In December 1916, Governor-Elect James M. Cox was forced to rent a room at Columbus's Deshler Hotel when he could not find anywhere to live in the capital city.
It’s hard to know what life was like for teens in the past. Ohio History Connection received papers of Dorothy Beavers Pecora, documenting her time at Scioto Township High School.
Join Manuscripts Intern David McDevitt as he makes an out of this world discovery about an Ohio company and a very familiar princess from a galaxy far, far away.
On April 4, 1968, fifty years ago this Wednesday, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Lund family lived in Washington County, Ohio, across four generations. Each generation had unique and exciting stories to tell. The Lund Family Collection now lives at the Ohio History Connection Archives!
Recently, the Ohio History Connection received a collection about the Snyder family of Ohio.
In the fall of 1937, Betty Eicher was enrolled at Ohio State University in a course called English 507. Betty was doing a lot of creative writing. Check out one of her stories!
OHC and the James Preston Poindexter Foundation have been preparing the newest exhibit at the Ohio History Center. Learn more about what exactly we've been up to!
Check in with our Manuscripts Intern, David, to see what he has been up to lately!
There's always something new to learn about the collections at the Ohio History Center. Just recently, I learned new information about a photograph that has been at the Ohio History Connection for years!
