FISCAL YEAR 2014 Annual Report History!

Through the historic preservation of our communities, our critically acclaimed education programs, 1.9 million collected items and over 50 historic sites and museums, we are helping people connect with Ohio’s past to understand the present Across the state, the Ohio and create a better future. History Connection oversees historic sites counties, and museums which 58 located in 40 include: historic sites natural history sites 33 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS museums acres of land 11 5,000 A Message From the Executive Director & CEO...... 3 archaeological buildings built 10 sites 300 between 1788 A Message From the Board President...... 4 and 2013 Ohio History at Work...... 5–10 canal major boats 7 locks 4 bridges 2 Numbers...... 11 Our Historic Sites and Museums...... 12 Annual Revenue and Expenses...... 13 Annual Supporters...... 14–18 Watch the accompanying Leadership...... 19 videos to the Annual Report at ohiohistory.org/ar2014. A MESSAGE FROM THE Executive Director & CEO

It has been a great year for those of us who • We are beginning to create and open new love Ohio and Ohio History. On May 24, 2014, and immersive exhibits and experiences we officially changed our name from the connecting our guests to the real stuff Ohio Historical Society to the Ohio History of history. Connection. This change reflects our continued • In the field of historic preservation, we added commitment to advancing Ohio History and 31 new listings on the National Register of our goal to invite more Ohioans to open the Historic Places last year, which brings the door to history and explore it with us. total to over 4,000 Ohio listings. Through the Nearly two years ago, we began to garner a Historic Tax Credit Program we’ve seen $200 greater understanding of what Ohioans think of million invested in historic buildings last year, us in order to improve our services. We hosted which brings the total to $2.87 billion invested focus groups throughout the state and learned since 1976. that many find Ohio History interesting, but could • We are reaching more teachers and students not relate to the words “historical” or “society.” through distance learning opportunities After listening to people with an affinity for and, specifically, the Ohio As America online history and others whose interest we hope to textbook for fourth and eighth graders spark, we selected and tested the new name for throughout Ohio. our mission. We chose the word “connection” • Finally, in the last four years, we’ve increased because, at the core of our service, we are a visitation by 119 percent and earned revenue conduit to Ohio’s past. by 15 percent. We provide expertise, we tell stories, we With all the great services we have to offer, create experiences and we help others we wanted a name that resonates with people develop skills to educate our youth. and makes them excited about preserving and sharing Ohio History with us. Ohio History and While we are not the only connection to Ohio the have a bright History, our enormous scope of services allows future. Please join us as we continue to preserve us to be a key connection to exploring Ohio’s and share the stories of Ohio’s past. history. Our decision to change our name is

also a reflection of our progress over the last four years: Sincerely, • We have successfully implemented new management partnerships for our more than 50 sites throughout Ohio that responsibly leverage financial resources while providing visitors with an improved experience. Burt Logan A MESSAGE FROM THE Board President

Our mission is to spark discovery of Ohio From local communities to classrooms, we are History. With the momentum generated over helping Ohio History thrive in schools across the last year, we are making more personal the state through innovative programs that connections with Ohioans than ever before. engage teachers and students. The National From fourth grade field trips to family history History Day program, which originated in research and from Civil War reenactments to Cleveland in 1974, saw over 7,000 students historical marker dedications, Ohio History participate at district, state and national has something to offer everyone. As board competitions last year. In addition, we had president, it is always rewarding to see how 22,700 fourth and eighth graders in 83 Ohio history sparks Ohioans’ curiosity and motivates school districts subscribe to and use Ohio As them to dig deeper and discover more. It has America, an eTextbook. been my pleasure during the 2014 fiscal year to Over the past year, we continue to reach see this curiosity flourish and witness important beyond Ohio’s borders to build relationships strides toward preserving and sharing our with the federally recognized post-contact Ohio state’s history with all Ohioans. tribes who now live in Oklahoma. We were Communities across the state were at the center particularly pleased the Ohio General Assembly of the Statehood Day celebration in February, amended House Concurrent Resolution 26, where the Ohio History Connection awarded 10 which recognizes the last week in September History Fund grants to local organizations. In its as American Indian Week. Each year during second year of grant-making, the History Fund is this time, the Ohio History Connection will a competitive matching grants program funded collaborate with our sites and partners to present entirely through Ohio taxpayers’ voluntary programs that help educate and inform Ohioans contributions. The History Fund was created to about American Indian history. support the preservation and sharing of Ohio’s These are just a few highlights of how the Ohio heritage. It is wonderful to see it making a History Connection is making a difference difference in communities that are so passionate across the state and beyond. Ohio History’s about history. successes are due to our supporters, including Local history was also the focus during the Gov. John R. Kasich, the Ohio General Ohio County Courthouse Symposium in May, Assembly, our members, our donors and the which we hosted cooperatively with the Ohio 1,500 volunteers across Ohio. Supreme Court, Heritage Ohio and the County Thank you for helping build the Ohio History fan Commissioners Association of Ohio. County club and for the privilege to serve Ohio History. courthouses serve as the center for political and commercial life and are important Sincerely, anchors in the heart of many of our communities. The event connected elected officials from all over the state with the resources and expertise they need to ensure these important landmarks Glenda S. Greenwood are preserved for future generations. OHIO HISTORY AT WORK Across Ohio and Beyond

The Ohio History Connection works closely with local, national and international partners to advance Ohio History. The following six stories showcase the great work of these partnerships.

