to congressman Nicholas Longworth III were displayed for the Society's annual meeting, and in September members of the American Horticultural Society viewed examples of illustrated works from the Hauck botanical collection. Items from the library collections were loaned to nine museums and associations. The Photographic Archives of the University of Louisville borrowed eight cyanotype photographs depicting electric streetcars and the cable installation in Gilbert Avenue for an exhibition illustrating non-silver photographic processes. A minute book and the accessions catalog of the Women's Art Museum Association, a dedication program for the Art Museum building, dated May 17, 1886, and centennial cups, saucers, and fans were among the items loaned to the Cincinnati Art Museum for its "Art Palace of the West" exhibition. We continued to loan early printed works to the American Antiquarian Society for inclusion in the microfilm edition of Charles Evans' American Bibliography, a list of books, periodicals, and pamphlets printed in the United States from 1639 to 1820. The Cooper-Hewitt Museum borrowed eight images from Warren Parks' Mariemont Collection for its exhibition "Suburbs." Using photographs, maps, and drawings of fifty-five planned communities, the exhibit traced the development of suburbs in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In November 1982 the Cooper-Hewitt borrowed two linen blueprints of the main facade of Music Hall for "American Picture Palaces," featuring original art work, photographs, programs, posters, and

258 a selection of furnishings from theaters throughout the country. The Contemporary Arts Center used twenty-two late nineteenth century and early twentieth century photographs depicting office and factory work- ers, laborers in meatpacking, baking, and casting plants and roustabouts in "Images of Labor." Nineteenth century school texts and the first and second Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees of the Colored Common Schools (1855 and 1856) were displayed by the Cincinnati Arts Consortium for an exhibition for the Cincinnati Black History Program during November and December 1981. The Taft Museum borrowed items for three exhibitions during the year. "The 1930s Remembered: The High Style" included photographs of Union Terminal by Paul Briol. Movie posters, movie star stand-ups, and film promotional brochures from the Hennegan Collection were displayed in the "The 1930s Remembered: Cincinnati Do you Remember?" Nineteenth cen- tury toys from our artifact collection and Harper's Weekly prints were part of the 1982 Christmas exhibition, "Old Toys at the Taft." In the spring we loaned William Louis Sonntag's "View of the Ohio River at Maysville, " to the Mason County Museum in Maysville, Ken- tucky, for its "Re-opening Exhibition," and ninety-seven paintings, prints, and Paul Briol photographs of scenes, panoramic views, street scapes as well as portraits of Cincinnatians graced the walls of Cincinnati's University Club.

Space Shortages

For several years dwindling space in collection storage, processing, and public reading areas has been a major concern of the library staff. Imple- mentation of a conservation program, recent acquisitions of several large manuscript and photograph collections, and an expanded publications pro- gram have further accentuated the problem. The basement stack area, which originally housed only the book, pamph- let, map, artifact, and art collections, plus stationery and supplies, now houses all of these materials along with surplus copies of most publications; additions to the photograph and manuscript collections; the microfilming, photographic-copying, and book-mending equipment; and work areas for the conservation program and artifact-collection curators. Staff members and volunteers are now processing collections on the mezzanine, which had previously provided auxiliary reading areas for researchers. Newly acquired and much needed microfilm readers have been placed in the former geneal- ogy reading area on the first floor further reducing seating for researchers. To alleviate the Society's space problem for the next few years, the staff will employ such partial solutions as weeding collections, installing addi- tional shelving wherever space exists, placing materials in off-site storage,

259 and seeking constantly to use existing space as efficiently as possible.

Gifts

The library relies on gifts from individuals and organizations of records and family papers, photographs, prints, paintings, artifacts, books and periodicals which, otherwise, we would not be able to acquire. We are grate- ful to the donors, whose names are appended to this report, for their contri- butions to the collections.

Laura L. Chace The Frederick A. Hauck Librarian

DONORS TO THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTIONS (July 1981—June 1982)

