Ohio Books

Discovering Ohio's Hill Country by Lorle Porter and Friends (Lorle Porter, Dept of History at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio.)

Locust Garden Press. Original copyright 1993, this is second edition 1996.

Spiral Bound. New condition. 264 pages with fold out maps in the back. Includes an index.

Gives town names, brief history, battle grounds, historical places and hours they can be visited as well as phone number. Does it county by county. Not illustrated.

Fold out maps in back.

A little girl whose father casually names all the stars in the various constellations can hardly help but reach for those stars, even if he's no longer a presence in her life. It's those early years that truly matter in the very special relationship of a father and his daughter. I know this for a fact, as my father and I shared a similar background.

Ms. Lyles was named for her elusive father, and used his teachings as a springboard to a more challenging educational experience. Even though his presence wasn't a constant in her life, his love for words and books opened her young eyes to the world, and she never looked back.

Her story proves that intelligence and education go hand-in-hand in creating an anachronism, such as she was while a teen-ager. Her early promise, however, was fulfilled many times over as she continued to achieve beyond what the rest of the world might have thought possible for this sassy, skinny Black kid from the projects of inner-city Cleveland.

Her love for books and words prompted her teachers to goad her into continually improving herself, until at age 14, she found herself in totally new territory. A three-year scholarship to a private school (where all the rich, white kids went) meant she left her own home to live with a teacher, but still meant a bus-ride to the rural campus.

Having learned at an early age that race was *Important*, she also learned that some things are only important if you let them be. Conspiracies could be found anywhere, if you looked hard enough to find them. Fortunately for the rest of us, Ms. Lyles decided to look beyond them and find the truth of a larger world. Granted, she had a lot of encouragement and support from folks she didn't know and had never met, but she also used her own store of gumption to push or pull herself to a higher plane.

This wonderfully readable book is not only a non-pretentious biography of a graceful writer/poet but also a demonstration that gems are to be found in the most unlikely of places. It's also a great slice-of-life look at a world not very familiar to those of us who happen to be white, and from a different economic structure. If you remember--or even if you don't--the river that burnt or the Hough riots, your memory will be challenged by her view of these events.

Follow along as she experiences the beginnings of the Black Power movement while still a pre-teen, graduates from Hawken and Smith College and takes her place in a world of letters, as poet, writer and editor.

Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? is an inspirational story that should be read by anyone who can read, regardless of age or color or social position. For those who cannot themselves read it, a spoken version should be created so that no one is left out.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface by Thomas J. Burns
Brief Vitas of Participants

Part I: Program Environment
What to Look for and Expect from an Accounting Doctoral Program by James W. Dietrick, C Wayne Alderman, David L. Sayers

Commentary
Harold Langenderfer
Discussion

An Analysis of Trends in the Development of Accounting Doctoral Programs
Terry L. Campbell, Roger H. Hermanson

Commentary
Don E. Garner
Discussion

Part II: Program Problem Areas
Admissions to a Doctoral Program
Charles H. Smith

Commentary
Melvin C. O'Connor
Discussion

The Doctoral Advisor as Mentor
Daniel L. Jensen

Commentary
T. H. Williams

Discussion

The ABD Gap
Eugene A. Imhoff, Jr.

Commentary
James C. Stallman

Discussion

The Need for Efforts to Include More Minority Persons in Accounting Ph.D. Programs
Harold M. Sollenberger

Part III: Programs Special Subject Areas
Computing as Part of a Ph.D. Student's Education: A Position Paper
Andrew D. Bailey
Rayman D. Meservy

Commentary
Edward L. Summers, Jr.

Discussion

Auditing Research and Accounting Doctoral Programs
William L. Felix, Jr.

Commentary
Robert L. Elliott

Discussion

The Role of Behavioral Research in Accounting Doctoral Programs
Lawrence A. Thomassini

Commentary
Jesse F. Dillard

Discussion

Doctoral Programs with a Concentration in Taxation: An Examination of Recent Trends
Richard Boley
Edmund Outslay

Commentary
John Kramer

Discussion

Part IV: Program Finances
Financial Support for Doctoral Students
John K. Shank

Policies for a Successful Doctoral Program
Sandra Myers
Roman L. Weil

Discussion

Panel Discussion on Competitive Dissertation Grants
James H. MacNeill
Michael Crooch
Mary Mc Innes
Robert Steele
Robert Sweeney

Part V: Program Research
Convergence of Accounting Ph.D. Programs
Theodore J. Mock
John M. Lacey

Commentary
James R. Boatsman

Discussion

Publishing Patterns of Doctoral Graduates: A Preference for Perishing
Bruce Koch
Barbara Merino
Norman Berman

