We’ve seen great photographs, documents, and even audio interviews so far, but DPLA is also a resource for something you might not expect – sheet music! Bowling Green University’s library has over 600 titles in their digital collections, and you can browse and search to find the perfect song you need for your upcoming piano […]
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ODN Item of the Week: 1933 Being a Cartograph of Ohio
Historic maps are one of my favorite features of what digitization projects can make accessible to the world. Useful as a tool in many facets of research including land use, local economies, survey updates, and genealogy, the range of maps available online today is extensive. And while beautiful maps are still being created today, a […]
Read The Full ArticleODN Item of the Week: World War II Ration Memorabilia
The State Library of Ohio, located in Columbus, is officially designated as a depository for U.S. Government Publications. What does this mean? It means that the State Library both stores and provides access to documents published by the Federal Government. That can mean published and bound books, printed material and pamphlets, microfilm and fiche, maps, […]
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We’ve written about the World’s Columbian Exposition (aka the World’s Fair or Chicago World’s Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) before, so you know it was full of a dizzying array of exhibits and demonstrations. One of those was the Catholic Educational Exhibit, where representatives from dozens of seminaries, nunneries, schools, and dioceses across the country represented […]
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Did you know that Central Ohio is home to a community filled with houses inspired by the organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright? Worthington’s Rush Creek Village began construction in the 1950s, under the inspiration and dedication of Martha Wakefield, a Columbus native and art and philosophy student at The Ohio State University. Upon discovering Wright’s […]
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