Abel, Mrs. James Cansler, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Durrell, Richard H. Aherns, Mr. and Central Bancorporation Fertig, Earl A. Mrs. Edwin B. Chace, Miss Laura Fifth Third Bancorp Alexander, John Charter Research Institute First National Corporation Allen, Robert Chatfield, Frederick H. Cincinnati Allyn, The Reverend Compton The Chicago Historical Fisher, Thomas N. Alumnal Association of Society Fleischmann, Mr. and Woodward High School Cincinnati Art Museum Mrs. Charles American Association of Cincinnati Bell Inc. Fleischmann, Skip Museums Cincinnati Museum of Friedlander, William A. Asbury, Dr. Eslie Natural History Friendly Sons of Saint Ashcraf t, David L. Cincinnati Planning Patrick of Cincinnati Babbs, Ms. Dorothy Commission Friends of The Detroit Baker, Mrs. Virginia The Cincinnati Post Public Library, Baldwin United Corporation Cincinnati Union Incorporated Bannon, N.C. Stockyards Frisch, Sister Anne, O.S.B. Barbour, Hugh Cissell, James Galvin, Paul Beckman, Mrs. Elizabeth City of Cincinnati, Division Gampfer, Scott Beckman, Vincent D. of Community Assistance Garden Club of Cincinnati Benjamin, Thomas City of Cincinnati, Division Garrett, Wendall Bethesda Foundation of of Housing Assistance Geaslen, Mrs. Lucille Cincinnati Cleary, Edward J. Geiser, R.E. Bethesda Hospital & The Commercial Club of The General Society of Deaconess Association Cincinnati Mayflower Descendants Bond, Henry B. Cook, Bill James Gerhardt, Mrs. Edna Bowen, Mr. & Mrs. David Coombs, Mrs. Joan Gerhart, Mrs. Charles Bowers, Mrs. Shirley Coyne, Edward B. Germantown Public Library Boyce, Ms. Mary Frances Daniels, Professor Roger Giglierano, Geoffrey Boyd, The Reverend Davidson, Mrs. Myron Glenmary Home Missioners Robert D. Deupree, Mrs. Richard Good, Miss Alice M. and Brock,Stan Dorothy Dexter, Estate of Ralph William, M.D. C. Dudley Brown & Diamond International Gordon, Clarice Associates, Incorporated, Corporation Gordon, Stephen C. Architects Diehl, John Grand Lodge of Iowa, Brown, Mrs. Rachel Diehl, John and A.F. &M. Burress, Mrs. Marjorie The Carey Cottage Greene County District Caledonian Society of Doepke, Mrs. Robert Library Cincinnati Dulaney, William B. Grosch, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Calvary Episcopal Church Durrell, Mrs. Lucille Haag, Jack A.

26O Harth, Mrs. John E. Miller, Robert Mackenzie Sellman, W.M. Hartwell Historical Mills, Miss Olive Shaver, Mrs. Evelyne Committee Monteith, Ms. Bessie Mathias Hatfield, Ms. Virginia Morelli, Mrs. Gloria Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. Haussermann, John W., Jr. Morris, J. Wesley Ronald D. Hayes, Mrs. Mary Mount Adams Preservation Sikes, Mrs. Jane Heinz, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Association Simpkinson, Ewart Hennessey, John B. Mudge, Mrs. Hiram Singer, John E., M.D. Hollister, Robert B. Myers, PaulD. Skavlem, Mrs. John Hopf, Carroll Nagel, Mrs. William S. The Slemp Foundation Hospital Care Corporation National Society of The The Smithsonian Institution Houser, Mrs. Gertrude Colonial Dames of Carl Solway Gallery Houser, Howard R. America in the State of Somhorst, David Hymans, Edgar M. Ohio Southern Illinois University Indiana Historical Society National Trust for Historic School of Medicine Innis, James R. Preservation Southland Royalty Company Irwin, Miriam Owen Neely, Mrs. Christopher F. Stander, Thomas F. Jacques, Charles J. Nicholes, Walter Stolze, Mrs. John Jarvis, Mrs. Audrey Nies, Louis Strickman, Lawrence Jasper, Frank The Nomad Club Strucke, Lloyd C. Jenks, William F. Nord, Roland E. Stuckey, Ronald L. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ohio Association of Sturm, Joanna Jones, John K. Historical Societies and Swisshelm, Mrs. Dorothy Jones, John Paul Museums Tafel, Mrs. Ruth Jones, Joseph C, Jr. Parks, Ms. Marian The Taft Museum Keefe, John Paul, Judson, Jr. Taft, Robert, Jr. Keil, Douglas M. Perko, Father F. Michael, Taylor, Mrs. Bruce Kenton County Historical S.J. Teague, J.W. Society Peterson, Gale E. Throenle, Mrs. Veneita Ketner, Joseph Price, Robert Trapp, Kenneth Kilch, Charles W. The Procter & Gamble Tuttle, Walter H. King, Arthur G.,M.D. Corporation The Union Central Life Klein, Benjamin The Public Library of Insurance Co. Klein, Charles H. Cincinnati & Hamilton United Presbyterian Church Knochel, Eleanor C. County University of Cincinnati Krager, Mrs. Walter Purcell, Mrs. Eleanor The Virginia State Library Kuresman, Jack Larkby Wahle, Vernon E. Lafferty, Ms. Dianne Queen City Arts Club Wasmer, Mrs. Clarence T. Lang, Carl E. Raleigh, W.W. Weber, Leroy Langsam, Dr. Walter Ransohoff, Daniel J. Wehking, Ralph Langstroth, Ted, Estate of Rau, Robert C. Wells, Ruth J. Lohmueller, Gerald F. Richmond, Gerald Western Kentucky Lumb, Mrs. Arthur Rindsberg, Sidney University Library Lutton, Mrs. Edwin S. The Riverside Civic & Westwood Civic Association Manley, Robert E. Welfare Club, Whittaker, Mrs. Harry W. Mason, Morris L. Incorporated White, John H., Jr. May, Mrs. Wallace S. Robbert, Dr. Louise White, Robert H., Jr. McClosky, Father Patrick Roberts, Mrs. Cutter Williams, Charles E. McClure, Stanley Rouse, Mrs. Nancy E. Williamson, Mrs. Jean E. McDonald, David G. Saint Francis—Saint George Willson, Richard McHenry, Ms. Chris Hospital, Incorporated Wittow, Irv. McNeil, David Saint Ursula's Convent The Woman's Art Club Meadows, John Salb, Mrs. L.A. Wood, Franklin Menard, Paul W.K., Sandipher, Mrs. Louise Worcester Historical Estate of Berry Penn Museum Merrill, Harwod F. Scamyhorn, Dick Wulsin, Lucien Metropolitan Printing Schmidter, William C. Zachritz, James D. Company, Incorporated School Foundation of Zaidins, Morris Meyer, William D. Greater Cincinnati Zarm, Ms. Charlotte Parge Miami Purchase Association Schuler, Mrs. John F. for Historic Preservation Schultz, Charles R. Miller, Mrs. Robert C. Sehlhorst, Mrs. Betty Rittenhouse

