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THE Local Historian Congratulations 2013 OLHA Award Winners!

The 2013 Ohio Local History Alliance Outstanding Achievement Awards winners. Winners are from L-R standing: Wendy Zucal, Jacob Masters, Marilyn Kozier, Eloise Bradford, Georgeanne Reuter, Karen Perones, David Mowery, Kate Smith, Leslie Blankenship, Kelly Selby, Ronald Marvin, Ruth Brindle, Tilda Phlipot, Randy Koch, Pam Allen, Bruce Houtz. Sitting: Donald Barriball, Anne Benston.

April 2011 to keep the memory of Erie County’s Civil War soldiers alive through monthly articles in the local newspaper. Article topics have included local politics, the Underground Railroad, Erie County soldiers’ battlefield experiences, the wom- Photo courtesy of the Ohio Historical Society. en’s Soldiers Aid Society, and Johnson’s By Leianne Neff Heppner, Island Confederate Prison. Their efforts Executive Director, Summit County The book records history and stories of will continue until 2015, culminating with Historical Society, Akron families, businesses, and organizations that the anniversary of the assassination of make Alliance unique. Alliance Histori- President Abraham Lincoln. Over 23,000 cal Society volunteers reached out to local people read these articles every month. A highlight of the Ohio Local History government, schools, and ethnic groups Alliance Annual Meeting is always Sat- Media and Publications, At War and in the community to provide recipes from urday’s Awards Luncheon. The luncheon At Home: Vietnam Veteran’s Oral Histo- Alliance’s past so that new generations will recognizes the outstanding local history ries, Walsh University Office of Service know this history of their hometown. work being done throughout the state Learning, North Canton: During the through the presentation of OLHA’s Out- Media and Publications, Keepers of the spring 2012 semester, Professor Kelly standing Achievement Awards. History Crossroads: An Oral History of the BF Selby of Walsh University’s Department Outreach Awards recognize outstanding Tower Operators, Bradford, Ohio Rail- of History led thirteen undergraduate local history projects in three categories: road Museum, Bradford: The ever smaller students in an oral history project to media and publications, exhibits/displays, numbers of living railroaders prompted document a history of the war. Students and public programming. Individual the Bradford, Ohio Railroad Museum to (Continued on page 3) Achievement Awards recognize those reach out to local individuals to preserve who have made outstanding contributions their knowledge and recognize their con- to Ohio’s local history organizations or tributions to local rail operations. Using WHAT’S INSIDE: to the understanding and appreciation of footage of Penn Central trains in opera- 2 President’s Message state and local history. This year’s 16 win- tion and the BF Tower, the only remaining ners provide inspiring ways to connect structure to visually tell the story of the 3 People in the News and educate Ohioans with their history. massive rail operation that went through 4 Awards (con’td) the center of Bradford, filmmaker Michael 5 Tech Tip: Digitizing History Outreach Awards, Schneider edited historic and current Organizations with Budget footage featuring the role of the tower, Newspapers Part 3 Under $25,000 its operators, and signal maintainers in 6 2014 Regional Meetings the community. Oral histories of the men Media and Publications, What’s Cookin’? 7 OHPO Award Winners who worked the rails bring video to life. Historical Cookbook, Alliance 8 New AmeriCorps Historical Society, Alliance: Media and Publications, “Erie County Members In an effort to garner community involve- & the Civil War: Monthly Articles in ment to preserve local history through the Sandusky Register,” Erie County 9 News from the Regions food and photographs, a dedicated group Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee, 10 Calendar of volunteers found a way to raise funds Sandusky: Eight committee members and 11 New/Renewing Members through the production of this cookbook. four guest writers have been working since 1 professional development funds are very limited Each of the committees and the board at large President’s across the state, but we also know the value of has been hard at work all year and has great things spending time networking and soaking up new planned for the year ahead. Keep an eye on The Message: ideas. Congratulations to the inaugural winners, Local Historian, the Local History E-Blasts, and Dayle Deardurff of The Betts House and Dana our Facebook page for all of the latest updates! Best-Mizsak of the Bedford Historical Society. We It has been my great honor to serve the Ohio are looking forward to continuing to award these Local History Alliance as president over the last scholarships in years to come. Maggie Marconi President, Ohio Local History Alliance year. I thought it would be a good time to reflect on This summer we were very pleased to host Museum Administrator, Sandusky Library/ all that we have accomplished in the past year. In an Ohio Local History Alliance intern! Katherine Follett House Museum March, the board gathered together for a strategic Buckingham was based in the Local History Office (419) 625-3834 planning retreat. We worked on crafting the results at the Ohio History Center and spent three months [email protected] of that fruitful day into a strategic plan, which was hard at work on our website and social media out- adopted at our August meeting. lets. A thoughtfully crafted job description and our After many years of talking and dreaming strategic plan helped guide Katherine’s work, and about it, we were thrilled to offer two scholarships our entire membership will benefit from our greatly to the Alliance Annual Meeting. We know that enhanced website.

