By flipping through the YMCA's records in the Ohio History Connection Archives, we can learn a lot about life on the Near East Side of Columbus during the twentieth century.
It's elementary, my dear reader! Join me as I follow the clues and track down a mystery deep in the archives!
Power of Painting: Lilly Martin Spencer is on exhibit at the Ohio History Center in Columbus June 10, 2015, through Aug. 14, 2016. Where did the exhibition get its name from and what does it have to do with the artist? For Lilly Martin Spencer, painting was more than merely depicting scenes of everyday life. Spencer […]
What are Manumission Registers? And more importantly, how do you find them?
Sometimes popular culture and history collide in unexpected ways. Take for example, horsemaning. This is an internet fad inspired by planking. For those not in the know, planking is the act of laying face down with hands along the side of the body while being photographed. The planking craze has swept the internet by storm, […]
