Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Greetings History Day Scholars! It is time once again to feature a Research Hot Spot for the month of July. The second research Hot Spot is the Dayton Metro Library! This public library has 20 different branches in addition to the main library throughout the Dayton metro area. The Dayton Metro Library is a great starting place for some local research. The library owns several special collections from the Wright Brothers to the Great Dayton Flood of 1913 and even a collection on Women's Suffrage and the League of Women Voters. The Library also features several exhibits on their special collection topics. In addition to the collections the Dayton Metro Library has an extensive research services team to get help both online or at the library. So go check it out! I hope your summer has been full of fun and learning. Here in the History Day office it is hard to believe it is almost August! Can't wait to see you all in the fall! Happy researching!
Monday, July 02, 2007
Greetings History Day Scholars and Happy Summer to you all! I hope this message finds you all enjoying your summer break, staying out of trouble and thinking about next year's History Day theme Conflict and Compromise. This month will be dedicated to featuring research hot spots and cool topic ideas to help you get started in brainstorming your topic. The research hot spot for today is none other than the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus! The library and archives here have some awesome resources including many primary sources. Just a few of the topics and some cool primary sources that can be seen here are
-From Conflict to Compromise: The Survival of a Separatist, Communistic Community: Zoar, Ohio
· Financial Records 1847-1852
Bimeler, Joseph Michael of Zoar
The Financial Records of Joesph M. Bimeler of Zoar, Ohio include letters of receipt, account statement, and orders, part written in German and part in English.
· Clarence L. Law Papers (Photograph Series)
98 photographic prints mounted 48 bookplates : b&w ; 28 x 21 cm.148 photographic prints b&w, some mounted on paper ; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
-Conflict and Compromise in East Liverpool, Ohio: Pottery Workers and Pottery Company Owners Battle over Wages and Working Conditions
· Pottery Factories (Graphics 1890-1950)
13 photographic prints : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller. + 1 receipt for pottery purchase1 photographic print : b&w, mounted
· Records
United States Potter's Association
11.25 cu ft
Collection consists of committee files, company files, proceedings, and a subject file. Company files contain correspondence from firms that were members of the USPA. The proceedings are verbatim typed transcripts of wage conferences between the USPA and the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters (1921-1973)
-The Fugitive Slave Act and Ohio: Conflict and Compromise
· Rankin Family PapersRankin, John
· Wilbur H. Siebert Collection Underground Railroad (1849-1954; bulk 1892-1951) contains Siebert’s research on the Underground Railroad. This series is arranged in bound volumes alphabetically by state. Within each volume Siebert organized the material first by general information about the Underground Railroad or anti-slavery movements in the state, followed by information identified by counties in alphabetical order. Photographs and Ephemera (ca. 1840s-1940s) contains photographs and ephemeral material, including images related to Underground Railroad stations and operators.
-Cedar Bog and the Building of U.S. 68 Environmental Conflict and Compromise
· Cedar Bog Report: Including Preliminary Concepts On The Environmental Impact of the Construction and Operation of Proposed Highway 68
Clark County Audubon Society
· Cedar Bog Report II: Additional Information About Cedar Bog and the Environmental Impact of the Construction and Operation of Proposed Highway 68
Clark County Audubon Society
-Conflict and Compromise Over Moral Standards and the Consumption of Alcohol: Temperance and Prohibition Movement in Ohio
· An Address to the People of Ohio In Behalf of a Law to Prohibit the Manufacture and Traffic of Liquor
Cary, S.F.
8 p
· Anti-Saloon
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
"The official newspaper of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League."
-Women's Suffrage in Ohio: The Conflict and Compromise Over Women's Right to Vote
· Letters 1910
Howe, Julia Ward
Two letters of May 18 and [May 26], 1910 from Julia Ward Howe to Mrs. H.L. Campbell of Delaware, Ohio discusses the Progress Club to which Mrs. Campbell belonged, education and suffrage for women, and some of Howe's works. Letters were kept in accompanying envelope by the Campbell family.
· Women's Suffrage Postcards
· Women's Suffrage Graphics
These are some awesome resources! Let us know if you plan to visit Columbus on your summer break, we'd love to say hi! Please visit the archives/library website at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/index.html
for hours of operation. Admission to the library/archives is free parking is $4. We also have a great exhibit on the First Ladies until August 2nd.
Hope to see you soon! Good luck on all of your History adventures!
-From Conflict to Compromise: The Survival of a Separatist, Communistic Community: Zoar, Ohio
· Financial Records 1847-1852
Bimeler, Joseph Michael of Zoar
The Financial Records of Joesph M. Bimeler of Zoar, Ohio include letters of receipt, account statement, and orders, part written in German and part in English.
· Clarence L. Law Papers (Photograph Series)
98 photographic prints mounted 48 bookplates : b&w ; 28 x 21 cm.148 photographic prints b&w, some mounted on paper ; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
-Conflict and Compromise in East Liverpool, Ohio: Pottery Workers and Pottery Company Owners Battle over Wages and Working Conditions
· Pottery Factories (Graphics 1890-1950)
13 photographic prints : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller. + 1 receipt for pottery purchase1 photographic print : b&w, mounted
· Records
United States Potter's Association
11.25 cu ft
Collection consists of committee files, company files, proceedings, and a subject file. Company files contain correspondence from firms that were members of the USPA. The proceedings are verbatim typed transcripts of wage conferences between the USPA and the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters (1921-1973)
-The Fugitive Slave Act and Ohio: Conflict and Compromise
· Rankin Family PapersRankin, John
· Wilbur H. Siebert Collection Underground Railroad (1849-1954; bulk 1892-1951) contains Siebert’s research on the Underground Railroad. This series is arranged in bound volumes alphabetically by state. Within each volume Siebert organized the material first by general information about the Underground Railroad or anti-slavery movements in the state, followed by information identified by counties in alphabetical order. Photographs and Ephemera (ca. 1840s-1940s) contains photographs and ephemeral material, including images related to Underground Railroad stations and operators.
-Cedar Bog and the Building of U.S. 68 Environmental Conflict and Compromise
· Cedar Bog Report: Including Preliminary Concepts On The Environmental Impact of the Construction and Operation of Proposed Highway 68
Clark County Audubon Society
· Cedar Bog Report II: Additional Information About Cedar Bog and the Environmental Impact of the Construction and Operation of Proposed Highway 68
Clark County Audubon Society
-Conflict and Compromise Over Moral Standards and the Consumption of Alcohol: Temperance and Prohibition Movement in Ohio
· An Address to the People of Ohio In Behalf of a Law to Prohibit the Manufacture and Traffic of Liquor
Cary, S.F.
8 p
· Anti-Saloon
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
"The official newspaper of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League."
-Women's Suffrage in Ohio: The Conflict and Compromise Over Women's Right to Vote
· Letters 1910
Howe, Julia Ward
Two letters of May 18 and [May 26], 1910 from Julia Ward Howe to Mrs. H.L. Campbell of Delaware, Ohio discusses the Progress Club to which Mrs. Campbell belonged, education and suffrage for women, and some of Howe's works. Letters were kept in accompanying envelope by the Campbell family.
· Women's Suffrage Postcards
· Women's Suffrage Graphics
These are some awesome resources! Let us know if you plan to visit Columbus on your summer break, we'd love to say hi! Please visit the archives/library website at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/index.html
for hours of operation. Admission to the library/archives is free parking is $4. We also have a great exhibit on the First Ladies until August 2nd.
Hope to see you soon! Good luck on all of your History adventures!
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