“All This Joy Was Turned to Sorrow”
150 years ago, as war-weary Americans were celebrating reports that the U.S. Civil War was finally at an end, news arrived that …
Ohio School for the Deaf
On April 17, 1817, the first United States school for the deaf was opened in Hartford, Connecticut. Three years later, a parent …
Rush Creek Village: Organic Architecture and Usonian Homes
Tucked away in the Columbus suburb of Worthington, to the east of High Street and nestled along what’s now known as Rush …
The Ohio State Journal Magazine: News for Women (Mostly)
The Ohio State Journal Collection was recently updated to include a small set of issues published in 1909. This content stands out …
A Look Back at the Columbus Illustrated Record
As tomorrow marks the start of Black History Month 2014, it seems a fitting time to highlight a unique item in our …
Lazarus Memories
As the holiday season wraps up, many of us have spent the last few weeks recalling fond memories of years past. …
Art Work of Columbus
I’m not a native of Columbus. In fact, I’m not a native Ohioan, either. I was born in California and only moved …
What’s Your Story, Columbus?
As people interested in history — as we all are, or should be! — we always enjoy learning more about the …
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 …
The Ohio State Summer Library School
It’s 1917. You’ve decided you would like to be a librarian, or maybe you’re working in a library and you’d like …