MUSEUM OF CERAMICS FOUNDATION Makes Museum Accessible to All

During the late 19th century, ceramic manufacturing was as synonymous with East Liverpool as steel Every object on display has a story just like every production was with Pittsburgh or as automobile person through the door has a story. This accessibility manufacturing later became with Detroit. The Museum project broadens our audience and it also broadens of Ceramics tells this important chapter in Ohio’s and the knowledge we can get from our visitors. There the nation’s manufacturing history. Now, due to the hard is always something to be learned, every single day, work of the Museum of Ceramics Foundation, everyone whether it is visitors learning from us or us learning can access and enjoy the museum. from visitors. On the National Register of Historic Places, the Museum of Ceramics occupies the former city post office, – Sara Webster Vodrey, which was built in 1909. While an excellent example of Director of the Museum of Ceramics adapting an older building for a new use, the museum was not accessible to people with disabilities. Making the museum accessible to everyone was a priority for See the new elevator online at ohiohistory.org/ar2014. the Museum of Ceramics Foundation, which manages the museum for the Ohio History Connection. The Museum of Ceramics Foundation launched the Access? All Right! campaign and successfully raised funds for an accessible restroom and an elevator that connects the street level with the museum’s two levels.

Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report • 5 AMERICORPS VOLUNTEER HELPS Reinvigorate Historic Theatre

Since October 2010, the Ohio History Service Corps at the Ohio History Connection has been supporting community and local history all over Ohio. Twenty When I saw the Tecumseh Theatre, I knew I wanted to AmeriCorps members provide at least 34,000 hours be involved and bring back a place dedicated to the of service to Ohioans each year in the categories of arts to . It was extremely rewarding to see historic site survey, collections digitization and capacity the kids come in and enjoy themselves and to interact building for local historical organizations. this way in their community. They were having fun, AmeriCorps volunteer Dayton Willison has made learning about their community and becoming a tremendous difference in southeast Ohio. invested in their history. The one thing that I learned as an AmeriCorps volunteer is that the more invested Willison has spent the last two years as an AmeriCorps you are in where you live, the more you care and want volunteer for the Sunday Creek Associates in Shawnee, to get involved. I found that this theatre building is Ohio. As the Arts Program Manager, he took on a that ray of hope. special project to return arts and theatre to the historic Tecumseh Theatre. – Dayton Willison Willison began by cleaning the theatre and reintroducing Americorps Volunteer the community to it during Shawnee’s Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day. Once the theatre was open, Willison set his sights on making the Tecumseh Theatre a space for kids. One of his first projects was to plan Learn more about Dayton at ohiohistory.org/ar2014. a night of ghost stories and old-fashioned games. He took mining-disaster stories and oral histories that had gruesome endings and turned them into stories appropriate for children.

6 • Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report TEACHER EXCHANGE Bridges Cultures and Curriculum

The Ohio History Connection continues to partner with the federally recognized post-contact Ohio tribes who now live in Oklahoma. The goal of these partnerships is to establish connections, build relationships and rediscover the and its historic American Indian tribes. In 2013, the Ohio History Connection received $24,941 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums program. This project connects K–12 teachers in Ohio and Oklahoma who teach about the Midwestern American Indian removal and seeks to build relationships between teachers, museums and diaspora populations. Where we live—especially because we have The Oklahoma and Ohio Exchange brings together nine federally recognized tribes in our area, which three Oklahoma and three Ohio teachers as well is the most nationally—it is really important that our as representatives from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe students know about our heritage. It’s invaluable to of Oklahoma. The exchange program addresses a come to Ohio and see that this is where the Native fundamental problem of Ohio’s and Oklahoma’s Americans were before they were in Oklahoma. curriculums about the American Indian experience: Ohio curriculum teaches American Indian history in – Lindsey Cole elementary school and stops when the American Indians Oklahoma Teacher were removed from Ohio. In Oklahoma, the curriculum does not start until eighth grade and begins when American Indians arrived in Oklahoma. The goal of the Hear from the teachers and Chief Glenna Wallace at exchange is to bridge the gap in curriculum and connect ohiohistory.org/ar2014. the stories of American Indians in Ohio and Oklahoma.

Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report • 7 SPRINGFIELD’S “ATTIC” IN GOOD ORDER Thanks to History Fund Grant

Springfield was a huge center of the farm-equipment Fragile and valuable artifacts are being stored in industry—so big that a local company was one of five materials that will help protect them over time. Items are that merged in 1902 to form International Harvester. also being entered into the society’s digital catalog, with What’s more, the National Road once ended there and precise location coordinates to help curators find them Springfield’s the home of Wittenberg University and quickly and easily. Ohio’s only Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie style house. “The project underway with the help of the History With so much history, it’s not surprising that Springfield Fund is a big step toward following the risk assessor’s has a big attic. The Heritage Center of Clark County in the recommendations and ensuring preservation of these 1890 City Hall is chock-full of the stuff of history. In 2008, items for generations to come,” Eichensehr says. a professional risk assessor said, “Clark County Historical Society’s collections are an extremely valuable resource to the city of Springfield, the state of Ohio and the nation.” But storage areas had become crowded and disorganized. Taking care of other people’s objects, collections, A $15,000 grant from the Ohio History Connection’s family treasures and heirlooms is so important, so History Fund is helping Clark County Historical Society humbling, so rewarding and so amazing that to have put the region’s “attic” in order. The society has used the people say this is important and we are supporting grant to buy museum-quality storage supplies and two you is wonderful reinforcement of the work we do. laptop computers, allowing on-site cataloging in the storage areas. – Virginia Weygandt Director of Collections, “Five interns from Wright State University’s Public History Clark County Historical Society program have contributed roughly 700 hours to the project,” says Curator Kasey Eichensehr. “It would have been impossible to manage that many student workers were it not for the additional staff hours paid for by the Hear more from Virginia at ohiohistory.org/ar2014. History Fund.”