26l Manuscript Collections Now Available for Research

American Red Cross, Cincinnati Scrapbooks, 1927-1974, of newspaper Chapter clippings concerning the activities of 5.7 cu. ft. the local Red Cross.

Ammen Family Papers Correspondence, military papers, and .5 cu. ft. business records, 1703-1920S, pertain- ing to General Jacob Ammen (1807- 1894), a Civil War general, his son John Jacob Ammen.

Beckman, Elizabeth Desloge, Proofs and notes pertaining to Eliza- 1921-1981 beth Beckman's book, An In depth .5 cu. ft. Study of the Cincinnati Silversmiths, Jewelers, Watch and Clock Makers Through 1850 . . . Cincinnati: c.1975.

Burress, Marjorie Burnside Book of poetry and prose, 1853-1855, .25 cu. ft. of John S. Hobart, a resident with the Shakers at Whitewater Village from about 1846 until his death in 1866.

Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Papers, 1872-1893, including corre- Valley and Central States, 1888 spondence, minutes, ledgers, financial 14 cu. ft. records, and photographs pertaining to all aspects of the Centennial Expo- sition. Included also is some material concerning earlier Cincinnati ex- positions.

Cincinnati Ballet Company Records, 1927-1979, including files of 14 cu. ft. the artistic director, choreographer, costume designer, and administrative staff and publications that document the Cincinnati Ballet Company.

Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, 1884 Papers, 1884, including correspon- .25 cu. ft. dence, contracts, and financial records, pertaining to exhibits, con- cessions, and sales at the 1884 expo- sition.

Clark Family Papers Diaries, correspondence and papers, 2.25 cu. ft. 1815-1952, of several generations of the Clark and Wilby families, includ- ing Joseph Horace Clark's diary de- scribing his Civil War activities and confinement and escape from a Con- federate prison.

