- "Chick" It Out!
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Big news out of the Ohio Historical Society and Ohio Village this summer, as we invite you to come in and visit our new flock of chickens! The village chickens will have a coop behind the Livery S…
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- Shades of Green from the Federal Land Office in Cincinnati
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Any genealogist knows, vital records are what draw the outline of a family tree. It’s the “other stuff” – family bibles, yearbooks, employment records – that paint the leaves of one…
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- Siege of Fort Meigs
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Since last year, Ohio has been celebrating the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and our state's role in this important historical event. Early May is a notable time in the story of the war, as it m…
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- "A Book for Skeptics" and the Spirit Room
Ohio Memory
In the mid-1800s, a new spiritualist movement swept America, and people everywhere began conducting séances in an attempt to communicate with otherworldly bodies. In Athens, Ohio, Jonathan Koons,…
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- Preservation Week 2013
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This year, April 21st through April 27th has been designated as the American Library Association's Preservation Week! The purpose of this annual event, according to ALA, is for libra…
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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