8 • Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report HISTORIC BUILDING Gets New Lease on Life

In fiscal year 2014, the Ohio History Connection “With these particular building projects, known as reviewed 54 tax credit projects, adding up to more than supportive housing buildings, we have location $200 million invested in Ohio’s historic properties. This requirements. For instance, we need to be on a main work is good for the environment (since the “greenest” arterial with access to good public transit because many building is the one already standing) and fuels Ohio’s of our future residents will never own a car,” says Brian economy through construction jobs, permanent jobs Drobnick, senior project manager for the Cleveland and the ripple effect that preservation of iconic buildings Housing Network. The Lang Furniture Building and its can have on surrounding properties. historic district met these requirements and the more For nearly 100 years, the Lang Furniture Building Drobnick and his team investigated the building, the has been a fixture in Cleveland. The building was more they realized its potential for rehab using historic constructed by the Lang family around World War I and preservation tax credits. was a place where they manufactured furniture and housed a funeral home business. The employees of the Lang family were carpenters who created the furniture and the caskets for the funeral business. Now I’m a visitor and I can now walk into it and look at it A recent rehabilitation using historic tax credits has from that angle and remark, ‘Wow, this is a magnificent, given the Lang Furniture Building a new lease on life beautiful structure.’ It’s a home to people who have not and transformed a vacant building into new residential had a lot of opportunity and are accustomed to seeing space. Cleveland Housing Network identifies the decay. This building could have very easily been sent location within a historic district as one of the reasons to a landfill; it could have just been a hole on Lorain they chose the Lang Furniture Building. [Avenue], but it’s not. It’s a statement. It’s a beacon to the 40 people who live here and to the community around it. Someone came and invested money and they’re investing in people’s lives and it’s working.

– Brian Drobnick Senior Project Manager for the Cleveland Housing Network Inc.

Learn more about the Lang Furniture Building at BEFORE AFTER ohiohistory.org/ar2014.

Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report • 9 OHIO’S STATE ARTIFACT Exhibited in Paris

The Adena Effigy Pipe became Ohio’s official State Artifact in 2013 and now is part of a traveling exhibit that is taking it to Paris, New York and Kansas City. This 2,000-year-old hallmark of the ancient Adena From Paris, the exhibit will move to the Nelson-Atkins Culture was as significant to the First Ohioans as it is Museum in Kansas City, where it will be on display from fascinating to modern-day Ohioans. It was unearthed Sept. 19, 2014, through Jan. 11, 2015. It then moves in 1901 at Adena, the Chillicothe estate of Thomas to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from Worthington, Ohio’s sixth governor, who is sometimes March 2 through May 17, 2015. called “the Father of Ohio Statehood.” The Adena Pipe is featured in the new exhibit The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky. The Musée du Quai Branly in Paris and the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas …This effigy evokes an ancestral deity or a mythic City put the exhibit together with the collaboration of hero, a spiritual mediator between the animal the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and it powers and the sacred forces of nature. It represents will be presented at all three institutions. It opened at a standing young man, whose headdress is the the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris on April 7th. Julián mouthpiece of the pipe, while the pipe passes Zugazagoitia, director of the Nelson-Atkins museum, through its body and the bowl is adjacent to its feet. describes the exhibit as “a defining moment in the This ancient pipe of the Woodlands announces understanding of Native American art.” carved objects of the same workmanship that will mark the Plains culture hundreds of years later… “The Ohio History Connection is pleased and honored to have this masterpiece of ancient American Indian art – Translated label from the exhibit in Paris featured so prominently in this international exhibition. Although the Adena Man Effigy Pipe is not an example of Plains Indian art, aspects of this ancient carving, such as the elaborate feather bustle worn by the man, Learn more about the exhibit at ohiohistory.org/ar2014. become important elements of Plains Indian regalia many centuries later,” says Brad Lepper, Ohio History Connection archaeologist.

10 • Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report 2014 BY THE Numbers

stories in the media totaling $1.5 million in estimated 1,500 advertising value 7,000+ Ohio students participated in National History Day 34,000 hours of service to Ohioans 62 and Ohio history provided Ohio students by 20 AmeriCorps members participated in the national competition in Washington, DC 22,700 students in 83 Ohio school districts subscribed to Ohio As America, an eTextbook 7 Certified Local designed for fourth and Government grants totaling eight grade students $110,579 were awarded for historic items added to the preservation projects 198 permanent collection 1,200+ buildings were recorded in the Ohio Historic Inventory 6,000 1,500+ federal infrastructure archaeological sites improvement projects were were added to the Ohio reviewed for their effects Archaeological Inventory 156,500 on historic properties pages from historic Ohio newspapers newly digitized and available online at items on loan to other  chroniclingamerica.loc.gov institutions from the 4,986 Ohio History Connection’s collections

Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report • 11 Our Historic Sites and Museums Thanks to the following partners for helping make Ohio history accessible throughout the state.

