- Labor History is Ohio History!
Labor History is Ohio History!
May is widely recognized as Labor History Month, and as such, we'd like to shine a spotlight on the powerful history of labor, the manufacturing industry, and the labor movement…
- Happy Mother's Day from Ohio Memory!
Happy Mother’s Day from Ohio Memory!
This Sunday, May 13 is Mother's Day, and we here at Ohio Memory want to be the first to wish you all a happy one! First designated as a U.S.…
- Four Dead in Ohio
Four Dead in Ohio
May 4th is a date that looms large in Ohio history, as well as in the memory of many Americans. Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the shootings at Kent…
- Fire at the Ohio Pen
Fire at the Ohio Pen
April 21 marked the somber anniversary of one of the most deadly disasters in Ohio's history--the Ohio Penitentiary Fire of 1930. 82 years ago, just after 5:30 PM, an inferno…
- Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
In honor of the Ohio Village Muffins' season opener this past Sunday, we wanted to highlight some of the baseball teams and players in Ohio history who didn't make it…
- Poets of Ohio
Poets of Ohio
April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets, poetry and their significance in our culture. Since 1996, when the annual event was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets,…
- Test your Ohio Memory!
Test your Ohio Memory!
Here at Ohio Memory, we are always working on new ways for users to interact with the digital materials from our collections. So today we're excited to let you know…
- Columbus Bicentennial: OSU Edition
Columbus Bicentennial: OSU Edition
In the second installment of our Columbus bicentennial series, which looks at the capital city's landmarks through the years, we'd like to focus on one of our most visible and…
- Come Across for Red Cross!
Come Across for Red Cross!
In addition to Women's History Month, March is also National Red Cross Month, a designation it has held each year since President Roosevelt's first proclamation in 1943 in the midst…
- Women's History Month
Women’s History Month
Since 1987, March has been nationally recognized as Women's History Month--a month set aside to celebrate the achievements of women and the singular role they have played in the American…
Ohio Memory
Ohio Memory is a collaborative digital library project of the Ohio Historical Society and the State Library of Ohio, which includes collections from more than 354 cultural heritage institutions from all of Ohio’s 88 counties.
Established by the Ohio Historical Society in 2000, the mission of the Ohio Memory Project is to provide access to historical treasures of Ohio, bringing together primary sources from all parts of the state in an online scrapbook that:
- celebrates state and local history
- encourages cooperation between archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, and other cultural organizations
- allows the global community to discover and explore Ohio’s rich past