262 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Records, 1846-1955, consisting pri- St. Louis Railroad marily of legal agreements between 4.5 cu. ft. the rail lines that eventually merged to form the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. First Unitarian Church Records, 1829-1980, including min- 10 cu. ft. utes, correspondence, financial rec- ords, membership lists, and records of marriages, baptisms, and burials. Gano, William George Washington, Papers, 1817-1881, relating to 1797-1872 William George Washington Gano .25 cu. ft. and his son Jacob W. Gano including correspondence, day books, a journal, wills, receipts, and Civil War papers. The Greater Cincinnati Bicentennial Records, 1973-1976, including corre- Commission spondence, publications, promotional 10 cu. ft. brochures and flyers, and newspaper clippings. Haussermann, John William, Sr. Papers, ca. 1898-1978, and photo- 2 cu. ft. graphs, newspaper clippings, printed material, documents, plaques, and medals relating to John W. Haussermann. Historical and Philosophical Society of Papers, 1942-1948, documenting the Ohio, collector history of World War II including let- 1 cu. ft. ters from servicemen, poetry and newspaper clippings. Jackson, Isaac H., 1770-1849 Papers, 1796-1847, including corre- 1 cu. ft. spondence, documents, maps, and in- dentures pertaining to business affairs in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, and Hamilton County, Ohio. The collection also contains early road maps of Hamilton County and documents relating to them. Kemper Family Papers Papers, 1724-1929, including diaries 2.25 cu. ft. of the Reverend James Kemper, family histories and genealogical rec- ords, correspondence of members of the Kemper family, material pertain- ing to Lane Seminary, the First Pres- byterian Church of Cincinnati, and Kemper Lane. Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836 Papers, 1807-1816, concerning busi- .10 cu. ft. ness matters in Adams County, Ohio and land transactions in Woodford County, Kentucky.

263 King, Margaret Rives, 1819-1898, Three scrapbooks, 1865-1888, in- compiler cluding newspaper clippings, music 1 cu. ft. programs, and original art by Mrs. King, Maria Storer, and Henry Farny. Newton, Lavinia Graham Letters, 1862-1866, dealing with the .25 cu. ft. Civil War period. J. Rawson and Sons Company Records, 1825-1917, including letter 3 cu. ft. press books, sales books, and financial records of Hartshorn and Child and J. Rawson and Sons, produce mer- chants and pork packers. Save The Terminal, Inc. Papers, 1972-1976, including corre- 2.34 cu. ft. spondence, newspaper clippings, and petitions pertaining to the use of Union Terminal and the removal of the murals of Cincinnati workers to the Greater Cincinnati International Airport. Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930 Papers, 1857-1930, including corre- 6 cu. ft. spondence, reports, speeches, and ar- ticles concerning Taft's political career. Papers Papers, 1850-1958, including corre- 6 cu. ft. spondence, indentures, ledgers, finan- cial records, and business papers per- taining to David Sinton, , Anna Sinton Taft, other members of the Taft family, the Sin- ton Realty Company, and the Cincin- nati Times-Star Company. Women's Press Club Records, ,1888-1979, including a 2.25 cu. ft. complete set of year books, 1888-1979; scrapbooks, 1910-1971; minutes, I954"I963; and financial records, 1925-1970. Zeigler, Penn Papers, 1919-1978, pertaining to Penn .5 cu. ft. Zeigler's terms as mayor of Lincoln Heights, 1969-1971, and his work with the Boy Scouts. Also included are correspondence, newspaper clippings, and business records of his uncle's firm, Zeigler—Schafer & Company.

264 EDUCATION COORDINATOR'S 1982 REPORT

During 1982 many of the programs initiated by the education department in the past four years reached maturity. Through exhibits and publications growing out of the Cincinnati Neighborhood Studies Project, numerous people gained a better understanding of the neighborhood history of Cin- cinnati. This program and the Cincinnati Metro History Fair stimulated hundreds of adults and students to pursue research in local history. In many cases these new researchers used the collections of the Cincinnati Historical Society for the first time. Through cooperative programming with WCPO and WKRC Greater Cincinnatians viewed quality television presentations about a wide variety of topics concerning Cincinnati history. Finally pub- lication of Cincinnati: The Queen City provided an attractive history of the city for a wide audience. Collectively, these programs have built an im- portant reservoir of experience and insight which the education department can use as it plans for the future.

Cincinnati Neighborhood Studies Project During the past year the staff of the Cincinnati Neighborhood Studies Project (CNSP) worked with volunteer researchers in eleven Greater Cin- cinnati neighborhoods. In 1982, the last year of funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities, CNSP continued to demonstrate its effec- tiveness as an innovative adult-education program. The appeal of neighbor- hood history is a strong one for many Cincinnatians. In one neighborhood, Sayler Park, over seventy-five people contributed to the research effort. By working with people individually and in small groups, and by teaching basic research skills in a relaxed setting the program demonstrated that people can learn to research and to interpret elements of their community history for themselves. In addition to the value of the project to those directly involved in re- searching their neighborhood history, the products resulting from the work of these community volunteers became valuable tools for a much wider audience. The photo exhibits which grew out of the work of several neigh- borhoods were particularly effective. On May 315 "To Better the Conditions: From Steele Sub to West College Hill," opened in conjunction with the neigh- borhood's Memorial Day parade and celebration. The exhibit was placed in the community park at the end of the parade route where over 300 people eagerly studied and reacted to it. On August 7, in conjunction with a spe- cially organized "Heritage Days" celebration, a second exhibit, "The Down- river Difference: The Origins of Sayler Park's Independent Spirit, 1880 to 1912," opened. During the two day festival, hundreds of community people viewed the exhibit. After their openings each exhibit, along with the Pleasant