SITE MANAGING PARTNER Adena Mansion & Gardens...... Adena Mansion and Gardens Society Armstrong Air & Space Museum...... Armstrong Air and Space Museum Association Big Bottom Memorial Park...... Village of Lockport Buckeye Furnace...... Friends of Buckeye Furnace Buffington Island Battlefield Memorial Park...... Ohio History Connection Campus Martius Museum...... Friends of the Museums Cedar Bog Nature Preserve...... Cedar Bog Association Cooke-Dorn House...... Old House Guild of Sandusky Custer Monument...... Custer Memorial Association Davis Memorial Nature Preserve...... Ohio Department of Natural Resources Fallen Timbers Battlefield Memorial Park...... Metro Parks of the Toledo Area Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries & Nature Preserve...... Licking Valley Heritage Society Fort Amanda Memorial Park...... Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District Fort Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve...... Dayton Society of Natural History Fort Hill Earthworks & Nature Preserve...... Arc of Appalachia Preserve System Fort Jefferson Memorial Park...... Darke County Commissioners Fort Laurens...... Tuscarawas County Convention and Visitors Bureau ...... Fort Meigs Association Museum & Monument...... Fort Recovery Historical Society Glacial Grooves Geological Preserve...... Ohio Department of Natural Resources Hanby House...... Westerville Historical Society House...... Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House Indian Mill...... Wyandot County Historical Society Inscription Rock Petroglyphs...... Ohio Department of Natural Resources John Rankin House...... Ripley Heritage Johnston Farm & Indian Agency...... Johnston Farm Friends Council Leo Petroglyphs & Nature Preserve...... Friends of Buckeye Furnace Lockington Locks...... Johnston Farm Friends Council Logan Elm...... Pickaway County Parks Commission McCook House...... Carroll County Historical Society Miamisburg Mound...... City of Miamisburg Museum of Ceramics...... Museum of Ceramics Foundation National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center.... Ohio History Connection National Road & Zane Grey Museum...... John and Museum Foundation Newark Earthworks...... Greater Licking County Convention and Visitors Bureau/ OSU Newark - Newark Earthworks Center & ...... Ohio History Connection Museum...... Friends of the Museums Our House Tavern...... The Friends of Our House Committee Paul Laurence Dunbar House...... Quaker Yearly Meeting House...... Historical Society of Mount Pleasant Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center...... Hayes Presidential Center Inc. Schoenbrunn Village...... Denison Railroad Depot Museum Inc. Seip Mound...... Ohio History Connection ...... Arc of Appalachia Preserve System Shaker Historical Museum...... Shaker Historical Society Shrum Mound...... Ohio History Connection Story Mound...... Adena Mansion and Garden Society Tallmadge Church...... City of Tallmadge U.S. Grant Birthplace...... Historic New Richmond U.S. Grant Boyhood Home & Schoolhouse...... Grant Homestead Association Wahkeena Nature Preserve...... Fairfield County Historical Parks Commission Wapatomica Archaeological Preserve...... Ohio History Connection Warren G. Harding Home & Memorial...... Marion Technical College Tomb...... Harrison Symmes Memorial Association Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor...... Youngstown State University Center for Applied History Zoar Village...... Zoar Community Association

12 • Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report From FY 2010 to FY 2014, the Ohio History Connection has seen the following results: 119% FISCAL YEAR 2014 Annual Revenue + 76% Expenses

21% 12% Members Contributions Earned Number of Revenue Visitors Across 58 Sites

10% State General Revenue Fund State Capital Projects 11% 43% Contracts and Grants Support (Financial, Materials and Services) 12% REVENUE Earned Revenue Investments 10% 14% Total Revenue: $21,855,059

3% Site Operations, Education and Interpretive Programs 10% State Archives and Library Historic Preservation O ce 14% Capital Projects EXPENSES Management and General 58% Development 9% 6% Total Expenses: $20,562,643

Our Volunteers 1,500 119,703 1,395,446 Volunteers Volunteer Hours Value of Support

Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report • 13 MANY THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS Annual Supporters

Thank you to the generous Ohioans and friends who support the mission of the Ohio History Connection. We are grateful to all those who’ve shown their commitment to Ohio History and we take this opportunity to recognize those who have made a gift of $150 or more during the period of July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. For more information, contact our Office of Institutional Advancement at 800.647.6921.

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE BENEFACTOR Businesses, Foundations This extraordinary group $49,999–$25,000 and Organizations of leaders and visionaries Individuals Army of the Ohio embrace the mission and Estate of Parker B. Brown The Columbus Foundation strategic initiatives of the SUSTAINER C. Walder Parke Ohio History Connection. Loann W. Crane $9,999–$5,000 Family Foundation We are honored to partner Mr. & Mrs. William B. Eldredge Individuals with them and are grateful for Edgar W. Ingram- Bob & Liz Fox Glenda S. Greenwood their investment of $1,200 or White Castle Foundation Ms. Roberta Hannay more to support innovation Greater Columbus Arts Council Richard F. Hillis and excellence. Jodi & Stanley Ross & The City of Columbus Nancy P. Hollister Businesses, Foundations G. Whitney Snyder Tad & Nancy Jeffrey 1885 COUNCIL and Organizations Charitable Fund Suhas & Patty Kakde $50,000 and above Cloene Samuels Fund of Harold C. & Marjorie Q. Burt & Bonnie Logan Rosenberry Foundation Individuals The Columbus Foundation Jeffrey & Christine Rodek Harry C. Moores Foundation Anonymous Conestoga Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Smith Honda of America Mfg. Inc. Estate of Dominic Bitonte Helen Brach Foundation Ronald J. Ungvarsky & HISTORY Joseph A. Jeffrey Fund of Susan Tomasky Businesses, Foundations The Columbus Foundation The Longaberger Foundation and Organizations Lindorf Family Foundation Businesses, Foundations Ohio & Erie Canal Association Anonymous Marietta Community and Organizations The Waddell Foundation David A. & Helen P. Horn Foundation Inc. Belpre Area Community Charitable Trust Development Foundation PACESETTER Martha Holden Jennings ICF Foundation Foundation National Trust for Historic $24,999–$10,000 John Hauck Foundation Murphey Family Fund of Preservation Fund Individuals Louise Taft Semple Foundation The Columbus Foundation Porter, Wright, Morris Anonymous & Arthur LLP Museum of Ceramics Nancy Wolfe Lane Family Fund Foundation Jon & Cindy Elsasser of The Columbus Foundation Tuscarawas County Community Foundation Johnston Farm Friends Council Yenema V. Fernandez Trust National Trust for Historic Fund of the Piqua Community Estate of Walter T. Frank Preservation Cynthia Woods PATRON Foundation Dareth Gerlach Mitchell Fund $4,999–$2,500 Reeves Foundation Estate of Nancy A. McGary NLT Foundation Individuals Timken Foundation Neil & Christine Mortine Ohio Humanities Council of Canton Ohio Local History Alliance John L. Barnhard Jr. Sisters of St. Joseph Paul & Jane Davis Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Herr Tuscarawas County Donna Laidlaw Community Foundation Bob & Karen Lucas Voya Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John C. Matesich III

