Move Over, Dog Lovers: Cats in Ohio Memory
A few weeks ago, we gave a nod to the dogs of Ohio Memory. And why not? Nearly 40% of Ohio households …
No Place Like Home
Have you ever noticed that we have a lot of houses on Ohio Memory? Like, a lot of houses. As of posting …
45 Years Later: Spirit of Ohio Bicentennial Photo Contest
Just in time for the long July 4th weekend, Ohio Memory now features 140 photographs from the Spirit of Ohio Collection (State …
It’s a Dog’s Life: Dogs on Ohio Memory
Although there is accepted fossil evidence of domestic dogs dating back 14,000 years, scientists disagree about when domestication happened (some put the …
Ohio Memory Staff Picks: Part 2
A few weeks ago, the folks at the Ohio History Connection shared some of their favorite items in Ohio Memory. I feel …
Newspapers: A (19th) Century of Change
The Lebanon Western Star, occasionally renamed to the Weekly Western Star or the Western Star and Lebanon Gazette,was a weekly newspaper mainly …
A Few of Our Favorite Things
Sometimes, as we’re researching a specific blog topic, or finding materials for a patron, we stumble across materials that aren’t relevant to …
Harry Evan Kinley: View Photographer
Thanks to the efforts this past summer of one of our interns here at the Ohio History Connection, we’ve begun adding to …
Worth a Thousand Words
Imagine life without photographs. There would be no way to quickly and easily capture images of friends and family, no in-the-moment snapshots …
“The Grand Old Man of American Photography”
The name Mathew Brady is a familiar one to historical photography buffs, and his contributions to our understanding of the visual past …
