Volume 35 Issue 2 March|April 2019

Ohio History Fund grant recipients Year 7, 2018-2019

This years’ History Fund grant recipients. At Statehood Day 2019 on February 27, the announced 10 new grant recipients and awards totaling $90,000 (Photo courtesy Ohio History Connection)

By Andy Verhoff, Coordinator, Ohio History Fund, Local History Services WHAT’S INSIDE: he Ohio History Connection announced at Statehood Day on February 2 President’s Message 27 the recipients of $90,000 in grants from the Ohio History Fund. The History Fund is a competitive matching grant program administered 4 Ohio History Fund (con't) by the Ohio History Connection’s Local History Services department. TMoney for the grants comes from you, who support the program in three ways: by 5 Giving Voice to History donating a portion of your state income tax refund to the Ohio History Fund (the “tax check-off”), by purchasing Ohio History “mastodon” license plates, and by making 6 Grant Program Funds Signage donations to the Ohio History Connection designated to “Ohio History Fund.” Your donation of a part of your Ohio tax refund is the lifeblood of the program. 10 People In The News Most of the money the Ohio History Fund grants comes though the tax check-off, and most of that is generated during tax season, ending for many with the filing 10 Announcements deadline of April 15. The goal of the Ohio History Fund tax check-off in 2019 is 16 Calendar to raise $100,000. That breaks down to 11,200 donations of $9, the average tax check-off gift. For the price of lunch, you can help Ohio’s historical societies and 17 News from the museums make National Historic Landmark houses accessible to all, upgrade historic Regions site exhibits for children and their care-givers, and digitize and make accessible significant local historical collections for museum visitors and researchers. 18 New & Renewing Members Since 2013, the Ohio History Fund has made 73 grants in 37 counties totaling $688,000. Proving there is a strong need (continued on page 4) bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text President’s Message: text block starts here under “continued from“ banner Never stop learning. In fact, I encourage you to intentionally learn and grow as museum professionals. As leaders, I urge you to always Text box starts here under title block support your staff in their efforts for continued staff development. Abigail Adams said it well, “Learning is not attained by change, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” The great thing about working in the museum world is that museum colleagues are always willing to help out when asked, willing to step up to teach, to provide advice and guidance to their colleagues. We also create wonderful opportunities for growth in a variety of ways, including the upcoming spring regional meetings. From March through April, our OLHA regions will be buzzing with ideas at the Regional Meetings. Topics range from commemorating Women’s Suffrage (Regions 1 & 3) to Best Business Practices for Museums (Region 5) to Strategic Planning: Benefits and Lessons Learned (Region 4.) There is sure to be a timely topic of interest for everyone! This year, please consider joining me in doing two things. One, find a fellow museum colleague who usually does not attend, and encourage them to attend a Regional Meeting with you. Two, be brave and hop over to a different region other than your own to broaden your horizons and join another group of museum professionals exchanging ideas. Lastly, if you like exchanging ideas, save two additional spring dates: The Ohio Museum Association Annual Conference will be April 14 and 15 in Akron. On April 16, the Museum Leadership Exchange will hold its MLX Meeting at Stan Hywet. Never become a victim of a leadership cap and stop learning. As Robin Williams said, “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”

Wendy Zucal President, Ohio Local History Alliance Executive Director, Dennison Railroad Depot Museum 740-922-6776 [email protected]

