The materials listed below are located in the Libraries on the Miami University Campus. Most of the materials will be located in King Library Government Information & Law Department or on the Internet. The Department collects materials produced by U.S. government agencies, Ohio State government agencies, The United Nations and the European Union. 2003 is the Bicentennial of Ohio Statehood. Miami Libraries have many original documents and books about early Ohio history. The items listed here are just a sampling of what is available. You will find more titles in the library catalog. For a web version of this publication visit our web page at: http://www.lib. muohio.edu/libinfo/depts/documents/treasures. For more resources visit the department web site at : www.lib.muohio.edu/libinfo/depts/documents.
1895 OHIO ATLASÐ includes town names/population/maps.
URL:http://www.livgenmi.com/1895oh.htm" http://www.livgenmi.com/1895oh.htm
Along the Ohio trail : a short history of Ohio lands [researched and written by Tanya West Dean and W. David Speas ;edited by George W. Knepper] Columbus, Ohio : Auditor of State, 2001. F491 .D43 2001. KING
The Documentary heritage of Ohio edited by Phillip R. Shriver and Clarence E. Wunderlin, Jr.Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2000. F491 .D64 2000. KING
GREATER CINCINNATI MEMORY PROJECTÐ includes pre 1940 images
URL: http://memory.gclc-lib.org
A history of Ohio by Eugene H. Roseboom and Francis P. Weisenburger; edited and illustrated by James H. Rodabaugh. Columbus, Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1953. F491 .R76 1953. KING
Historical collections of Ohio : in two volumes : an encyclopedia of the state : history both general and local, geography with descriptions of its counties, cities and villages, its agricultural, manufacturing, mining and business development, sketches of eminent and interesting characters, etc., with notes of a tour over it in 1886. [Columbus, Ohio?] : The state of Ohio, 1904, c1888 (Cincinnati, Ohio : C.J. Krehbiel & Co., printers and binders) F491 .H842 1904. KING 2 VOL
A history of Ohio, by Eugene H. Roseboom and Francis P. Weisenburger; edited and illustrated by James H. Rodabaugh. Columbus, Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1953. F491 .R76 1953. KING
History of Ohio, covering the periods of Indian, French and British dominion, the territory Northwest, and the hundred years of statehood, by Rowland H. Rerick .. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association, 1905. F491 .R42. SW DEP
The history of the state of Ohio edited by Carl Wittke ... Published under the auspices of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society ... Publication committee: Harlow Lindley, chairman, Carl Wittke, William T. Utter. [Columbus, O., 1941-1944. F491 .W78. 6 VOLS KING
OHIO BICENTENNIAL.COMÐ Home page for the Ohio Bicentennial, 2003.
URL: http://www.ohiobicentennial.com/main.htm
Ohio Fundamental Documents.
Ohio Historical Society. Includes constitution, Northwest Territory, War 1812, etc.
URL: http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/funddocs.html
Ohio Governors.
Ohio Historical Society
URL: http://www.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/LAW/northwest/ordinance/index.html
Ohio in 1788 : a description of the soil, productions, etc., of that portion of the
United States situated betweenPennsylvania, the rivers Ohio and Scioto and Lake Erie,
translated from the French, with notes and introduction, by John Henry James.
Columbus, O. : A.H. Smythe, 1888. F495 .C951 1888. SW DEP
Ohio in the American Revolution : a conference to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Ft.
Gower resolves, edited by Thomas H. Smith. Columbus : Published for the Ohio American Revolution
Bicentennial Advisory Commission by the Ohio Historical Society, c1976. E230.5.O3 O38. SW DEP
Ohio lands : a short history. Columbus : Ohio Auditor of State, c1987-.
HD211.O3 O44. SW & OAU 1.16/13 GOV LAW
An Ohio portrait by George W. Knepper. Columbus : Published for the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Commission by the Ohio Historical
Society, c1976. F491 .K64. KING FOLIO
Ohio's capitals and the story of Ohio's emblems issued by Ted Brown, Secretary of State.
[Columbus, Ohio] : Secretary of State of Ohio, [19--]
F492 .O388. KING
Report of the committee to whom were referred ... a letter from Edward Tiffin, president of the
convention of Ohio [microform] : and, a letter from Thomas Worthington, special agent of the
said state, enclosing a copy of the constitution therof : together with, sundry propositions,
in addition to, and in modification of those contained in an act passed at the last session of
Congress.Washington City : Printed by William Duane & Son, 1803. PS 531 .S535 no. 5473. GOV LAW
The report of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest. [Washington; For sale by the Supt.
