Category: From the Collections Blog

A new blog launched in June 2025 that combines content related to all major collections areas – Archaeology, Ohio History, and Natural History.

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February 28, 2017

The Randolph Freedpeople Part Three: An Act of Becoming

The Randolph Freed People journey North to Ohio.
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February 21, 2017

The Randolph Freedpeople Part Two: The Legal Road to Freedom

Freedom despite three wills, a deathbed confession, and a desperate attempt to retain white affluence.
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February 17, 2017

The Picture of a Lifetime: A Trip to an Early Photographer’s Studio

It's 1865 and you’re an average Ohioan who would like to have some photographs of your family to display around the house. What are you going to do?
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February 14, 2017

The Randolph Freedpeople Part One: An Introduction

Part one in the story of the Randolph Freedpeople of Roanoke, their journey to Ohio, and settlement in the Miami Valley.
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January 27, 2017

Digging into the Collections January 2017
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January 25, 2017

Mysteries of the Archives: the Case of the Confusing Correspondence

It's elementary, my dear reader! Join me as I follow the clues and track down a mystery deep in the archives!
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December 23, 2016

Mysteries of the Archives: the Case of the Butler County Courtroom

It's elementary, my dear reader! Join me as I follow the clues and track down a mystery deep in the archives!
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December 9, 2016

Friends From the Past: Connecting Through the Archives
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December 6, 2016

Digging into the Collections December 2016
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December 2, 2016

Blogs Away: Wine, Shakers and Ohio in the 19th Century

Hear from our Manuscripts Intern David McDevitt as he journeys into the archives!