265 Ridge exhibit which opened at the end of 1981, toured the Greater Cin- cinnati area in a wide variety of public settings. They appeared in Cincinnati City Hall, the Hamilton County Courthouse, four shopping malls, church halls, retirement homes, neighborhood recreation centers, branch libraries, schools, the Cincinnati Arts Consortium, the atrium at Fountain Square South, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Sharon Woods Village, Mt. St. Joseph College, and at the Convention Center during the Cincinnati Town Meeting. The traffic through these public spaces was tremendous, and lit- erally tens of thousands of Cincinnatians viewed these displays. In addition to the exhibits produced by the Cincinnati Neighborhood Studies Project, several neighborhoods completed publications. As a result of a major effort to teach community councils to collect and analyze their organizational records, the Riverside Civic and Welfare Club published Riverside Pride in March and the Madisonville Coordinating Committee pub- lished The Madisonville Coordinating Committee: A Study of Neighborhood Action in September. The Riverside study documented the quarter-century struggle of that neighborhood with various government bodies over the im- pact of the expansion of River Road on the internal life of the community. This publication marked the first time the CNSP successfully guided a community group of noncollege educated individuals through a major in- terpretive writing effort. The Madisonville study documented the organiza- tional history of a typical neighborhood organization, founded in the 1960's, as it struggled with the problems of a declining neighborhood business dis- trict, racial integration, and the return of the white middle class profes- sionals to a city neighborhood. Based on the success achieved in Riverside and Madisonville, the CNSP sponsored a workshop for community council presidents on methods of collecting and utilizing the records of neighborhood organizations. As a result, the Riverside Civic and Welfare Club, the Madisonville Coordinating Committee, the College Hill Forum, the Northside Community Council, and Mt. Adams Community Council donated their records to the Cincinnati Historical Society. These added to those of other community organizations since the beginning of the CNSP make future professional research into the neighborhood movement of Cincinnati possible. In addition to community council records, the program added hundreds of photographs from Sayler Park, West College Hill, Northside, and Walnut Hills as well as dozens of oral history tapes on numerous aspects of neighborhood life. The Cincinnati Neighborhood Studies Project also served as the basis for an exhibit in the Fourth Street History gallery. On September 15 "Stability and Change: Cincinnati and Her Neighborhoods, 1900-1965" opened for a six month period which included the busy Christmas season. The exhibit drew on the work of the three years of the CNSP, but was more than a simple recapitulation of earlier exhibits and publications. Through photos,

266 On a very croivded Saturday, librarian Laura Chace assists two enthusiastic Metro History Fair students under less than ideal con- ditions. The student bend- ing over is serving as a "table" so his buddy can write card catalog informa- tion which Miss Chace is relaying to him.

maps, pamphlets, and a slide/tape program, the exhibit explored the neigh- borhoods, their changing structures and social roles, and their developing relationship to Cincinnati's political and governmental life.

Cincinnati Metro History Fair

After a year of planning, the Cincinnati Historical Society sponsored the first annual Metro History Fair in March and April 1982. During the course of the 1981-82 school year over 7,000 students in Greater Cincinnati viewed the introductory slide/tape show and heard presentations about the program. Seven hundred students participated in regional fairs which were held at McAuley High School for students on the western side of the city, and at Withrow High School for students from the eastern side. The judges at these regional contests advanced 154 students to the final fair at the University of Cincinnati on April 3. At these three competitive events, no adults repre- senting area colleges, businesses, the professions, civic groups, city council, and local historical societies judged the student entries. The top three finish- ers in each category papers, exhibits, and performances received cash prizes and certificates. Because Metro History Fair serves as the district competi- tion for History Day, thirty Cincinnati students advanced to statewide competition in Cleveland and two students went on to Washington for the national finals. During the 1982-83 school year Metro History Fair is concentrating on increasing the numbers of teachers and students actively involved in the program, improving the number of quality projects submitted by conducting training workshops for teachers and students, and increasing community awareness of this important program. Through direct contact with thirty schools and two specialized teacher workshops held in the fall, the 1983 competition promises to build effectively on the 1982 results.