2013 Board Members Ohio Local History Alliance

President Ex-Officio (Executive Secretary) Kate Smith, Executive Director Maggie Marconi, Museum Administrator Jackie Barton, Director Spring Hill Historic Home, Massillon Sandusky Library/ Follett House Museum Education & Outreach Services, (330) 833-6749 Sandusky Ohio Historical Society, Columbus [email protected] (419) 625-3834 (614) 297-2228 http://www.springhillhistorichome.org [email protected] The Ohio Local History Alliance, [email protected] http://www.sandusky.lib.oh.us/follett_house http://www.ohiohistory.org Region 6 organized in 1960 under sponsorship of Christie Evans, Trustee the Ohio Historical Society, is composed 1st Vice President Region 1 Gahanna Historical Society of local historical societies, historic preservation Beth Weinhardt, Coordinator Janet Rozick, Instructor Gahanna groups, history museums, archives, libraries, Anti-Saloon League Museum, Westerville University of Toledo, Toledo (614) 476-0371 and genealogical societies throughout the state (614) 882-7277, Ext 160 [email protected] [email protected] involved in collecting, preserving, and interpreting [email protected] http://www.utoledo.edu/llss/history/index. http://gahannahistory.com http://westervillelibrary.org/local-history Ohio’s history. html Leslie Blankenship, Trustee 2nd Vice President Rick Finch, Executive Director Franklinton Historical Society The Local Historian (ISSN 9893-3340) is published Todd McCormick, Curator/Director bimonthly by the Ohio Historical Society, 800 E. 17th Fort Meigs, Perrysburg Columbus Logan County Historical Society (419) 874-4121 Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211-2497, as a benefit to (614) 527-1957 Bellefontaine [email protected] Ohio Local History Alliance members. Periodicals [email protected] (937) 593-7557 http://www.fortmeigs.org http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Franklin- Postage Paid at Columbus, OH. POSTMASTER: [email protected] ton/pages/309337 Send address changes to: The Local Historian, Local http://www.loganhistory.org Region 2 History Office, Ohio Historical Society, 800 E. 17th Brenda Stultz, Curator Region 7 Secretary Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211-2497. Clyde Heritage League, Clyde Chris Burton, Executive Director Ruth Brindle, Curator Editors: Amy Rohmiller, Andy Verhoff, Rosa Rojas (419) 547-7946 Armstrong Air & Space Museum Quaker Heritage Center [email protected] Wapakoneta Please direct materials or phone inquiries to: Wilmington College, Wilmington http://www.clydeheritageleague.org (419) 738-8811 (937) 382-6661, Ext 719 [email protected] The Local Historian [email protected] Gale Martin, Executive Director http://www.armstrongmuseum.org Local History Office http://www2.wilmington.edu/qhc Marion County Historical Society, Marion Ohio Historical Society (740) 387-4255 Kasey Eichensehr, Curator 800 E. 17th Avenue Treasurer [email protected] Clark County Historical Society Kathleen Fernandez, Executive Director Columbus, OH 43211-2497 http://www.marionhistory.com Springfield North Canton Heritage Society (937) 324-0657 1-800-858-6878 North Canton Region 3 FAX: (614) 297-2567 [email protected] (330) 494-4791 Leianne Neff Heppner, Executive Director http://www.heritagecenter.us/ [email protected] [email protected] Summit County Historical Society, Akron Visit The Alliance online at www.ohiolha.org http://www.northcantonheritage.org (330) 535-1120 Region 8 and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ohio- [email protected] Stiney Vonderhaar, Chairman Trustees-At-Large Evendale Historical Commission, Evendale localhistoryalliance http://www.summithistory.org Joy Armstrong, Executive Director (513) 563-0808 Annual Membership Dues: Sylvania Historical Village, Sylvania Rebecca Larson-Troyer, Librarian [email protected] (419) 882-4865 Organizations: Special Collections Division http://www.evendaleohio.org/Pages/Evenda- [email protected] Akron-Summit County Public Library Annual budget over $200,000: $100 ($190 for 2) leOH_HistComm/index http://www.cityofsylvania.com/default. Akron Annual budget $100,000-$200,000: $75 ($140 for 2) aspx?nspace=CityOfSylvania.Home.Discover- (330) 643-9030 Jodie McFarland, Annual budget $25,000-$100,000: $60 ($110 for 2) Sylvania.SylvaniaHistory.HistoricalVillage [email protected] Freedom is Not Free Program Annual budget below $25,000: $35 ($65 for 2) http://sc.akronlibrary.org Cincinnati Jim Gibson, Executive Director Individuals: (513) 641-6671 Knox County Historical Society Region 4 [email protected] Affiliate: $35 ($65 for 2) Mt. Vernon Leann Rich, Manager of Education Individual: $50 ($90 for 2) (740) 393-5247 & External Relations Region 9 Students: $20 [email protected] Mahoning Valley Historical Society Margaret Parker, President http://www.knoxhistory.org Meigs County Historical Society, Pomeroy Business: $100 ($190 for 2) Youngstown (330) 743-2589 (740) 992-3810 Individual subscriptions to The Local Historian Wendy Zucal, Executive Director [email protected] [email protected] only are available for $25 annually. Dennison Railroad Depot Museum http://www.mahoninghistory.org http://meigscohistorical.org Dennison © 2013 Ohio Historical Society (740) 922-6776 Region 5 Michael Stroth, Trustee [email protected] Kim Jurkovic, Jackson Historical Society, Jackson http://dennisondepot.org Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, (740) 978-8021 Dennison [email protected] Immediate Past-President (740) 922-6776 http://www.jacksonhistoricalsociety.org Christie Weininger, Executive Director [email protected] Region 10 Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center http://dennisondepot.org Fremont Christopher Hart, Living Historian (419) 332-2081 Historic Roscoe Village, Coshocton (740) 623-7644 [email protected] [email protected] http://www.rbhayes.org http://www.roscoevillage.com

