OHS RESOURCES
ARCHIVES/
LIBRARY
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The OHS
Archives/Library
contains the largest collection of Ohio's newspapers
in existence-- 4,500 titles, 20,000 volumes, and
almost 48,000 rolls of microfilm of Ohio titles
(some microfilmed by the federally-funded Ohio
Newspaper Project).
Microfilmed newspapers are available for use at the A/L Reading Room
or through interlibrary
loan. Some are available for purchase by the roll.
A complete list of all the newspapers, including both filmed and unfilmed
(original paper) titles, that are available for use at the Ohio Historical
Society's Archives/Library can be accessed using the Online
Collection Catalog's Newspaper Database search feature.
About
OHS established an inhouse microfilming
facility in 1971 to preserve the information
published in the thousands of deteriorating
woodpulp newspaper volumes it then held. During
the past quarter century, an ongoing program
has resulted in the production of more than
16,000 rolls of master negative microfilm
and the consequent preservation of hundreds
of Ohio's newspapers.
Newspaper microfilm produced by OHS may
be used in the A/L Reading Room, borrowed
through interlibrary loan, or purchased by
institutions and individual researchers.
OHS offers microfilm for sale as a public
service. Film sold by the Historical Society
is custom produced on demand in 35mm vesicular
positive format. Please note that you may
order complete or partial sets (i.e. three
rolls out of a 25 roll set).
Access to Ohio newspaper MICROFILM
is through two different, overlapping, categories and databases--
- Rolls that are available for USE
only (Microfilm
Holdings List/Ohio Newspaper Index),
identified by call number (Roll 40568).
- Rolls that are available for PURCHASE,
identified by location number (B29496).
OHS owns master negative film for these.
The microfilm sales data base is currently
offline.
SEARCH
by TITLE, CITY, or COUNTY, to find microfilmed
newspaper titles held by the Archives/Library
for use in the A/L
Reading Room or through interlibrary
loan. This is not a subject index to the
content of the papers themselves-- individual
articles are not indexed here.
Due to time constraints, OHS staff cannot
provide copies of specific newspaper articles
or obituaries, nor can they do research in
newspapers. If you are unable to visit the
A/L or obtain copies of the newspapers elsewhere,
these
persons have indicated an interest in
doing Ohio research for a fee.
Searchable index brought to you by-- the
Ohio
Vital Information for Libraries Center (OVIL).
Indexes of newspaper contents. Arranged
by county, these microform and bound hardcopy
indexes are available for use in the A/L Reading
Room at OHS.
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