Florence Fawley enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve where she became a Drill Sergeant. Soon she became the face of many military recruiting posters.
By looking at the buildings in Ohio Village, you can learn to sharpen your observation skills and build your old-building vocabulary, both useful as you travel Ohio.
From genealogy workshops to research guidelines, to textbooks: Check in with intern Quincy Balius to hear how their first six months at OHC have progressed!
We are proud to introduce the Celebrando! Project. Each year we will select three to four cultures to be represented by Ohioans who will share their ancestral heritage.
Recently the Gay Ohio History Initiative received a new collection from former Ohio native, Bryan Knedler. There is a lot to learn from Knedler’s documentation of his life.
James Garfield campaigned for President as war hero who was honest and honorable, but past actions in Congress came back to challenge his run for office.
Mrs. Clarence Porter was tired of running. For whatever reason, on May 15th, 1973 she stood in front of the City Plan Board of Dayton, fighting to stay in the East End.
In 2006, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma elected their first female chief in the tribe’s modern history, Chief Glenna J. Wallace.
Archivist Wendy Korwin describes the early political career of Warren G. Harding, focusing on letters from three unique constituents.
When James Brown and his band arrived at 1540 Brewster Avenue in Cincinnati in May of 1967, it probably didn’t feel like history in the making. But it was.