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Congratulations to the Ohio Local the Alliance board will come to an end Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum in History Alliance’s officers for 2014! in 2013: Janet Rozick, University of North Carolina and the Chicago History President: Maggie Marconi, Sandusky Toledo; Leianne Neff Heppner, Museum. Library/Follett House Museum. 1st Vice Summit County Historical Society; Brenna Walker has taken a full time President: Beth Weinhardt, Westerville Stiney Vonderhaar, Evendale Historical position as curator with the Maritime Public Library & Anti-Saloon League Commission; Kim Jurkovic, Dennison Museum of Sandusky. Walker is a Museum. 2nd Vice President: Todd Railroad Depot Museum, Christie Evans, graduate of Grand Valley State Uni- McCormick, Logan County Historical Gahanna Historical Society. versity in Michigan and holds a B.S. in Society. Secretary: Ruth Brindle, Quaker history with a minor in anthropology. Heritage Center of Wilmington College. Dana Best-Mizsak has joined the She has served in various positions at Treasurer: Kathleen Fernandez, North Bedford Historical Society as director. museums in both Michigan and Ohio, Canton Heritage Society. Trustees-At- Janet Caldwell continues to serve as most recently as a member of the Ohio Large: Joy Armstrong, Sylvania Histori- the BHS curator. Best-Mizsak comes to History Service Corps at her host site, cal Village; Jim Gibson, Knox County the society with a background in local the Maritime Museum. Historical Society; Wendy Zucal, history, archaeology, curation, and Dennison Railroad Depot Museum. marketing. Additionally, she has served Kate LaLonde is the new director of Past President: Christie Weininger, as the field supervisor at the Walhain- the Worthington Historical Society. She Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. Saint-Paul Project, a 12th century castle grew up in the culture of the society, site in Belgium for the past 13 years. participating in its children’s events and The Alliance also welcomes four new doing service projects with it through- regional representatives to its board. Ashley Wyatt has been hired as the out her high school years. She attended Region 1: Gary Levitt, Museum of Postal education coordinator at the Ruther- the University of Michigan, where she History. Region 3: Tim Daley, Cuyahoga ford B. Hayes Presidential Center in earned a B.A. in French and a bachelor County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monu- Fremont. Wyatt will serve the center of dance arts. Over the past decade, ment. Region 5: Christina Savu-Teeters, in implementing a variety of educa- LaLonde has served as a volunteer in Massillon Museum. Region 6: Andrea tion programs and activities, as well the archives working with the curator Brookover, Fairfield Heritage Associa- as serving as the District 2 history day in collections management and has tion. They will begin serving in January coordinator. A native of Minnesota, been the office manager for the past 2014. Wyatt holds a master’s degree in history three years. with a concentration in museum studies Thank you to those whose service on from the University of North Carolina- Greensboro. She held internships at the

