The Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor (YHCIL) opened to the public in June of 1992 as a steadfast reminder of the area’s industrial heritage.
By David McDevitt, Harding Project Archivist In June and July of 1920, two Ohioans were nominated as the presidential candidates of America’s two leading political parties: James Cox, governor of Ohio, for the Democrats, and Warren G. Harding, senator from Ohio, by the Republicans. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Europe was still reshaping itself following the […]
We found examples of child-created materials among the manuscripts collection at the Archives Library of the Ohio History Center.
As the first president to speak on the radio, Warren G. Harding introduced Americans to the idea of being able to hear their leaders.
Floral designs were once common in a style of quilt called Red and Green Appliqué Quilts. Learn more about these popular quilts.
Significant Grant family photographs in the collections of the Ohio History Connection illustrate the life of Civil War General and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
Women have played football in Ohio for decades. In 1965, women’s football teams from Akron and Cleveland began playing games across the Midwest.
If Ulysses S. Grant were still alive today, he would be surprised to hear that the first school he attended as boy in Southwest Ohio is now named after him.
Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army in the Civil War and 18th president of the United States was born in a one-story, timber-frame home on April 27, 1822 in Ohio.
By Nick Sacco, Park Ranger, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