Television Work

The Cincinnati Historical Society remains in the forefront of efforts to utilize commercial television to communicate information about local his- tory. During the first two months of 1982 a seventh installment of the Cincinnati series focusing on the black experience in Cincinnati was re- searched, written, and produced in cooperation with WCPO. Like the earlier segments, Charles Kuralt narrated and The First National Bank of Cincin- nati sponsored "The Forgotten Chapter" which was broadcast on March 6. During the week of December 6 the entire seven-part series was rebroadcast. Weekly "History Expert" series for Eyewitness 12 News, which began in late 1981, continued throughout 1982. During 1982, fifty segments between two and three minutes in length were produced and broadcast, enabling

The opening of the Fourth Street Gallery in the Clopay Building gave the Cincinnati Historical Society permanent exhibi- tion space which will enable it to install exhibits focusing on varied facets of local history. the Cincinnati Historical Society to reach into over 100,000 homes each week. In addition to the educational and public relations value of these segments for the Society, they provided an excellent vehicle through which the organization was able to assist other cultural institutions in gaining exposure for their work when it related to historical subjects. During 1982 the WKRC segments featured exhibits and public programs of the Cincin- nati Art Museum, the Cincinnati Fire Museum, the University of Cincinnati, WGUC, St. Rita's School for the Deaf, the Cincinnati Zoo, the Cincinnati Arts Consortium, the Taft Museum, the Serringer-Crawford Museum, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In cases where the sponsoring organ- izations had obtained grants for their programs, the institutions were able to claim $2,400 contributed in-kind as the result of being the subject of one of these segments.

Cincinnati: The Queen City

A major concern in 1982 was completing Cincinnati: The Queen City, which appeared on December 15. Based on the interpretive structure de- veloped for the Cincinnati series on WCPO, this handsome publication was written to provide the general public with a , as well as showcasing hundreds of photographs, paintings, prints, maps, and docu- ments from the rich collections of the Historical Society.

Conclusion

With the completion of the Cincinnati Neighborhood Studies Project grant cycle, the third broadcast of the Cincinnati television series, and the publi- cation of Cincinnati: The Queen City SL phase of educational programming ended in 1982. Plans must now be made to meet new challenges and create new opportunities. With the opening of the Fourth Street History Gallery in 1982, the Cincinnati Historical Society gained a stable exhibit space through which to reach a wide audience. Maximizing the educational significance and impact of the exhibits developed for the space presents a new set of challenges. Building on the experience and success of the Metro History Fair to provide the full range of services needed by area teachers seeking to incorporate local history into their curriculum offers another area for de- velopment. In pursuing these and other new objectives, however, the success and experience of the past four years in the areas of innovative adult edu- cation and programming for commercial television must be built upon, not abandoned.

Daniel Hurley Education Coordinator

269 Gale E. Peterson, Director of the Cincinnati Historical Society, and Mark Eberhard, designer of Cincinnati: The Queen City, chat with Liz Smith, book buyer for Shillito-Rike's, at the book's opening party in December. (Left to right Smith, Peterson, Eberhard)

DEVELOPMENT AND MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES

Membership in the Society is a significant way for individuals and corpora- tions to demonstrate their regard for Cincinnati and its heritage. While most area residents would agree that materials documenting Cincinnati's history ought to be collected, preserved, and made available for this and future generations, Society members go a step further. Their financial support, through dues and contributions, provides nearly twenty-five per cent of the income required to operate the outstanding research library and to initiate education programs that make Cincinnati's history come alive for so many children and adults. In 1982 the Cincinnati Historical Society recorded continued growth as the number of individual/family and business memberships reached 2,615. Fifteen companies joined as regular business members ($100 and up); 268 individuals and families became members ranging from introductory ($15) to patron ($125). In addition, standing members boosted their level of support with 144 individuals and several corporations increasing their mem- bership category. The Society offers members a number of benefits. The handsome Bulletin affords interesting and informative reading. Lectures, mini-courses, excur- sions, and entertainments planned by the staff and the Women's Association are designed to be intellectually stimulating as well as enjoyable. During 1982 traditional activities combined wih some new ones produced a pleasing response from both our long standing and new friends.