14 • Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report Vernon Pack Brian L. & Erin Holmes Wingfield George & Phyllis Knepper Hieronymus Family Fund Inc. Ted Prasse Donald & Ellen Yerks Maryline & John Kulewicz Montei Foundation Suzyn J. Schwebel Epstein James P. Leslie Ross-Chillicothe Convention Businesses, Foundations & Bruce Epstein & Visitors Bureau and Organizations Dr. Bernard F. Losekamp Dave & Nanci Westrick Speedway LLC 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Lozick Businesses, Foundations Co. G Thomas & Nancy Lurie CONTRIBUTOR and Organizations Cameron M. & Kristine H. Close Sue C. Cummings & $499–$350 Mary Miller Patton Fund of Family Charitable Fund H. Glynn Marsh The Columbus Foundation Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP Jennifer McNally & Individuals Morris Family Fund of The Chester Family Foundation Michael Flamm Anonymous The Columbus Foundation Gilder Lehrman Institute of J. Jeffrey McNealey Mary & Mike Abroe PNC Bank Foundation American History Joseph & Johanna Meara Beth Benko & James Atkinson Renee K. & George M. Levine The Kroger Company Terry M. & Martha J. Miller David B. & Suzanne S. Baker Fund of The Columbus Lepi & Associates Real Estate Jamie Crane & Tim Miller Owen Barr Foundation Ohio Society of the Daughters Fred & Carol Milligan Mr. & Mrs. D. M. Blank US Aeroteam Inc. of the American Revolution Betty D. Montgomery John & Susan Boylan Site Donation Boxes Stephen P. Munro SPONSOR Dr. & Mrs. John C. Burnham Thomas C. Hays & Mary Ann Cathy D. Nelson William & Patricia Carleton $2,499–$1,200 Hays Family Foundation R. Mikell O’Donnell Michael Dion Individuals John & Jean Piety C. John & Flo Ann Easton Anonymous PARTNER Nancy Jo Pifer Laura & Pat Ecklar Rob Berger $1,199–$500 Col. Wayne Pittman Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Daryl A. Edwards Edward F. Castleberry Individuals Dr. E. Jane Porter Obiora Embry Emmett Conway Anonymous Robert A. & Bonnie M. Prots Katherine L. Gage Ida Copenhaver & Dean Alexander Doreen Quinn Benjamin & Deliaan Gettler James Ginter Alice K. Bacon Michael G. & Andrea Rapp Phil & Marilyn Hall Jan M. Devereaux Jackie Barton Stephen Reindl John L. & Jean M. Hank Edward M. Dunlap Laurence & Elizabeth Bicking Richard & Ann Royer Roger & Sheila Hollenbaugh Richard Furnstahl & Robert D. Burns M.D. Teresa Stankiewicz Katharine & Robert C. Ruhl Thomas Ernst Huenefeld Karen E. Campbell Bill & Holly Heer Patricia J. Sawvel William E. Hughes Thomas N. & Patricia H. Canfield Rosemary & John Joyce Priscilla & Fred Schwier Michael A. Kaliszak Anthony G. Chila Mr. & Mrs. James Lepi Mickey & Arlene Sego Mr. & Mrs. Byron L. Kentner William & Linda Cornell Robert D. Lindner Jr. Arnold Shaheen Jr. Jerri Letcavits Beth Crane & Richard McKee Randall A. Mason Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Jeffrey Maag Jerome J. & Margaret A. Sandra Snide Dr. & Mrs. Paul McFadden Cunningham Frederick W. Martin Rebecca Stilson Gary & Heather Ness Linda Deitz & Bryan Wooden Ann Newsom Liz & Tom Sturges Phyllis Nicholson Johanna DeStefano James & Catherine Oda Tom & Tamea Sutphen Richard & Jude Parke Mary Lou Donley Ferd P. Schoedinger Jr. Jim & Kelly Walker Joe & Sara Patchen Patty & Bill Donnally Gov. & Mrs. Richard K. Wendt Marilyn Paulsen Ruth Anna Duff Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon A. Taft George P. Wilson III George W. & Ruth B. Paulson Joanne & Chris Figge Mr. & Mrs. David H. Timmons Dr. Thomas Wortham & Fred D. Pfening Janet G. Todd Sandra E. Gale Rev. John Kauffman Carole Poirier George T. Glover Mr. John W. Ulrich & Charlie & Dee Wright Ms. Nancy Roszell Yolita Rausche Court Hall Jr. Businesses, Foundations Ruth Anne Weisenauer Dr. James D. Robenstine Bob & Beth Hamilton and Organizations Sally Rogers Paul Hammock Businesses, Foundations Alpha Delta State of the Rich and Sue Simpson and Organizations Richard & Jeanne Hannan Delta Kappa Gamma Capital Partners Doug & Suzanne Sweeney Marilyn S. Harness Society International Crabbe, Brown & James LLP Mr. & Mrs. Ralph W. Talmage William A. & Linda S. Herrnstein A. Margaret Boyd Dr. & Mrs. James A. Vaughan Dr. Michael S. Herschler Overseas Foundation Honeycomb Archive, a Division of Quick Square Consulting Roselia C. Deters Verhoff Rebecca C. Huddle The Andersons Johnson Welded Products Inc. John & Rebekah Vogel Kiehner Johnson Beck Foundation Ohio Questers Jane M. Werum George & Kathy Mast Kane Bob Evans Farms Foundation of The W. W. Williams Co. Jim, Kim, Kate & Meg Wilson Todd Kleismit & Lisa Defendiefer The Columbus Foundation

Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report • 15 SUPPORTER Judge Richard A. Frye Bruce A. Morrow Paul E. Tukesbrey $349–$150 Mr. & Mrs. Russell Furney Cordelia Robinson & Dana Tyler Grant Morrow Individuals George & Michelle Geissbuhler Cynthia & Rick Vilardo Craig Mosier Anonymous (5) Jane & Bruce Goetzman Meta von Rabenau Richard & Nancy Murdock Geoff Abbate & Marty Eisenbarth Sue & Norval Goss Ray A. Waldren John M. & Deborah J. Musteric Andrew T. Alderman Tom & Linda Grey Jeff & Sandy Ward Mr. & Mrs. William J. Muthig Patrick & Mary Allen Beth Grimes-Flood & Tom Flood Rodney & Donna Wasserstrom Bill & Susan Napier Mr. Joseph A. Alutto & Frank Hall Rick & Deb Watson Mrs. Carol L. Newcomb Jeffrey Hall Laraine Neighbarger Dr. & Mrs. Peter White Dale & Roberta Angerman Thomas & Elizabeth Halpin Wesley Newhouse W. S. White Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Bailey Dr. Edward L. Hamblin Mike & Pat Papai Patricia & Thomas Wickline George & Nancy Bain Virginia Hamister Don & Cynthia Paynter David E. & Shelly A. Wilkins Margaret E. Baird Linda Hanke Dr. Jerry L. Pearson & Family Paula Baker Rodney & Tina Harrah Mrs. Helen M. Peternell Karen & Bill Wilkins Jerolyn Barbee Clara H. Harsh Glen & Vanis Phillips Dr. Gregory Wilson & Dr. Laura Hilton John H. Barnett Timothy & Janet Hawxhurst Mr. & Mrs. William R. Platt Jay & Barbara Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Barnett II Scott B. Hayes Elizabeth L. Plummer Paulene & Mark Wilson Arthur & Kathleen Bauer J. M. Heilman Dorothy M. Price Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Wittmann Donald & Jean Beckett Jim & Jan Heinrich Barbara & Jim Pritchard Susan K. Woerner Ron & Mary Beth Berggren Sarah-Grace Heller & Kyle Baith Marilyn Pritchett Kathy Wyatt Jennifer Beverly Dick & Kathy Hellmann Marcus & Marcy Rall Steve & Monica Wynn Ann C. Bigelow Robert & Patricia Henley Mark & Denise Ramser LaVerne Yousey Judge & Mrs. Timothy S. Black Sherry Henning Megan Real Debbie Zengel & Jessie Collins Cathy Blackford Doris M. Hubschman Don & Kathy Reuter Prof. Mansel G. Blackford Fern E. Hunt Georgeanne & Michael Reuter Businesses, Foundations John Blubaugh Robert & Margaret Hussey Paul D. Rice and Organizations Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Brandt Larry & Donna James Larry & Janet Robertson Drs. Tom & Lowell Williams Foundation James G. Briggs Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Jenkins Pat & Nancy Ross Eric & Susan Leininger Family Mr. Charles Brunner Jerry & Jeanette Kantzer Andy & Sandy Ross Fund of The Columbus Mark & Carol Rowland Richard P. Bryan & William Q. Kirkwood Foundation Regina M. Amidon Ski Schanher Laura Klein Friends of Ohio History Fund of Neal W. Burdette Chuck & June Knaack Steven T. Scimia & The Columbus Foundation Kathryn M. Scimia Mr. & Mrs. Donald Chandler Beverly Michele Koenig Harlem Township Heritage Inc. Harry A. & Virginia Shaw Thomas & Curtis Culberson Craig Kolthoff Margaret Day Platt Fund The Hon. Henry E. Shaw Jr. Michael & Sharon Curtin Tony Konecny Little Miami Canoe Rental Hannah R. Simon Lauer Edward & Diane Cyran Philip Kuceyeski Magnet Technology Inc. Barbara Sinsabaugh David & Adelaide Davies Roger L. Lang Ohio Society Children of the David & Cynthia Smith Richard & Thelda Davies Barbara Sours Leighner American Revolution Mr. Richard L. Smith Nathan Dawson Mr. & Mrs. Eric Leininger Stephen G. & Susan M. Smith Brent DeVore & Allan J. Libbe Nancy Nikiforow Richard R. Snowdon Rita & Tim Lyons Paul E. Dillon Effie Spillman Keith Manecke & Kristina Emick Dr. & Mrs. Roy L. Donnerberg Dr. Ronald & Joyce St. Pierre Wilbur Martin Jr. Eileen Dray-Bardon Mr. & Mrs. David H. Stammen Ms. Barbara B. Massie William & Janet Druen R. Vladimir Steffel Shirley W. Maurath Mr. Donald G. Dunn Steve Stephens & Paul F. McGinnis Donn Ellerbrock Diana Lockwood Michael A. & Jane McGrew Jim & Di Erickson Todd & Becky Stephenson Robert McKell Mary L. Fawcett Erik R. Stoddard Fred B. & Ruth F. Miller Martha & Daniel Fitzmaurice Neil E. Stutz Charles & Anita Mitchell Felicia Franco-Feinberg & Mark Sundlov Marcus J. Molea David Feinberg Glenna C. Taubert Dick Moore Melinda J. Frank Mrs. Frederick Taylor John Moore Fred & Veronica Frost Amanda S. Terrell Philip & Marilyn Moots Mr. & Mrs. Gary F. Frye Dan & Rebecca Terrible