Of Doc., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1970] LA229 .A5x KING
The Black Laws in the Old Northwest: A documentary history by Stephen Middleton. New York,
Greenwood Press, 1993. KF 4757 .M48 1993 KING
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Doc and Debates, 1774-1875
Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 4th Congress, 2nd Session, Pages 2209 through 2210,
Lands Northwest of the Ohio. URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=006/llac006.db&recNum=347.
Light two lamps for freedom [videorecording] : the United States Constitution and the
Northwest Ordinance / Ohio Northwest Ordinance and United States Constitution Bicentennial
Commission [and the] Mercer County Historical Society, Inc.St. Marys, Ohio : Stahr Video Productions,
[1987?] E309 .L54. IMC VIDEO
THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY 1787
The statutes of Ohio and of the Northwestern territory, adopted or enacted from 1788 to 1833
inclusive: together with the Ordinance of 1787; the constitutions of Ohio and of the United States,
and various public instruments and acts of Congress: illustrated by a preliminary sketch of the
history of Ohio; numerous references and notes and copious indexes. Ed. by Salmon P. Chase.
Cincinnati, Corey & Fairbank, 1833-35. F483 .S725. GOV LAW
Agriculture in Ohio : its beginning and development by John T. Brown. Columbus, O. : Ohio
Dept. of Agriculture, 1940. S451.O3 O44 1940x S451.O3 O44 1940x
Buckeye cookery : with hints on practical housekeeping ... two hundredth thousand. by Estelle
Woods Wilcox. Minneapolis, Minn. : Buckeye Publishing Co., 1885, c1880. TX715 .W659 1885 SW DEP
URL: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/OHIST/
Buckeye heritage : Ohio's history in song by Elizabeth Anne Salt.Columbus, Ohio Enthea
Press, c1992. M1629.7.O37 S34 1992. MUS
Buckeye legends : folktales and lore from Ohio by Michael Jay Katz. Ann Arbor : University of
Michigan Press, c1994. GR110.O48 K37 1994. KING
Canals of Ohio, 1825-1913 by[Marilyn G. Hood] Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Historical Society,
[1971] F492 .C3 IMC
Bridge the Centuries. Two Hundred Years of Ohio History. Covered Bridges of Ohio.
URL: http://www.shakerwssg.org/covered_bridges_of_ohio.htm
E-history's Geographic Places in Ohio
Water highways and carrying places by Edward Livingston Taylor.
[S.l. : s.n.], [19--] 386 T21w. SW DEP
URL: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/OHIST/ OLD NORTHWEST TERRITORY
Map URL: http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/northwest/index.html PEOPLE/CULTURE
URL:http://www.e-history.com/F.htmBUTLER COUNTY (INCLUDING OXFORD AND MIAMI UNIVERSITY)
Butler County Historical Society MuseumÐ official online page for the museum displays.
URL: http://home.fuse.net/butlercountymuseum/index.htm
Cemeteries of Butler County, Ohio Ð includes reference to other genealogical resources.
URL: http://www.interment.net/us/oh/butler.htm
Historical collections of Ohio : in two volumes : an encyclopedia of the state :
history both general and local, geography with descriptions of its counties, cities and villages,
its agricultural, manufacturing, mining and business development, sketches of eminent and interesting
characters, etc., with notes of a tour over it in 1886. [Columbus, Ohio?] : The state of Ohio,
1904, c1888 (Cincinnati, Ohio : C.J. Krehbiel & Co., printers and binders) F491 .H842 1904.
KING 2 VOL
Butler County information URL: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/OHIST/
A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Buttler County. Ð Part of the interactive genealogy of the U.S. and the GenWeb sites. URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/p
Miami & Erie Canal map Chart showing proposed routes of enlarged canals from Lake Erie to the Wabash River
at Lafayette, Indiana and from Lake Erie to the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio. Report of the Chief of Engineers,
U.S. Army. Appendixes. Serial Set 2013, 1st Session 47th Congress House Executive Documents, 1881-1882.- A map of proposed canal route.
URL: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/OHIST/
Miami Univ & its establishment- copy of the establishing act for MU
URL: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/OHIST/
National Register
of Historical Places - Butler County..- includes information and photos.
