A Bird’s Eye View
In the mid-1930s, Lieutenant Clyde H. Butler of the photographic division of the Ohio National Guard took on a project for …
Fortunes Made and Lost: The Panic of 1857
August 24th is an important day in the economic history of Ohio and of the nation–on this date in 1857, the New …
How’s The Weather?
From January 1838 to June 1844, Zachariah Mills, the fourth State Librarian of Ohio, diligently logged the temperature and weather conditions in …
“Nursery Rhymes for Infant Industries”
A unique new item has been added to the OHS Selections collection on Ohio Memory, offering a tongue-in-cheek view of the explosion …
“Killed by Pitched Ball”: Finding Ray Chapman on Chronicling America
On August 16, 1920, at the Polo Grounds in New York City, Raymond “Ray” Chapman–star shortstop of the Cleveland Indians–stepped into the …
