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May 5, 2025

4-H Collections: Sewing

The Ohio History Connection seeks to shine a spotlight on 4-H and the hard work of Ohio young people by highlighting 4-H collections.

April 28, 2025

Now on Exhibit: Ohio Bell Telephone Truck

By Benjamin Baughman, History Curator The Ohio History Center in Columbus recently included a new addition to its transportation exhibits: an Ohio Bell Telephone repair truck manufactured by the White Motor Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The truck, built in 1919, was restored by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company in the early 1970s and donated to […]

April 21, 2025

New Digs at Fort Laurens

How often do you see a specific moment in time? This Revolutionary War period musket ball from Fort Laurens was found during Heidelberg University’s Center for Historic and Military Archaeology’s 1999-2000 research project. Check out the ricochet scar on the upper right side, it has the appearance of a cresting wave. Someone in the […]

April 14, 2025

Did We Really “De-extinct” the Dire Wolf?

By Erin Cashion and David Dyer On April 7, the story in Time magazine was posted everywhere: we had brought the extinct Ice Age Dire Wolf, Aenocyon dirus, back from the dead. Alongside this unbelievable headline came the video of two adorable white, fluffy canines in the hands of a human caregiver. These two pups […]

April 7, 2025

New Collection Spotlight: Justice; Clothing Just for Girls

The Ohio History Connection is thrilled to have recently obtained a collection of over 60 items of Justice and Brothers clothing ranging from 2008 to 2017.

March 24, 2025

The Archaeology Catalogs: From the Beginning

By Sara Polk, Assistant Curator of Archaeology Catalogs are essential records of objects in museum and library collections. Catalog numbers document objects in collections and the data associated with them, such as where they came from and what material they’re made of. Museum curators and collections staff maintain catalogs to help people access and use […]

March 24, 2025

Collections Spotlight: M.C. Lilley & Henry Taylor

Learn more about M.C. Lilley and Henry Clay Taylor through a frock coat in the history collections of the Ohio History Connection.

March 24, 2025

Mrs. Husband’s Name: Identifying Women in the Columbus Citizen-Journal Photograph Collection

Archives Services Intern Taylor Grzesiek researches women formerly identified only by their spouse's surnames.

March 17, 2025

Works by Lilly Martin Spencer at the Ohio History Connection, Reproduced on Carte de Visite Photographs

Learn how works by Ohio artist Lilly Martin Spencer gained popularity when reproduced as carte de visite photographs.

March 6, 2025

Collections Spotlight: Photographs from the Columbus Citizen-Journal

The newspaper's photograph collection gets a 2025 update, preserving more than 24,000 images and making them easier to access.