URL: http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OH/Butler/state.html
Oxford School lands. - Congressional decision exchanging school lands to establish Miami University.
URL: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/OHIST/
Army register of Ohio volunteers in the service of the United States ... Comp. from official records in the Adjutant General's Office, Columbus, Ohio, for April, 1862. By Charles A. Poland. Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State Journal Printing Co., 1862. E525.3 .P76. SW DEP
Official roster of the soldiers of the state of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. by Ohio Roster Commission. Akron, Werner co., 1886-95. 12 v. E525.3 .O38 1886 KING & SW DEP
The official roster of Ohio soldiers in the war with Spain, 1898 -1899. Comp. Under the direction of Frank B. Willis, Governor, Charles Q. Hildebrant, Secretary of State, Benson W. Hough, the Adjutant general. Pub. by authority of the General Assembly. [Columbus, O., E. T. Miller Co.] 1916. E726 .O3 O25 SW DEP
The official roster of the soldiers of the American Revolution buried in the State of Ohio. Compiled under the direction of Frank D. Henderson, the adjutant general, John R. Rea, military registrar, Daughters of American Revolution of Ohio. Jane Dowd Dailey (Mrs. O.D.), state chairman. [Columbus, O., The F.J. Heer Printing Co., 1929-1959] 3 v. E263.O3 O3 1929 KING.
The official roster of Ohio soldiers, sailors and marines in the world war, 1917-18. Ohio Adjutant General's Dept. [Columbus, The F. J. Heer Printing Co., 1926-29] 23 v. D570.85.O3 A5 1918 SW DEP
Roster of Ohio soldiers in the War of 1812. Pub. under authority of law by the Adjutant General of Ohio.[Columbus, Ohio, Press of the Edward T. Miller Co.] 1916. E359.5.O2 O3. SW DEP
THE TOLEDO WAR Ð 1835 clash between Michigan and Ohio over boundries. URL: http://www.geo.msu.edu/geo333/toledo_war.html
The Historic Indian in Ohio : a conference to commemorate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution / edited by Randall Buchman.Columbus : Published for the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Commission by the Ohio Historical Society, c1976. E78.O3 H57. KING
Indian Wars in the Northwest Territory
URL: http://users.anderson.edu/~roebuck/war.html
Kappler's Indian Affairs and Treaties
(Okla.State Univ)
Text of U.S. treaties with Indian tribes between 1778 and 1883 indexed by year, alphabetically by
treaty name and tribe.URL: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/
Native Americans and early settlers [videorecording] : the meeting of cultures, 1780's-1980's. Mercer County Historical Society ; project director, Joyce L. Alig. Celina, Ohio : The Society, c1989. E78.N76 N36 1989. IMC VIDEO
Early Ohio Census Record editors, Ronald Vern Jackson, Gary Ronald Teeples ; introd., K. Haybron Adams. Bountiful, Utah : Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1974, 1976 printing . F 490 .J27 GOV LAW Ref
Third Census, 1810. A Statement of the Arts and Manufactures of the United
States of America for the year 1810, prepared by Tench Coxe. Philadelphia,
A. Cornman, 1814. Ohio, pp. 115-120. - statistics not included in the online Data browser.
URL: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/OHIST/
Fourth Census, 1823. Digest of accounts of manufacturing
establishments in the United States of America for the year 1823. Washington, Gales & Seaton, 1823. - statistics not included in the online Data browser.
URL: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/OHIST/
UNITED STATES HISTORICAL CENSUS DATA BROWSER. Population from 1790-1960, Economy including agriculture and manufacturing from 1840-. Can limit by State or county. URL: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
Buckeye women : the history of Ohio's daughters by Stephane Elise Booth. Athens : Ohio University Press, c2001. HQ1438.O3 B66 2001. KING
Child labor Cincinnati
URL: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/OHIST/
Ohio women in action by State of Ohio Adjutant General's Dept. [Columbus, Ohio : F.J. Heer Printing Co., 1951] OA 1.3:10. GOV LAW
Women in History, Ohio Bicentennial Figures.
URL: http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/ohio200.htm
Women in Ohio HistoryÐ from Ohio Crossroads genealogy page.
URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3774/ohiowomen.html
Women in Ohio history : a conference to commemorate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution edited by Marta Whitlock.Columbus : Published for the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Commission by the Ohio Historical Society, c1976. HQ1438.O3 W64. KING