Congratulations 2013 OLHA Award Winners! (Continued from page 1) interviewed 26 veterans who represented as they reached out to local students and Ensemble and local musician Steve Ball the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, residents to host displays, exhibits, and also collaborated by performing the film’s and Marine Corps. To complete their a special presentation by Dr. Herman music. Fittingly, the final work premiered work, the students printed a book and Viola, Curator Emeritus of the Smithson- at the Westerville United Methodist gave a public presentation. At the end ian National Museum of Natural History, Church which was the original location of the presentation, with 19 veterans an expert on Native American history. of the Hanby House. in attendance, one stood and thanked Exhibits and Displays, “Kent State May the students because it was the first time History Outreach Awards, 4 Visitors Center Exhibit Fabrication he had been recognized for his service Organizations with Budget and Dedication,” Kent State University, in Vietnam. Over $25,000 Kent: This exhibit commemorates May Public Programming, “Native American Media and Publications, From Servitude 4, 1970 when the Ohio National Guard Experience and Native American Gath- to Service: The Story of the Hanby Fam- and Kent State students clashed during an ering with Speaker Dr. Herman Viola,” ily, Westerville Historical Society and anti-Vietnam War protest. Working to set Shelby County Historical Society, Brainstorm Media, Westerville: This new accurate 1960s historical, social, and cul- Sidney: Shelby County native Martin Tall film examines Bishop William Hanby’s tural contexts, the exhibit features vibrant Horse Chambers contacted the SCHS role in the Underground Railroad and his colors of the period highlighting timelines to suggest a program to honor Native son, Benjamin’s, contributions to Civil and text blocks. Historic images, statistics, American military veterans. Unfortunate- War-era music. The script was written and videos provide tactile stimulants to ly, Mr. Chambers lost his battle to cancer with help from local history organizations engage the visitor. The voices of the 13 before seeing his dream come to fruition. and local historians in places the Hanby students shot by the Ohio National His wife, Mary, then assisted the SCHS family lived in Ohio. The Otterbein Vocal (Continued on page 4)

The Local Historian November/December, 2013 3 Congratulations 2013 OLHA Award Winners! (Continued from page 3)

Guardsmen are expressed throughout Public Programming, Marble Hall His- Individual Achievement Awards the exhibit. Visitors may add their own toric Marker, Wilmington College His- Donald Barriball, Chagrin Falls stories as part of the experience. tory Department, Wilmington: Marble Historical Society, Chagrin Falls: Hall, a Wilmington College dormitory, Exhibits and Displays, Wyandot County Donald Barriball has been described as was constructed after World War II with on the Lincoln Highway, Wyandot Coun- a “local history gem” and the “epitome of half its value donated by student labor. ty Historical Society, Upper Sandusky: the local history volunteer.” He has used Sixty years later, Ruth Brindle’s histori- To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the his knowledge of Northeast Ohio to write cal research methods class researched Lincoln Highway, the Wyandot County and publish five local history books and the building’s history to gain practical Historical Society documented this has donated all proceeds to the Chagrin research experience. This research was historic road’s route through the county. Falls Historical Society. Mr. Barriball compiled into an Ohio Historical Marker Local residents shared their stories and serves as a docent every Thursday at application. The college and community loaned personal artifacts. All fabrication the society’s museum, and he also writes came together to dedicate the marker, was done in-house. The exhibit’s themes articles for the historical society newslet- connect with alumni, especially those included: origins of the Lincoln Highway, ter and website. In addition, he serves involved in the building, and boost mapping, paving, marking, tourism, and on the society’s advisory council and a community dealing with economic modernizing. Nearly 1,500 visitors have publication committee, chairs its building hardship. viewed the exhibit, including visitors on and grounds committee, and he assists the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic By- Public Programming, “Fresh Fish to with the digitization and identification way. The project has raised awareness of the Front: A Readers’ Theater Com- of the organization’s 6,000 images. local history and produced great publicity memorating the 95th Ohio Volunteer Anne Benston, Clark County Historical for the museum. Infantry,” Kelton House, Columbus: Society, Springfield: As a decades-long Under the leadership of Leslie Blanken- Public Programming, “Where in the volunteer and board member of the Clark ship, the Kelton House Museum part- World is Bing,” Dennison Railroad County Historical Society, Anne Benston nered with the Westerville Local History Depot Museum, Dennison: Looking to is a true treasure in the community. Her Center and the Ohio Village Singers for capture the interest of children and their work transcribing gravestones for 47 a program commemorating this unit of parents and to relate the education and local cemeteries and writing biographies local men who transformed from “fresh historical work of the museum, the Den- of these individuals has helped preserve fish” (new soldiers) to seasoned veterans nison Railroad Depot created a historical local history for future generations. Mrs. in 11 days after entering service in the four-legged mascot to brand itself. Bing, Benston has also contributed to numerous Civil War. Using primary sources, an a military dog who served in World War I, other local history projects over the years illustrative presentation was composed was a true hero in the local Company H. including: assisting in the restoration of for costumed readers to perform, accom- Using historic photographs and artifacts, the Clark County Historical Society’s Cra- panied by music and song. such as his helmet, cap, and dog tags, bill House, serving on the local Bicenten- “Where in the World is Bing?” provides Public Programming, “Underground nial Commission and Springfield Statue children with an interactive activity while Railroad Experience,” Spring Hill Advisory Committee, and researching visiting the site. Historic Home, Massillon: Established local Revolutionary War soldiers, indus- in 1811 by New England Quakers, trial barons, and immigrants. Public Programming, “SimMarch 1812,” Spring Hill was a wool farm that became Fort Meigs, Perrysburg: Fort Meigs sits David L. Mowery, Ohio Civil War Trail a refuge for those seeking freedom on the on its original location of its construction Commission, Cincinnati: David Mowery Underground Railroad. Visitors to the during the War of 1812. The Fort Meigs has contributed many years of volunteer home experience a firsthand, interactive Association wrote a grant to the Martha work dedicated to making Civil War his- recreation of a day at Spring Hill in the Holden Jennings Foundation to establish tory come alive in Ohio, especially stories 1800s. They travel with a “slave” on an a program that would assist teachers and of John Hunt Morgan’s raid. His endless escape to Canada on a trail where they engage students in technology rich activi- dedication to researching diaries, letters, encounter numerous people and situa- ties, while providing real world scenarios and memoirs, reading old newspapers tions along the way. With elements for from diaries of the fort’s 1812 servicemen. and maps, and using Google Earth led children and adults, this program inspires The final product, SimMarch 1812, is an him to reproduce an accurate route of an intergenerational dialogue about slav- iPad app with problem-based learning Morgan’s raid in Ohio that is now known ery that connects the past to the present activities. A historical interpreter dressed as the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail. in a real setting. as a War of 1812 soldier visits the class- He was responsible for the placement of room leading his fellow “messmates” on 644 directional signs and 56 interpretive a march, while integrating STEM fields The Alliance would like to thank markers in 19 counties. (science, technology, engineering, and the members of its Advocacy math) with historical content. Committee who served as judges for this year’s awards. The Local Historian November/December, 2013 4 From Film to Digital Part III: Launching TECH TIP: Your Own Newspaper Digitization Project By Jenni Salamon, Project Coordinator, National Digital Newspaper Program in Ohio, Ohio Historical Society

