Join us for a peek behind the scenes at the Ohio History Connection! During our monthly MEMBER VIP webinars, we take a deeper look at the people, places and objects that made Ohio history.
The webinars are free for Ohio History Connection members and $10 for nonmembers. Can't join us for the live webinar, but still want to learn about the topic? Register for the program and we'll send you a link to the recording a few days after the webinar. Members–your discount will show up once you’re in the Shopping Cart.
Questions? Please contact the Membership Department at [email protected] or 800.686.1545.
MEMBER VIP: Get to Know the Ewing and Graham Photography Collections
July 22, 2025
3–4 p.m.
Join us as we talk with Daniel Willis, Audiovisual Archivist at the Ohio History Connection, as we learn about about photography in the early 1900s. He will focus on two photograph collections, the Albert Ewing collection and the Albert Belmont Graham collection. Traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing was born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta. During the period of 1896 to 1912, Ewing traveled extensively as an itinerant photographer in southeastern Ohio and central West Virginia. Educator and agriculture pioneer Albert Graham founded the national 4-H movement. His photographs feature scenes from rural environments and schools around Ohio between 1900 and 1920. Register below!
MEMBER VIP: Get to Know the Library & Archives
August 19, 2025
3–4 p.m.
Ever wondered what's available in the Ohio History Connection Library & Archives? Join Elizabeth Zeitz, Library Services Manager, for an overview of this great resource, including details about the various collections, information about how to visit the Library, what to expect when you do and more!
MEMBER VIP: Get to Know the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
September 23, 2025
3–4 p.m.
Did you that Ohio is home to eight wonders of the world?
The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage site includes eight separate monumental earthworks that were built by the ancient Indigenous Hopewell culture between about 1 and 400 CE. The sites include the Great Circle and Octagon Earthworks in Newark, the Fort Ancient Earthworks near Lebanon, and the five earthworks that make up Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in and around Chillicothe. In this program we'll be joined by Dr. Brad Lepper, senior archaeologist for the Ohio History Connection's World Heritage Program, to learn why these ancient American Indian earthworks were inscribed on the World Heritage List.