Meetings and Lectures January 13—At the 1982 Annual Meeting of the Cincinnati Historical Society members enjoyed cocktails and buffet at the Society prior to the meeting. President John Diehl conducted the meeting at which members reelected Frank G. Davis, John Diehl, Robert M. Galbraith III, Thomas E. Huenefeld, Louis Nippert, Dr. Warner A. Peck, Jr., and William S. Rowe to the Board of Trustees. February 11—Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, founder and director of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion spoke on "Cincinnati Jewry and the Golden Age." Dr. Marcus is the distinguished author of numerous books and articles on American Jewish life. March 10—The Society saluted Woodward High School on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. J. James Pearce, Jr., president of the alumni as- sociation, gave an illustrated lecture discussing William Woodward's role in the establishment of the the school, the various buildings and campuses, and notable graduates. Woodward memorabilia was incorporated into a month long exhibit in the Hauck Room.

Congressman Willis D. Gradison spoke at the "city's birthday party" in council chambers at city hall. Trustee Vincent Beckman, who served as master of ceremonies, and Frederick A. Hauck, trustee emeritus, attended, (left to right: Hauck, Beckman, Gradison) May 5—Michael Teague, author of Mrs. L: Conversations with Alice Roosevelt Longworth, gave an illustrated lecture on the grande dame of Washington, D.C. society, treating the large audience to the late Mrs. Longworth's amusing observations about Cincinnati. Artifacts and political mementos documenting Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth's career were displayed in the Hauck Room. The items were recent gifts to the Society from their granddaughter, Joanna Sturm. September 15—Dr. Eslie Asbury, renowned surgeon, horseman, author, and raconteur,regaled members and guests with a humorous comparison of the first settlers and folk culture of "Early Cincinnati and Ohio." Dr. Asbury's granddaughters, Janet Pogue and Helen Rich, arranged a cocktail-dinner party which attracted a capacity crowd prior to the talk. December 28-The Cincinnati Birthday Party, the Society's annual birth- day party commemorating the landing of the pioneers at Yeatman's Cove in 1788, was held in City Council Chambers at City Hall. Congressman Willis D. Gradison, whose birthday falls on December 28, gave the principal address. Trustee Vincent H. Beckman, whose birthday is also on that date, served as master of ceremonies. Mrs. John Diehl handled party arrange- ments and commissioned the decorated Cincinnati birthday cake. A model of the statue of Cincinnatus, scheduled to be erected on the riverfront in June 1983, was presented to Mayor Thomas Brush by David Black, chairman of the committee that raised the funds to commission the statue. The Women's Association continued to assist the Society staff by recruit- ing gracious association members to serve as hostesses at meetings and lectures. The auxiliary supplied punch and cookies for all events except the annual meeting and fall dinner meeting, where they assisted with catering arrangements.

Mini Course

Upon the recommendation of the Program Committee, the Society rein- stituted a mini course program to supplement the traditional evening lec- tures. Classes taught by visiting scholars from area universities met on Saturday mornings in the informal setting of the Hauck Room. The format allowed for lectures, readings, and discussions with the class sizes limited to facilitate the latter. Dr. Roger A. Daniels, Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati and member of the CHS Program Committee, ar- ranged the 1981-1982 fall, winter, and spring terms. The courses proved to be a huge success with the membership and attracted an interesting group of participants which included college students, young professionals, house- wives, retirees, and educators. The Society welcomed a number of history conscious people who joined so that they could enroll in the courses. Dr. Henry R. Winkler, President of the University of Cincinnati, taught

272 the February mini course. His class, "Contemporary Britain: National Power and Social Welfare," attracted fifty-six students, twelve of them new mem- bers. In April Dr. Daniels lectured on "American Immigration: Race and Ethnicity in America Life" to a class of thirty-six with seven new members. Dr. Roger A. Fortin, Dean and Professor of History, Xavier University, conducted a course titled "America at the Edge of History: 1620, 1776, 1876, and 1980" in October which enrolled thirty-seven students including two new members. Participants in the mini course program generally praised the "excellent speakers and the stimulating lectures." The Saturday morning scheduling appealed to many who held weekday jobs; some enjoyed lunching at the Art Museum with their spouses or friends after class. In scheduling subsequent courses, the Society's staff will attempt to meet members' expressed pref- erences for more topics dealing with Cincinnati history, especially local architecture, art, and political development.