The last two issues of The Local Historian featured articles about newspaper digitization, and, if you had not done so already, may have prompted you to ask: “Can my institution get our community’s newspapers digitized and available online? If so, where do we start?” Accom- plishing your goal of digitizing newspapers begins with careful planning, and here are some tips to get you started. Your responses to the questions and comments below will greatly impact your choice of vendors, project costs, and the appearance and utility of your final digital collection. Goals Before you even look at your newspaper collection, determine why it is important for your newspapers to be digitized. This type of project involves time and funding, so make sure that it aligns with your institutional mission. If it does, next consider what you want the end goal of the project to be. How does your ideal digital collection look and function when it is finished? Content Due to the sheer volume of content, it is not likely that you will be able to digitize your entire newspaper collection at one time. How do you choose which newspaper(s) and date range(s) to digitize? Consider what is important to your users and community, as well as your Photo courtesy of the Ohio Historical Society. institutional goals. If you select something users? If not, does your digitization ven- that is important to multiple groups or dor provide hosting services? happens to your or your vendor’s hosting stakeholders, you may be able to partner Whether your hosting solution is in- system. with them and share project costs. house or vendor-provided, make sure it is Digital Deliverables & Vendors sustainable. Can your institution maintain Your product is also affected by Access & Sustainability the costs (staff, information technol- the digitization standards you use. Using One of the most exciting parts of ogy, storage space, etc.) to maintain your the archival standards established by digitization is the ease of access, and, with system? Can your vendor provide reliable, the National Digital Newspaper Program newspapers, this often refers to two fea- ongoing access? Will your vendor provide (NDNP) will allow your content to work tures of the digital collection: 1) keyword you with copies of all the digital files in on multiple systems. Use metadata and searchability and 2) online availability. If case you need and/or want to repurpose file formats that conform to best practices these features are important to you, does them into a different access system into and other established standards. your institution have a digital library the future? By planning ahead, you will (Continued on page 12) platform in place to serve content to your be more likely to recover if something The Local Historian November/December, 2013 5 By Tennile Jackson, former Local History AmeriCorps Volunteer, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus

Professional Development Save the Date for Your Photo courtesy of the Ohio Historical Society. 2014 Regional Meeting! Region 1: April 5, Metroparks of the Toledo Area, Toledo Region 2: April 12, Clyde Historical Museum, Clyde Planning is underway for next year’s Ohio Region 3: Local History Alliance Regional Meetings, April 5, Middleburg Heights Historical Society, Cleveland which will be here before you know it. The Region 4: theme for 2014 is Engage, Educate, Empower: April 12, Kent State University May 4 Visitors Center, Kent Taking Your Organization to the Next Level. Region 5: Be on the lookout for the information and March 15, Perry Township History Club, Canton registration brochure early in the new year, check http://www.ohiohistory.org/local-histo- Region 6: ry-office/professional-development/alliance- March 22, Whitehall Historical Society, Whitehall regional-meetings for more information, Region 7: and mark the dates on your calendar now! March 15, Clark County Historical Society, Springfield Region 8: March 22, Delhi Historical Society, Cincinnati Regions 9 &10 (combined meeting): March 29, Ross County Historical Society, Chillicothe

Note: There are two meetings per day, except the Regions 9 &10 combined meeting.