16 • Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report ELEANOR C. MABRY Mary C. Hanes* Kathryn A. Sheedy* Patterson Family Endowment LEGACY SOCIETY Euclid Westerville for the Piqua Historical Area The Legacy Society honors Lawrence L. Heyder* Isabel H. Simmons* Randall Worthington and recognizes a distinguished Sunbury Columbus Endowment for Adena group of supporters who have Sheila Hodgson* Lillian Skeele* The Towboat W.P. Snyder Jr. made a provision for the Ohio Columbus Columbus Endowment History Connection in their Hugh Huntington* Robert Burns Smith The Worthington Family estate plan or have committed Columbus Worthington Hills Endowment for Adena to another form of planned Dorothy M. Jacobs* David J. Snyder gift. We are grateful for their Columbus Andover CORPORATE PARTNERS generosity and dedication to protecting Ohio’s history for Frank & Julie Jungers Mary H. Staats* Thank you to our corporate future generations. Portland, OR Zanesville partners who have shown their commitment to Ohio History Anonymous (5) Michael D. Lehman* Kay Barnhouse Stout* Greenville Cambridge and our mission. Helen Jane Alexander* Gahanna Robert W. & Karen Lucas Lillian Bimeler Sturm* The Andersons Pemberville Zoar Owen G. & Marion L. Barr Bob Evans Farms Inc. Grand Ledge, MI Eleanor C. Mabry* Randall Worthington* Capital Partners Newport News, VA Washington Court House Betty J. Bock* Crabbe, Brown & James LLP Theodore Magnuson* Fred J. Zint* Bowling Green Design Communications Inc. Longwood, FL Wapakoneta Elizabeth Boyer* Grange Insurance Co. Chesterland Susan Marsch* *Deceased Marietta HISTORY Karen S. Brown Honda of America Mfg. Inc. Rochester, NY Maj. Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr.* NAMED ENDOWMENTS Osprey, FL Honeycomb Archive, a Division Parker B. Brown* Thank you to our friends who of Quick Square Consulting Rochester, NY Rebecca Maykowski have established an endowment Columbus Johnson Welded Products Inc. Georgia Bruce with a gift of $15,000 or more to Upper Arlington Nancy A. & Harry McGary* provide support in perpetuity for The Kroger Company Harrison Richard P. Bryan & Ohio History or for specific sites Lepi & Associates Real Estate Regina M. Amidon Dixie S. Miller* and projects. Little Miami Canoe Rental Holland Gahanna J.D. Britton Endowment for Outfit Good John B. Calfee* Pauline B. Miller* Local History PNC Bank Foundation Cleveland Tiffin Conestoga Endowment Porter, Wright, Morris & Marilyn I. Campbell* William H. Nolan* Neva Deemer Endowment for Arthur LLP Gahanna Columbus Social Studies Teacher Education Speedway, LLC Thomas N. & Patricia H. Canfield Edgar Northrup* The Gay Ohio History Initiative US Aeroteam Inc. Pittsburgh, PA Marietta Endowment Voya Foundation Cynthia J. Chester* Rosalie E. Palius* William J. Gesling Endowment Columbus The W. W. Williams Co. Columbus Mary Eloise Green Christine H. Crone* Charles M. Patterson* Endowment Fund Dayton Euclid Adena Garden Endowment in Noel Cutright & Mary Miller Patton* Memory of Judge & Kathleen Redmond Gahanna Mrs. Howard Goldsberry West Bend, WI Dr. E. Jane Porter Charles A. Jones Neva Deemer* Columbus Memorial Endowment Columbus Frank R. Porter* Dr. David N. Kinsman & Daniel Yenema V. Fernandez* Columbus Hatton Memorial Endowment Bellbrook Jane Reamer* William K. Laidlaw Jr. Walter T. Frank* Worthington Memorial Fund Columbus Lucinda Reynolds Gary and Heather Ness Bernice S. Gay* Bexley Endowment Westerville Perle Riley* William H. Nolan Mary Eloise Green* Lebanon Endowment for Adena Columbus Karlon Roop Ohio Association of Garden Phyllis Greene Gahanna Clubs Endowment for Granville Katherine L. Rowland* Wahkeena Nature Preserve Arthur R. Haire* Lebanon Ohio History Connection Powell Cloene S. Samuels* Legacy Endowment Court Hall Jr. Columbus Ohio History Connection Columbus Dr. A. Jeanette Sexton Membership Operations Columbus Endowment

Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report • 17 HONORIALS AND Ronald & Joyce St. Pierre from David & Jeanne Momma Ross MEMORIALS from David St. Pierre Schoedinger from Mr. & Mrs. George R. A tribute gift is a meaningful Author Lynn Rae from Lenore G. Schottenstein Pilcher way to remember or honor from Andrew J. Verhoff from Elizabeth J. Sher Richard W. Schuricht from Laura & Mark Shorter a loved one or an occasion. Cynthia Vilardo from Mr. & Mrs. William A. from Dr. & Mrs. James A. The Ohio History Connection from Karen E. Campbell Bickell Vaughan from James & Joyce Busa appreciates every tribute gift WWII Veterans from David F. & Velma Williams from Patty & Bill Donnally, this year, all of which have from Joseph P. Schaller made a significant impact on from Elizabeth Williams Lynn Bird, Georgia Bruce George Ziegler & Ohio History. from W. Peter Williams and Esther Leggett Margaret Gibney from Paulene & Mark Wilson from Lawrence M. Friedman Honorials from John Blubaugh from John & Vivian from Darlene Gage Witkind Davis James H. Acton Memorials from Leonard & Kim Holstein from Anonymous from Frederick Ziegler from William E. Hughes Cynthia Chester Elaina M. Banicki Alice Mae Goldhardt from Robert E. Kreisel from The Chester Family from Jerri Letcavits from Mr. Joe Banicki Foundation James T. Smith Patty Donnally’s Birthday Megan Jones from Richard B. Smith Jack Cogan from Cynthia Violet from Jane F. Rector from Joanne & Chris Figge Marjorie O. Smith Diana Green Helen J. Mack from Conestoga Nancy Caroline Cole Barber from Miss Karen Overholt from Thomas A. Green Sr. from Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Bender Godfrey E. Strauss Court Hall Carl Mason from Christopher Strauss Dwight Dairy from Ronda Leitch from Brian & Stacey Hall from Linda Good Bob Teater from Jeffrey Hall Dixie Sayre Miller from Fred & Carol Milligan Martha I. Davidson from Timothy & Carol Hall from Ferd P. Schoedinger Jr. from Nancy L. McDaniel Those Killed and Wounded at Court Hall Jr. Lois Newkirk Kent State May 4, 1970 Sandra Davies from Timothy & Christina Hall from Mr. & Mrs. William B. from Carole Barbato from Anonymous Eldredge Warren G. Harding III from Richard & Thelda Davies William R. Welsh from Richard & Jeanne Hannan from Florence M. Golod from William E. Hughes from Barbara Powers from Roger A. & Mary C. John D. Hickman Preston Wolfe Keith S. Frederick Helgeson from Bill & Holly Heer from Nancy Wolfe Lane from Allen R. & from Pauline Kurowski Family Fund of The Susan B. Hunter-Lombardi Renee L. Frederick from Carol Levandoski Columbus Foundation from Ms. Eileen Pruett Dr. Robert F. Goldberg from Robert Mercer Dan Lauer from Kenneth B. Ackerman from Raymond & Dawn Paul Wyly from Hannah R. Simon Lauer from Stanford M. Ackley Moeller from Judge Tyrone K. Yates Esther Leggett’s 90th Birthday from Robert S. Aronson from John & Barbara from Patty & Bill Donnally from Ms. Toby Brief O’Connell, Wendy & Larry IN-KIND DONATIONS Rowland, Clifford Willing, Gene E. Lynn from Catherine & Geoffrey Catering By Design Patricia & Glenn Willing from Anonymous Chatas Jim Hamer from Mr. & Mrs. Michael Crane from John G. Rothenberger The Kroger Company Winifred Mackil from Mr. Donald G. Dunn from Gail M. Schneider from Ms. Patricia Larson from Ms. Lotti J. Fechheimer from Lola Schoenrich & David & Louise Pence Red Martin from Martha & Daniel Peter Oppenheim Jeff & Sandy Ward from Anonymous Fitzmaurice from Bettie T. Sorensen Ohio History Connection from Dareth Gerlach from Mr. & Mrs. Howard A. MATCHING GIFTS Membership from Barbara & Gary Giller Tolley The following organizations from Craig Kolthoff from Elaine & Victor Goodman Rudolph Peckinpaugh generously matched their from Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Ohio History Connection from Paulene & Mark Wilson employees’ contributions to Hoaglin Retirees Thomas Graham Potts the Ohio History Connection. from Anonymous from Celeste Holschuh from Mr. Richard C. Potts from Dennis Huebner Diamond Hill Capital Ohio History from Tad & Nancy Jeffrey Clark P. Pritchett Management Inc. from Karen Arnett from Marilyn Pritchett from Constance R. Johnson Discover Financial Services Andrew Owen from Shelly Kassen Julie Quinlan Eaton Corporation from Ms. Sara Owen from Mary Lazarus from Rodney & Tina Harrah Ralph & Jean Ramey from Craig & Sharon Mueller from Barbara Powers General Electric from Mrs. Stanley W. from Jill Nelson Margaret Tanner Ramey Grange Insurance Co. Harshfield from Philip & Alaine Office from John & Carol Ramey Wolfe Associates Inc. from John & Carol Ramey from Ms. Barbara Pratzner Rich & Sue Simpson from Neil K. & Susan D. Rector from Rachel Janutis from Pat & Nancy Ross from Lynn & Thomas Ryan Ronald St. Pierre from Ms. Patricia Santelli & from James E. & Mr. David Hamilton Priscilla M. Meeks

18 • Ohio History Connection FY2014 Annual Report Dr. Bradley Lepper, curator of archaeology for the Ohio History Connection, visits with Friends of the Ancient Ohio Earthworks during a community briefing and reception focusing on UNESCO World Heritage Site nomination efforts for Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks. The event at Adena Mansion & OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION Gardens in Chillicothe was one of a series being held throughout the state to garner support for the World Heritage initiative and help advance Ohio history. Leadership

LEADERSHIP TEAM BOARD OF TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO Burt Logan OFFICERS Executive Director & CEO Governor, State of Ohio Glenda S. Greenwood President, Springfield Keith Faber President, Ohio Senate Jackie Barton Ron Ungvarsky Director of Museum & Library Services Vice President, Bexley Joe Schiavoni Minority Leader, Ohio Senate Stephen George Thomas W. Johnson Senior Advisor to the CEO Treasurer, Upper Arlington Bill Batchelder Speaker of the Ohio House George Kane Richard C. Simpson Director of Historic Sites & Faculties Secretary, Columbus Tracy Maxwell Heard Minority Leader, Ohio House Todd Kleismit MEMBERS of Representatives Director of Community & Government Relations C. Ellen Connally, Cleveland* Maggie Marconi Stacia Kuceyeski Loann Crane, Columbus President, Ohio Local History Alliance Director of Outreach Richard F. Hillis, Powell Jonathan Reed Winkler President, Ohio Academy of History Jamison Pack , Marietta Chief Marketing Officer John Carey George M. Ironstrack, Oxford Amanda Schraner Terrell Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents George M. Jones III, Toledo** Director of State Historic Preservation Office Stephen McConoughey Jim Walker Tami Longaberger, Newark President, Ohio Academy of Science Chief Development Officer Cathy D. Nelson, Columbus Richard A. Ross Jeff Ward Mark D. Okey, Carrollton Superintendent of Public Instruction Chief Financial Officer Robert W. Lucas, Pemberville David Goodman Director, Ohio Development Roderick H. Willcox, Gahanna Services Agency Michael G. Rapp, Cincinnati William Carleton James A. Wilson, Bexley Director, Capital Square Review and Advisory Board *Governor appointed during fiscal year 2014 **Retired after serving three consecutive three-year terms Robert W. Lucas Chair, Ohio History Connection Foundation Board

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