Fourth Street History Gallery

Although the Society had mounted a number of successful temporary exhibits over the years, either in the Hauck Room or in a community facility, it was without permanent exhibition space until June 1982 when the Fourth Street History Gallery opened. The Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Family Foundation made space available at no cost to the Society in the grand lobby of the Clopay Building (formerly the First National Bank Building) and funded the construction of exhibit structures. Plans call for the Society to install changing pictorial exhibits focusing on aspects of local history and for occasional loan exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibit service which the Society will supplement with a Cincinnati history component. "Fourth Street Promenade: A Pictorial Stroll Through 150 Years," a photo exhibit dealing with the architecture, institutions, and people of historic Fourth Street, inaugurated the space. Sue Schuler Brunsman authored the exhibit which was designed by Exhibitgroup Cincinnati. More than 200 guests attended the champagne reception on June 30. Trustee Louis Nippert was master of ceremonies with Mayor David S. Mann, Gale E. Peterson, and Manuel D. Mayerson sharing the dedication ceremonies. Music by Dave Pfeiffer and the Rhythm Rangers added to the festive mood. Mrs. Newton A. Powell, Jr. was in charge of the October 14 preview party for "Change and Stability: Cincinnati and Its Neighborhoods 1900-1965." The exhibit researched, written, and designed by Susan Redman-Rengstorf featured two dozen representative city and county neighborhoods. The Women's Association provided snacks and The Hudepohl Brewing Co. sup- plied draught beer for the "old-fashioned neighborhood" event.

273 Cincinnati: The Queen City, the Society's illustrated history, premiered at the gallery December 15. Thomas E. Huenefeld, trustee and head of the corporate division of the Sesquicentennial Challenge Grant Fund Drive, was honorary chairman of the party. Copies of the handsome, hardbound volume were presented to representatives of city and county government, the Cin- cinnati Business Committee, and the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Com- merce. CHS library staff members installed a mini-exhibit of toys and Christmas cards which remained in the gallery through the holidays.

New Queen City Tour

In 1981 and 1982 the Society researched, wrote, and edited a new version of the Queen City Tour, a self-guided tour of Greater Cincinnati. Indian Hill High School teacher, James Powers wrote a manuscript for the expanded tour. His text was supplemented with additions by Robert Brodbeck, Steve Gordon, and Sue Brunsman who also edited it. The tour was signed by the City of Cincinnati and in Kentucky by the Convention and Visitors Bureau. The greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau and the greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce published a colorful brochure with maps and text in the spring shortly before the new route signs went up in May. The Society sponsored a "Touring Party" on June 12, with two buses traversing the core loop. Subsequent tours will feature different segments of the tour.

Women's Association

The CHS Women's Association supports staff members in their endeavors, supplying volunteers to assist with hospitality and refreshments, clerical tasks, and the planning and execution of special events. In addition, the Association has a popular program for its own members. Membership is open to all CHS members with $5 annual dues payable to the Women's Association. Under the dynamic leadership of Mrs. Guy D. Randolph (Jane), the auxiliary grew to approximately 250 members. In May 1982 Mrs. James L. Elder (Frannie) succeeded Mrs. Randolph who had served a two year term as president. Women's Association members met at the Society in February to hear librarian Laura Chace's illustrated talk, "Gems From the Collection." In March Mrs. John M. Towle (Alice), program chairman, arranged a wonder- ful downtown walking tour with visits to City Hall, St. Peter-in-Chains Cathedral, Plum Street Temple, and the Fire Museum where a catered lunch was served. Mrs. George Fabe (Jody) conducted an April bus trip to Paris, Cynthiana, Old Washington and May's Lick, Kentucky, with lunch at historic

274 The Women's Association sponsored a number of events for its members including an interesting walking tour of doivntoivn and catered lunch at the new Fire Museum.

Duncan's Tavern. The annual meeting of the Association in May at Sooty Acres included a tour of the gardens. In October, new program chair, Jody Fabe, arranged a luncheon meeting at Fore & Aft Restaurant on the Ohio River. Later that month, she con- ducted a downriver tour on the Kentucky side of the Ohio which returned via Indiana and stopped at several house museums along the route. Serving on the 1982 executive committee with Mrs. Elder and Mrs. Fabe were Mrs. Charles W. Krehbiel, Mrs. Henry G. Monning and Mrs. Robert F. Lindsay. By the end of 1982, the Association had grown to approximately 340 members. During 1982 the Society reduced the number of lecture programs offered. Monthly events were programmed September through April, as in the past, with dinner lecture meetings, mini courses, and Fourth Street History Gal- lery preview parties supplementing the traditional lecture-with-reception- to-follow. This experiment with a greater variety of social/educational opportunities for members and guests proved successful, with good attend- ance at the annual meeting, Asbury dinner, and two gallery openings. The Society attempted to keep expenses at a break-even level for members, with charges ranging from $5 to $15 for parties and set at $20 for mini-courses. Lectures, whether preceded by dinner or followed by reception, remained open to the public without charge. Donations from the Women's Association, party chairmen, and local beverage wholesalers helped the Society keep fees low.

Sue Schuler Brunsman Director of Community Development