The Local Historian November/December, 2013 6 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations!

2013 Ohio Historic Preservation Office Award Recipients Announced

Each year, the Ohio Historic Preservation Office recognizes achievements in historic preservation by presenting awards in The 2013 Ohio Historic Preservation Office award recipients. Photo courtesy of the Ohio Historical Society. Public Education and Awareness Village Commission – recognition • Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Cincin- and Preservation Merit. The Public of the 50th anniversary of estab- nati Preservation Association, Education and Awareness Award lishment of the German Village and ArchitectsPlus – preserva- is for increasing interest in historic Commission tion and rehabilitation of the 1938 preservation. The Preservation Frederick and Harriet Rauh House Merit Award is for preserving • Central State University and Ohio’s prehistory, history, architec- LWC Incorporated – preservation • Rutherford B. Hayes Presi- ture, or culture. Congratulations and rehabilitation of Emery Hall dential Center and LCA Associ- to this year’s recipients! • Youngstown State University, ates – preservation and restoration US Campus Suites, LLC, and City of the Rutherford B. Hayes House Public Education and Architecture – rehabilitation and at Spiegel Grove Awareness adaptive reuse of the Erie Terminal • Ohio Wesleyan University, Schooley Caldwell Associates, • City of Shaker Heights, Building and Lincoln Construction – Shaker Heights Landmarks Com- • Cincinnati City Schools and preservation and rehabilitation mission, and the Shaker Heights CR architecture + design – pres- of Stuyvesant Hall Public Library– creation of www. ervation and rehabilitation of HistoricShaker.com Hughes STEM High School • Cleveland State University, • Jamestown Area Historical Arkinetics architects + urbanists, Preservation Merit Society, the Greene County Com- and Liberty Development Com- • Auglaize County Commis- missioners, and the Silvercreek pany – preservation and rehabilita- sioners and Garmann/Miller & Township Trustees – preservation tion of the 1913 Union Building Associates – preservation and and rehabilitation of the James- • Neil and Patricia Coleman rehabilitation of the 1894 Auglaize town Opera House and John R. Ankrom Architects – County Courthouse • The Raymond John Wean preservation and rehabilitation • Famicos Foundation, Foundation and The Chesler of the Walke House Marous Brothers Construction, Group, Inc – preservation and • Larry Addis – dedication to City Architecture, and Ted Sande, rehabilitation of the 1868 Market the preservation of Zion Wakefield AIA Emeritus – preservation and Block Building Lutheran Chapel rehabilitation of the 1904 Doan • Paulding County Carnegie School as the Doan Classroom Library and Restoration Spe- Apartments cialists – preservation and reha- • City of Columbus, the German bilitation of the Paulding County Village Society, and the German Library

The Local Historian November/December, 2013 7 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome! Please help!

