“Never Dubl a Leter”: The Phonetic Reform Movement
Ohio Memory has content related to many reform movements throughout history–abolition, women’s suffrage, temperance, prohibition and more. But one we don’t hear …
Ohio Memory Madness 2015: The Final Four!
Final Four voting for Ohio Memory Madness 2015 is well underway, and soon we will know which historic Ohio event will be …
Martha Kinney Cooper and the Ohioana Library
Located in Columbus and housed in the same building as the State Library of Ohio, the Ohioana Library “is dedicated to collecting, …
A Little New Year’s Reading
As we celebrate the first days of 2015, we hope all of our Ohio Memory visitors and readers have had a restful …
“American Notes for General Circulation”
This holiday season, you may have read or watched a version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Published in 1843, A Christmas …
Nevermore!
Last week, in preparation for Halloween, we told you about haunted houses here in Ohio. This week, we’re moving to an individual …
Books of Interest and Consolation to Spinsters
In 1904, Miss L.E. Stearns compiled a small pamphlet, “Books of Interest and Consolation to Spinsters.” In it, she listed dozens of …
Uncle Tom’s Cabin: The Excitement and the Influence
Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852 as a direct response to the passing of the Fugitive Slave …
“A Book for Skeptics” and the Spirit Room
In the mid-1800s, a new spiritualist movement swept America, and people everywhere began conducting séances in an attempt to communicate with otherworldly …
Happy Birthday, Mr. Thurber!
Tomorrow, December 8th, is the birthday of one of Columbus’s most famous native sons–humorist, illustrator and author James Thurber. In the preface …
