Ohio Memory Staff Picks: Part I
Ohio Memory staff at the Ohio History Connection and State Library of Ohio contribute to the project in a variety of ways—scanning …
Tracing Title Changes in Ohio’s Historic Newspapers
Part of my job as the project coordinator for Ohio’s contribution to the National Digital Newspaper Program involves writing descriptions of a …
Acts of an Uncertain Nature: A Mystery Starring Historical Documents
Update: Please scroll down to read the solution to this mystery, with credit to one of our readers who contacted us via …
Learning at Home: Educational Resources from Ohio Memory and DPLA
As many of us adjust to temporarily working and learning from home, the search for resources and tools to make our days …
Ohio Memory Behind the Scenes: Choosing a Blog Post Topic
In celebration of Ohio Memory’s 20th anniversary, we’ll be sharing some information in the coming weeks and months about how Ohio Memory …
Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes: Suffrage History on Ohio Memory
2020 is a year of many anniversaries, some of which you have heard (and will continue to hear) about on the Ohio …
“Until Leap Year Gives It One Day More”: February 29th… Leap Day!
Tomorrow is February 29, 2020. As we all know from the Mother Goose rhyme in the title of this piece, February typically …
A Variety of Valentines
Dearest Valentine… Happy Valentine’s Day! Need some inspiration for your special gift? In addition to browsing the vintage valentines on Ohio Memory’s …
The Roaring Twenties
Today’s blog post features a book from the State Library of Ohio’s collection that just entered the public domain: Fifth Avenue Old …
Prohibition 100 Years Later
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of Prohibition in the United States. Ohio fought for the dry vote as a key player in …
