2nd Quarter 2007
Newsletter
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Past Tense
Past Tense, written by museum registrar, Sharon Buxton,
offers historical background for displayed artifacts.
2006 Acquisitions
2006 saw the donation of several unique and
fascinating gifts to JHM.
Spurred by the Benton and Matt Clark special exhibit, two people
were kind enough to donate work done by the brothers. Thomas
Lear gave the museum a painting depicting General Robert E. Lee
surveying a vivid battle scene. The painting, Lee at
Chancellorsville, was a project that Mr. Lear’s mother had
undertaken at her son’s request, but encountered difficulties in
getting it just right. When she asked her teacher Benton Clark
for advice he simply painted it himself! Three additional works
by the Clark brothers were donated by Geraldine Coleman. Her
husband Richard was a co-worker of Benton’s at Shaw-Barton when
Benton presented him with two of his own works and one of
Matt’s—the latter of which is currently on display. Executed in
a dry brush technique, Clark transports the viewer to the far
west in this depiction of a wistful cowgirl.
Both Marilyn Ashcraft and Harry Wiggins donated local
periodicals, including the first Coshocton Daily Tribune,
published in 1909. This edition contains feature stories of a
Teachers’ Institute and Teddy Roosevelt’s success in bagging his
first elephant. Another donation of local interest given by
Terry Lynne is a panoramic photograph of Coshocton 7th and 8th
grades. Over one hundred students pose in front of the 1915 high
school.
Helen Blackson contributed a postcard made from a Ross Corder
painting of five men (Ray Stout, Bill Newell, Roger Sickle, and
Clarence and Fred Workman) who are shooting the breeze within
the confines of a nostalgic Coshocton institution, Workman’s
Restaurant. From Scott Brooks came a piece of Advertising art
history—an engineering tool produced by Shaw Barton.
Marilyn Porter provided JHM with a collection of vintage baby
clothing worn in the early 1900s by her father, former Keene
area resident, Eugene Porter. We anticipate expressions of
disbelief when school tours are told that the exquisitely
fashioned dresses were worn by young boys of the era.
The remaining artifact, donated by Patty and Ken Cramer, is an
unusual one: a child-size Prussian pickelhaube from the late
1800s to early 1900s. This helmet gained its name due to the
spike (pickel = point) extending from the top of the headgear (haube
= bonnet), and was worn not only by military, but firefighters
and police of this period. Originally designed by Prussia’s King
Frederick William IV, the style was copied by such diverse
countries as Mexico, Norway and Colombia. Even the helmet worn
by British bobbies has its origins in the pickelhaube!
We remain ever grateful to those who were generous enough to
share these items with us.
Whether your interest runs to local history or military
paraphernalia, the recent acquisitions case will fulfill your
requirements. Hope this whets your curiosity to drop in to see
what’s new!
New and Renewing Members since our last
newsletter was published in January
Corporate Members
Walhonding
First Federal Community Bank
Tuscarawas
Unusual Junction Inc.
Friends
Patrons
Ken & Patty Cramer
Lois & Dal Donovan
Rex & Janice Emler
Allen & Martha Shaffer
Family
Rev. Jan Coffman
J. Jay Gill
Sam & Susan Guilliams
Joe & Donna Kreitzer
Pete Madson Family
Bill & Caryol Jean Neff
Fenn & Carol Pierce
Tom & Sharon Sutton
Jim & Sandra Sycks
Julie Werley
Mrs. Vincent Wiley
Sara King/Marlin Yoder
Individual
Jack Baumgardner
Nancy Bieber
Carole Cornell
Eric Johnson
Margaret McDowell
Janet Rettos
Edith McCabe
Drew Stanberry
Marilyn Stocker
Kathy Thomas
Darlene Williard
Teen
Katie Williard
Call for Entries—Ohio in Black and White
JHM’s fall special exhibit is a juried black and
white photography show. Photographs must be in black and white
and the subject matter, whether representational or abstract,
must relate to Ohio. Entries will be judged in three categories:
film, digital and youth (for entrants under 18 yrs. of age). The
specifications and application form are on our website:
http://www.jhmuseum.org/prospectus.pdf
You can also pick one up at the museum or send a SASE to us and
we’ll mail it to you.
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