Perspectives on Accounting Research and Accounting Dissertations
Nicholas Dopuch

Commentary
Daniel W. Collins

Discussion

Introduction
H. Justin Davidson

The Maturing Process of Accounting Students: From the Mechanics to the Scholarship
Yuji Ijiri

Appendices
Appendix 1 - An Analysis of the Organization Interaction of Accounting Departiments
Loren A. M. Nikolai
John D. Bazley

Appendix 2 - A New Ranking of Accounting Faculties and Doctoral Programs
Charles G. Carpenter
D. Larry Crumbley
Robert H. Strawser

Appendix 3 - Comments and a Response on Ranking Accounting Faculties and Doctoral Programs
James R. Morton
Stephen A. Zeff
John Grant Rhode
Charles G. Carpenter
D. Larry Crumbley
Robert H. Strawser

Appendix 4 - A Comparison of Published Accounting Research and Qualities of Accounting Faculty and Doctoral Programs
John D. Bazley
Loren A. Nikolai

Appendix 5 - Dissertation Grant Programs
A. AICPA
B. Arthur Andersen & Co.
C. Deloitte Haskins & Sells
D. Ernst & Whinney
E. The Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc.

Appendix 6 - Doctoral Programs (Accounting Emphasis) in the U.S.
Lucille E. Lammers

Index by Participants
[from the book of the table of contents]

This book is great for those who want some first hand accounts of the early years of Ohio's History.

"Domesticating the Street" tells the story of the city of Hartford as it developed in the 19th century from a Yankee, homogenous place to a bustling, highly diverse, challenging salad bowl of immigrants working hard to survive and come to terms with their new world. The book reveals the story of the prostitutes who had claimed an area not far from the Old State House; and the "newsies," immigrant children who sold newspapers in flagrant disregard for Yankee strictures about domesticity, care of children, family structure, or mingling with strangers. It's a great book, one of the few about Hartford that is in print. It was thoroughly researched, nicely cited, and is a mainstay for classes and individuals studying the history of one of America's oldest towns.

If anyone can locate a copy of this book for me, I'd appreciate it.

TIA.

Under an ordinance passed in 1785 the virgin lands of the Northwest Territory were offered for sale to the public, the first public land in the U.S. to be subdivided. Four land offices were established in Ohio for the auction and private sale of these lands. Sales from the Marietta Land Office, covering twelve present-day Ohio counties--the entire southeastern portion of the state--are the subject of this book.

In an easy-to-use tabular format, there is a complete list of the 7,500 persons who bought land in southeastern Ohio from 1800 to 1840. Data given includes the purchasers' name (in alphabetical order), date of purchase, place of residence at the time of the purchase, and the range, township, and section of the purchased land. The information in this tightly organized book is a distillation of the contents of thirty volumes of unindexed land records.

This volume is available on our Family Archive CD 765

This is the first collection of records the researcher should turn to in any genealogical investigation in the Buckeye State. Taking the place of pre-1820 census records, this work presents a county-by-county list of Ohio settlers and residents from about 1800 to 1825. Along with the 1801 tax list of the Virginia Military District, it contains the names of taxpayers listed in various county tax rolls, and it also contains lists of original proprietors and settlers (taken from other sources), names of holders of military warrants, voters' lists, householders' lists, occasional lists of Revolutionary soldiers, and lists of resident proprietors.

The work is arranged by county, with multiple tax lists arranged chronologically thereunder. There is at least one tax list given for each of the seventy-five counties covered, the combined lists naming about 50,000 taxpayers. Each county tax list is accompanied by a brief history of the county's formation. Researchers should note that tax lists were not available for the following counties: Auglaize, Carroll, Erie, Fulton, Lake, Lucas, Noble, Ottawa, Paulding, Summit, Vinton, and Wyandot.

Our reprint combines the original 1971 publication and the 1973 index, both first published by the Ohio Genealogical Society.

This booklet has been rewritten and now is "Here and There on Old Roads Between the Miami Rivers". It now is in its fourth printing with the Centerville and Washngton Township Historical Society in Centerville Ohio.

I was supprised to see this title on Amazon Books.

Edna Boies Hopkins was a part of the art colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts during the early part of the 20th Century. After traveling in Europe and Asia she was part of the group experimenting with innovations in woodblock printing, in her case, with stunning results. This books brings to life her work, done in many parts of the United States and adds mightily to the biographical information available which had not been examined in depth until now. Mr. Vasseur is to be commended for his superlative effort.

Stephen Borkowski, Chairman, Provincetown Art Commission