Cheers to a Creative New Year!
Happy New Year! Our first blog post of 2021 features a publication in the State Library of Ohio’s collection that just entered …
A Year of Ohio Memory: 2020 in Review
Prior to the start of 2020, staff at the Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio met to lay out …
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 …
Acts of an Uncertain Nature: A Mystery Starring Historical Documents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 …
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 …
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 …
Ohio Memory at 20: Share, Discover, Connect
Did you know that you can view more than one million Ohio history-related items from the collections of history-and-heritage organizations across the …
Stop the Presses! Antique Typography
Today we’re sharing an item from the State Library of Ohio’s Rare Books collection: a typography specimen book from 1859! In the …
Pattern Book Houses: Designing the American Dream
Books on architecture and home design have existed since the Roman Empire, when an engineer named Vitruvius documented and published acceptable building …
“All For the People, and All By the People”–Lajos Kossuth’s Fight for Hungarian Independence
In February 1852, Ohio Governor Reuben Wood’s message to the Senate and House of Representatives stated the following: Another subject of universal …
