(Held the second week of September each year)
The Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at 2 p.m. Sept. 12 in the meeting room of the Grandview Heights Public Library.
The public is invited to attend the event, which will have as its featured program "Corsets to Pantaloons: What Early Ohioans Wore 1800-1810."
The presentation by authors Mary K. Inman and Louise E. Pence of Threads Thru Time, Ltd., will include narration by Pence while Inman models recreated clothing of the period during the early years of Ohio's statehood. (See their website at http://www.threadsthrutime.net )
"It should be an interesting program for both adults and children," Mary Burkey, the historical society's vice-president, said. "It will be particularly interesting for students who are studying Ohio's early history or for anyone who wants to learn more about historic costumes. I know from my job as a school librarian that the books they've written are fascinating.
The authors' two books, The Fowler Family Gets Dressed and The Fowler Family Celebrates Statehood and a Wedding, will be available for purchase, after their presentation. The women will also sign books purchased at the meeting."
The society's annual meeting will start with a short business session during which President Tracy Liberatore will review the past year's accomplishments and activities. Refreshments will be served following the guest presentation and the society will have on display some of its newly acquired historic materials.
The GHMCHS President introduced Carmelita Brown, a representative of the State
Bicentennial Committee who described some of their activities over the past
year and announced that the final event will be held October 24-25 at COSI.
The President then introduced Grandview resident Grant Douglass, who is
Chairman of the Ohio Historical Society. Mr. Douglass introduced our
feature speaker, Mary Ann Brown, site manager and curator of Adena,
former home of Thomas Worthington, and one of the premier sites of the Ohio
Historical Society which recently completed a major refurbishment of this
facility in recognition of the State Bicentennial.
In the Society business meeting, the following summary of activites was given by President Liberatore:
Dick Barrett presented his wonderful historical postcard collection. Mr.Barrett has recently published a book entitled:Columbus,Ohio 1898-1950 in Vintage Postcards.At the meeting, we announced that our technology expert and Board member, Dr. Wayne Carlson, has received an award of excellence for his creation and maintenance of our website.
September 15, 2:00-4:00 in the GH Library. Speaker was Carol Stewart with the Franklinton Historical Society. She gave a wonderful presentation of the history of Franklinton.
September 10, 2:00-4:00 in the GH Library
Join Grandview resident Caroline Welling Van Deusen as she reflects on the life and times of her great grandmother Elizabeth Dixon, close friend of Mary Todd Lincoln (shown here in this painting at the foot of the bed of the dying President Lincoln.)
For more information, see the article in the 8/9/2000 issue of Grandview This Week.)
Board members presented a special program related to the anniversary of the Society. Win Keller introduced founding members, Pat Mooney presented a slide show of the early meeting, Tom DeMaria presented a slide show of historical slides from the Fridenstein collection, and Wayne Carlson presented the updated Web site. Volunteers from the GHMS 8th grade FCS class of Mrs. Benson assisted in hosting this meeting.
"Toepfner mound still part of local history" (from the Tri-Village News)
Don Gehlbach presented a fascinating summary of Indian mounds located in the central Ohio area, including the Adena Mound, which was located near the corner of Grandvie Avenue and Rt. 33.
Read an article from the Indian Artifacts Magazine about the Toephner mound
See the Shrum Mound (Trabue and McKinley) at http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/shrum
"A Glimpse of the Past: Grandview Heights / Marble Cliff History"
A multimedia presentation produced by Rebecca Laycock, Midge Muhlbach, T. Michael Weddle (Edison Elementary)
Presented by Pat Mooney