Folks engage with our GOHI's collections for many reasons. You'll find unique archives, museum objects, newsletters, videos and more. We encourage you to explore!
Many items in the GOHI collections have been digitized and are available to researchers through our online platform, Ohio Memory. However, there are many more items in the GOHI Collections than we can feature online. To consult papers, photographs and printed materials, you can make an appointment to visit the Archives & Library in Columbus.
Search the museum collections catalog to learn about GOHI objects, including political buttons, banners, clothing and more.

The videos in this playlist include panels, roundtables, presentations, and documentaries on LGBTQ+ history in Ohio. Many focus on LGBTQ+ life in Columbus and Central Ohio between the 1970s and the early 2000s.
Video and audio recordings preserved with support from a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). These include many episodes of the public access television show The LGB Report (Stonewall Union Collection) performances by David Zimmer and more.
Follow this link to view all seven collections included in the grant. Once you select a collection, click "View Digital Material" to stream audio and video files.
Photographs, artifacts and scanned documents from the Ohio History Connection's archives
Photographs and other items shared by community members
Want to continue your research at other archives and libraries?
Here are some suggestions:
The Cummings Center for the History of Psychology at University of Akron
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library & Archives
Western Reserve Historical Society
Interested in finding more of Ohio's LGBTQ+ history online?
Check out these sites:
Cincinnati LGBTQ+ History Digital Collection (Cincinnati Public Library)
Cincinnati Pride History (created by Ohio Lesbian Archives and Michael Chanak)
Cleveland Voices - LGBTQ+ Cleveland (CSU Center for Public History + Digital Humanities)
Digital Transgender Archive (Keyword: Ohio)
Illuminate: Central Ohio's LGBTQ+ History (Columbus Metropolitan Library)
Ohio History Day LGBTQ+ History Research & Project Guide
Ohio University and Athens LGBTQ+ Collection
Reclaiming Our Histories (Ohio State University)