Rankin House Needs Your Help The Ohio Historical Society is currently in the process of restor- ing the interior of the 1829 Rankin House in Ripley, Ohio and has found evidence that at least two of the first floor rooms originally had decorative stenciling applied to the walls. Unfor- tunately, the evidence of what the full design was is sparse and creating a design for an entire room could quickly cross over into conjecture. The hope The 2013-2014 Ohio History Service Corps members. From L-R, members are Laura Herron, Deb Wicker- ham, Carolyn Waverin, Jessica Mayercin, Shannon Murphy, Lindsay Marshall, Kurrie Boddorf, Nancy Yerian, is to locate extant examples of stencil- Jacob Masters, Arielle Lester, Jennifer Graham, Petra Knapp, Kimberley Barnard, Meghan Kaple, Rebecca ing in the vicinity or along the same Torsell, and Steve Littleton. not pictured: Dayton Willison. Photo courtesy of the Ohio Historical Society. migration route as the Rankin House (the Ohio River and Zane’s Trace). Ideally, OHS will find a house sten- The Ohio History Service AmeriCorps • Petra Knapp, Historic Preservation ciled by the same artist or “school” Program’s newest members have started Corps, Cleveland Restoration Society of artists, with stenciling layouts that their year of service to supporting com- • Arielle Lester, Local History Corps, use the same couple of patterns at the munity and local history in Ohio. Local Youngstown State University History Corps members in each Alli- • Steven Littleton, Local History Rankin House. Any information or ance region are available to help history Corps, Shelby County Historical leads you might have would be greatly organizations with projects like volunteer Society appreciated! For more information, recruitment and management, building • Lindsay Marshall, Local History including pictures of what was found partnerships, and education outreach. Corps, Heritage Ohio at the Rankin House, or to share any In addition, four Historic Preservation • Jessica Mayercin, Local History information you have, please contact Corps members are surveying buildings Corps, Ohio Historical Society Chris Buchanan, Restoration Project to add to the Ohio Historic Inventory. • Doreen Moore, Historic Preservation Coordinator, at cbuchanan@ohiohis- This year’s AmeriCorps members are: Corps, Youngstown State University tory.org or 419-496-7243. • Kimberly Barnard, Historic Pres- • Shannon Murphy, Local History ervation Corps, Cleveland Land- Corps, Maritime Museum of Sandusky marks Commission • Rebecca Torsell, Historic Preserva- • Kurrie Boddorf, Local History Corps, tion Corps, Piqua Public Library Ross County Historical Society • Carolyn Wavrin, Local History • Nicholas Emenhiser, Local History Corps, Ohio Historical Society Corps, Cleveland Restoration Society • Deb Wickerham, Local History • Jennifer Graham, Local History Corps, Hancock Historical Museum Corps, Oberlin Heritage Center • Dayton Willison, Local History • Jennifer Gray, Local History Corps, Corps, Sunday Creek Associates Downtown Mansfield, Inc. • Nancy Yerian, Local History Corps, • Laura Herron, Local History Corps, National Underground Railroad Ohio Historical Society Freedom Center The Rankin House, Ripley. Photo courtesy of the Ohio • Meghan Kaple, Local History Corps, Historical Society. Heritage Ohio

The Local Historian November/December, 2013 8 Region 3 hostages held inside the U.S. Embassy in Iran. News from His wife donated memorabilia from his time Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, and as a hostage including a sweater he wore while Summit Counties the Regions a prisoner, letters from well-wishers, posters, Region 4 banners, and yellow ribbons. To learn more, In 100 words or less, do you have outstanding go to http://www.knoxhistory.org. news to share about your organization? Please Ashtabula, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, email it to your regional representative for and Trumbull Counties the next issue of The Local Historian. Contact The Middlefield Historical Society and Region 7 information for the representatives in your the Geauga County Public Library recently region is on page 2 of this issue. Of course, debuted the first results of their collabora- Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, you are welcome to forward your news directly tive project to index and copy scrapbooks in Greene, Logan, Mercer, Miami, to the editor of The Local Historian at arohm- the historical society’s collection. The more Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby Counties [email protected]. Rather than serving as than 30 scrapbooks cover the mid-twentieth The Champaign County Historical Society a calendar of events, items for News from the century and can be an invaluable resource for repurposed one of its most popular exhibits, Regions are chosen to inspire, connect, and genealogists. The public got a chance to see the the Springhills Jail, into a photo booth for its educate the Alliance’s members all over Ohio first ten indexed scrapbooks at a program at annual Oktoberfest. Festival attendees had and celebrate notable and imitation-worthy the library in August. For more information, the chance to purchase professional black and accomplishments of Alliance members. visit https://www.facebook.com/TheDepotAt- white photographs of themselves in jail. The TheMiddlefieldHistoricalSociety. society provided wardrobe accessories like hats, bonnets, aprons, badges, and bandanas Region 1 to lend a period air to the pictures. For more Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Region 5 information, see http://www.champaigncoun- tyhistoricalmuseum.org. Henry, Lucas, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Holmes, and Wood Counties Jefferson, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne Happy 100th birthday to the Putnam County Counties Region 8 Courthouse! To mark this auspicious occa- The Salem Historical Society and Salem sion, the Putnam County Historical Society Public Library sponsored a historical scav- Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, published a new book. Putnam County enger hunt as a fun family activity over the Hamilton, Highland, and Warren Counties Courthouse, Ottawa, Ohio: Commemorating summer. A committee developed a list of 47 Did you know there were German POWs in 100 Years, 1913-2013 chronicles the history historical questions to answer or places to find. Clinton County during WWII? The Clinton of the courthouse and includes pictures of Participants had one week to correctly answer County History Center, the Quaker Heritage the building throughout its history. Proceeds as many questions as they could. The winning Center of Wilmington College, and the from the book benefit the society. In addition, family, with a perfect 47/47, received a family Watson Library presented a forum about the society held a commemorative event in membership to the historical society and a gift the German POW camp that was located in mid-September featuring special tours of the certificate redeemable at the society’s gift shop. Wilmington in 1945. The conference included building and speakers. For more information, To learn more, go to http://www.salemhistori- historical background about the camp and visit http://userpages.bright.net/~pchs/. calsociety.org. the personal experiences of Clinton County The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum residents. For more information, visit http:// received a Transportation Enhancement grant www.clintoncountyhistory.org. from the Ohio Department of Transporta- Region 2 tion (ODOT) for $400,000. The money will be Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion, used to restore the Chesapeake & Ohio Steam Region 9 Morrow, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, Engine 2700 and complete the museum’s Pull- Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Seneca, and Wyandot Counties man Bed and Breakfast. The ODOT grant will Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto, The Marion County Historical Society cover 80% of the projects’ funding, with the and Vinton Counties offered visitors a chance to explore five build- Depot required to raise the remaining 20%. ings usually closed to the general public with For more information, visit http://www.den- its “Behind Closed Doors Tour.” Designed as nisondepot.org. Region 10 a fundraiser for the society, the self-guided Belmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Monroe, driving tour was open to the public for one Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and weekend in October. Tour participants went Region 6 Washington Counties home with a souvenir: a booklet filled with Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Knox, information and pictures about the histori- Licking, Madison, Perry, Pickaway, and cal sites they visited. For those wanting even Union Counties more, the society produced and sold a DVD of The Knox County Historical Society recently pictures, some of which had never before been received a donation of artifacts relating to published. To learn more, go to http://www. the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981. Knox marionhistory.com/. County native Bert Moore was one of the

