Making History Today
Ohio Memory participants are in the business of preserving history. Our users come to us to find historic images, documents, and publications, …
Happy New Year!
In 1848, three Chinese immigrants – two men and one woman – made San Francisco their home, starting what would soon …
What a Treasure!
Late last year, the State Library of Ohio received a call from a staff member at the Office of the Treasurer of …
Long Past? No, Our Past!
The State Library of Ohio is mandated by the Ohio Revised Code to preserve and provide access to Ohio state government documents. …
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 …
Letters from a Founding Father
In terms of flowery language or fancy writing, the letters aren’t noteworthy: one requests information on the quartering of soldiers, the second …
“Historia Testamenti Veteris et Allegorii”
At the very back of the State Library of Ohio, past the reference collection, the shelves of government documents, and the cabinets …
The Other Sherman
Ohioan John Sherman (1823-1900) may be less well-known to modern-day Americans than his brother, William T. Sherman, but this nineteenth-century lawyer …
