From the Collections Blog Archives - Page 23 of 110

May 22, 2020

Phoebe Wise: A Richland County Legend

Curator Matt Benz recently discovered the story of Mansfield local, Phoebe Wise while reading a new book about Louis Bromfield.

May 22, 2020

Digging into the Collections May 2020

May 20, 2020

May 12 Coffee With a Curator: Follow-up Questions

May 19, 2020

Annie Glenn (1920-2020)

History Curator Becky Preiss Odom pays tribute to Annie Glenn, a respected advocate for people with communicative disorders and wife of John Glenn, who died today at the age of 100

May 18, 2020

The Origins of Memorial Day

Read on to focus on the real meaning of Memorial Day: to remember all those who died to keep our country free.

May 15, 2020

Turning the Tassel in 2020: Graduation Then and Now

This year, there are traditions we can observe from a distance. There are new traditions to be formed, Ohioans get creative in their social distanced celebrations.

May 11, 2020

Exercise for History Lovers

Now that most of us are working from home, we share one or two historic workout videos through email every week. Check out some of these workouts and try them at home!

May 11, 2020

Ohio in the Time of Cholera

If we put ourselves in the shoes of the 19th century Ohioans, there are quite a few similarities in their story and our own.

May 8, 2020

Can’t Keep a Good Blacksmith Down

Blacksmithing has been seen throughout history as both a skilled craft and an art form.

May 4, 2020

Bathtub Gin and the Bee’s Knees

It was supposed to be a wholesome time without the dangers caused by alcohol. What commenced, though, was one of the liveliest and crime-ridden periods in American history.