In December 1916, Governor-Elect James M. Cox was forced to rent a room at Columbus's Deshler Hotel when he could not find anywhere to live in the capital city.
There's always something new to learn about the collections at the Ohio History Center. Just recently, I learned new information about a photograph that has been at the Ohio History Connection for years!
One of my all-time favorite collections at the Ohio History Connection has been the papers of the Vanguard League.
Join our intern, David McDevitt, to learn about the history of hockey in Columbus, Ohio!
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.
During the 1940s, the Vanguard League campaigned in Columbus, Ohio, to fulfill their mission of "equality opportunity, liberty, and democracy for Negroes.”
Ohio aviator flies around world in 29 days, 11 hours, 59 minutes and 38 seconds.
A real artist is one who knows that culture is a way of living, the sum total of what goes on around you during your life is the warehouse of your art. Your feelings of love and hate about this life is what gives your art its vitality. -Emerson Burkhart, Ohio Historical Society Collections, MSS […]