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for each month of 2014 that focuses on a ● August – POW Camps New themes! different aspect of the home front experi- ● September – Women in the Home ence. Ohio’s organizations and groups are Front encourage to use these themes as they plan ● October – Wounded Soldiers/ The Ohio Civil War 150 Advisory their own Civil War programming. Hospitals Committee is proud to announce its themes ● November – Politics (ex: Election ● January – Ohio’s Economy for 2014, the fourth year of the com- of 1864) ● February – Veterans (ex: furloughs memoration. The overall theme for 2014 is ● December – Letters & Photographs and Veterans Corps) “The Home Front,” a great opportunity for Home people and organizations throughout Ohio ● March – Medal of Honor recipients to explore how the Civil War effected life ● April – Children For more information, visit the Ohio in their own back yards. Just like last year, ● May – Sanitary Fair/Soldiers Aid Civil War 150 website at www.ohiocivil- the committee is also announcing a theme ● June – 100 Day Regiments war150.org. ● July – Ohioans in Battle

TECH TIP: From Film to Digital Part III: Launching Can I or Can’t I Digitize? Your Own Newspaper Digitization Project Copyright and Property Rights

tion projects in 2013. When applying When selecting content for digitization, it is important to determine whether you have Once you have answered these for funding, one way to make your grant the rights to digitize the items and provide (Continued from page 5) application more competitive is to limit online access to them. This can become com- questions, it will be easier to compare your request to cover the digitization of plicated with newspapers, as you will have to digitization vendors. Create a checklist that only a significant time period rather than consider who has the copyrights and, if you are outlines what you expect from your vendor the whole collection. Phased development working with microfilm, who has the property in terms of digital deliverables, conforma- is a great way to complete your project. rights. Every project is different, so it is essen- tion to standards, and hosting services. You might also partner with another tial to consult with your legal counsel but some Communication is vital, so select institution in your area, such as the important questions to ask are: a vendor that you are comfortable with. library, historical society, or newspaper ● Copyright: Is the newspaper in the public Do not be afraid to ask questions and ask publisher. Reach out to local philan- domain? If not, will the publishers give for references. The best way to get a sense thropic organizations or civic clubs to see you permission to digitize the paper? of a vendor’s quality and commitment to if they might be interested in funding a ● Property Rights: Do you have your project is by talking to other institu- portion of your project. Rally the public’s permission from the microfilm creator tions that have already worked with them. attention and hold a fundraiser—every to digitize the film? Do you have access to duplicate negative microfilm? (For more Ask for a sample of their work, so you can little bit helps. information about duplicate negative see if the final product aligns with your For More Information microfilm, see the Tech Tip article from vision for the collection. Want to learn more about newspaper the September/October 2013 issue of Funding digitization or find out how you can get The Local Historian.) Funding a newspaper digitization your newspapers digitized through the Recommendation: If a paper is in the project can be challenging, but it is possi- Ohio Historical Society’s Ohio Memory public domain but is still being published in ble. Look for federal, state, and local grant Digitization Program? Contact Jenni some form today, contact the current publisher to let them know about your plans and ask opportunities. For example, OHS’s History Salamon, Project Coordinator for the them to support your project. This could lead Fund grant program funded two digitiza- National Digital Newspaper Program to partnerships and opportunities.

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