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OHS in the News
At OHS we are keeping warm by keeping busy! Here are links to recent news stories about OHS. Our marketing manager Mark Holbrook shared stories about William McKinley’s service in the Civil War and the Underground Railroad in northeastern Ohio … Continue reading
Government Services December Report
The following recently accessioned series have been cataloged by State Archives staff in December and descriptions are available in the Online Collection Catalog: State Archives Series 5096: Columbus (OH) Parks and Recreation Commission. Minutes 1985-2003 State Archives Series 7245: Adjutant … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, collections, Digitization, State Archives
Tagged audiovisual collections, Digitization, government records
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Stories of the Underground Railroad Now Available Online
Now you can find the text of correspondence with Underground Railroad participants, photographs of agents and former slaves and maps of Underground Railroad routes online. This fascinating material about the Underground Railroad in Ohio and other states was collected and … Continue reading
Ohio Guide Scanning Project is Making Progress
More than a year ago we began our project to scan the Ohio Guide Photographs. This collection was created by the Ohio Federal Writer’s Project, a New Deal era program that employed writer’s during the Great Depression. Beginning in 1935 … Continue reading
Famous Photographer Found in Ohio Guide Collection
Months ago staff and volunteers in the Preservation and Access Department at the Ohio Historical Society began a project to scan every photograph in the Ohio Guide Collection. This collection was created by the Ohio Federal Writer’s Project, a New … Continue reading
History and Technology Haiku
Our digital services staff have been working hard to create haikus for ZeroDivide’s non-profit technology haiku contest. While we may not win the big prize, we thought we could share them all with you. Enjoy! Zoom, focus and click… A … Continue reading
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Ohio Memory ─ Popular Web site Now Has More Images From Ohio’s Past
What do these stories have in common? A 1945 Lorain High School yearbook photograph of Chloe Wofford provides a glimpse of her future promise. Chloe is better known as Noble Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. The Ford Family Letters … Continue reading
Merry Christmas from the Ohio Historical Society and the Ohio Newspaper Digitization Project!
With the end of 2008 comes the beginning of the Ohio Newspaper Digitization Project (ONDP). As part of the National Digital Newspaper Program, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and run by the Library of Congress, the Ohio … Continue reading
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City Student TECH CORPS
Hey OHS, writing this blog are 3 summer interns Malaina, Terry, and Chelsey. Are assignment was to create a blog telling everyone about us and the program we are all from. Malaina: What can I say about the program … Continue reading
Posted in Digitization, Uncategorized, Volunteers/Interns
Tagged Digital Projects, interns
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