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.
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!
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!
During the 1930s, if you were having trouble with your radio you might need to call for help. Ray Hollifield took many of these cases as he was an expert on radio problems.
Hear from an archaeologist at the Ohio History Connection about her work and how it intersects with the archives.
One of my all-time favorite collections at the Ohio History Connection has been the papers of the Vanguard League.
The Ohio History Connection is opening a new exhibit entitled "Picturing World War I." As part of our celebration of Archives Month, I talked to the curator of this new exhibit.
