Local Historian Congratulations 2013 OLHA Award Winners!
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Volume 29 Issue 6 November / December 2013 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. 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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