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 2 bottom of “continued from page x” block 2018-2019 Board Members top of text Ohio Local History Alliance text block starts here under “continued from“ banner PRESIDENT REGION 1 REGION 6 Wendy Zucal Richard Witteborg Leslie Wagner Executive Director Andrew L. Tuttle Museum, Defiance Historian Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, Dennison (419) 784-1907 The Dawes Arboretum, Newark Text box starts here under title block (740) 922-6776 [email protected] 740-323-2355 x1256 [email protected] http://www.cityofdefiance.com/main/index.php/tuttle- [email protected] http://dennisondepot.org museum-home http://dawesarb.org/ Pat Smith, Nina Thomas 1ST VICE PRESIDENT Retired Museum Specialist Leann Rich Allen County Museum & Historical Society, Lima Anti-Saloon League Museum/Westerville Public Library, Manager of Education & External Relations [email protected] Westerville Mahoning Valley Historical Society, Youngstown [email protected] (330) 743-2589 REGION 2 www.westervillelibrary.org/AntiSaloon/ [email protected] Gene Smith http://www.mahoninghistory.org REGION 7 Curator of Museums Clyde Museum and McPherson House, Castalia Melissa Shaw 2ND VICE PRESIDENT [email protected] Curator, Collections Management Division National Museum of the Air Force Ruth Brindle Julie Mayle Co-Director Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Associate Curator of Manuscripts Main Street Wilmington (937) 255-8839 Rutherford B. Hayes & Museums, [email protected] [email protected] Fremont http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ 419-332-2081 SECRETARY [email protected] Natalie Fritz Rebecca Urban www.rbhayes.org Curator of Library and Archives Peninsula Foundation, Peninsula Clark County Historical Society,Springfield (330) 657-2528 REGION 3 937-324-0657 x234 [email protected] [email protected] Greg Palumbo Director REGION 8 TREASURER Lakewood Historical Society, Lakewood Kathleen Fernandez (216) 221-7343 Ed Creighton Historian and Museum Consultant [email protected] Friends of White Water Shaker Village, Hamilton (513) 756-1515 North Canton Leianne Neff Heppner [email protected] President & CEO TRUSTEES-AT-LARGE Summit County Historical Society, Akron Terrie Puckett Jack Blosser (330) 535-1120 The Grail in the US, Loveland (513) 683-2340 Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve, Oregonia [email protected] [email protected] (513)932-4421 http://www.grailville.org/ [email protected] REGION 4 www.fortancient.org Melissa Karman REGION 9 Gary Levitt Director Director The Sutliff Museum, Warren Jessica Cyders Museum of Postal History, Delphos (330) 395-6575 Curator (419) 303-5482 [email protected] Southeast , Athens [email protected] http://www.sutliffmuseum.org/ (740) 592-2280 [email protected] http://www.postalhistorymuseum.org Amber Ferris http://athenshistory.org Timothy Daley Director Executive Director McKinley Memorial Museum Megan Malone Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Niles Director Cleveland 330-652-4273 Lillian E. Jones Museum, Jackson (216) 621-3710 [email protected] (740) 286-2556 [email protected] mckinleybirthplacemuseum.org [email protected] http://www.soldiersandsailors.com www.jonesmuseum.com REGION 5 REGION 10 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Christy Davis Todd McCormick Registrar Judy Robinson Curator/Director Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton Trustee Logan County Historical Society, Bellefontaine (330) 588-3616 Noble County Historical Society, Caldwell (937) 593-7557 [email protected] (740) 732-2654 [email protected] www.ProFootballHOF.com [email protected] http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohnoble/histsoc.htm http://www.loganhistory.org Shelagh Pruni Director Kyle Yoho EX-OFFICIO (EXECUTIVE SECRETARY) Reeves Museum Education Director Dr. Betsy Hedler Dover The Castle Historic House Museum, Marietta 740-373-4180 Partnerships Coordinator, Local History Services (330) 343-7040 [email protected] Ohio History Connection, Columbus [email protected] www.mariettacastle.org (614) 297-2538 www.doverhistory.org [email protected] http://www.ohiohistory.org

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 3 Ohio History Fund grant recipients (continued from page 1) bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text for the grant program, it has received 347 grant proposals valorize their efforts and achievements, contribute to a sense totaling $4.2 million in requests. To date, 34 Alliance of place for residents, and add to the body of knowledge about text block starts here under “continued from“ banner members have received History Fund grants, totaling more African American developers and suburbanization in the post- than $330,000. Five of the ten recipients below are members World War II period. The society will use the publication for of the Ohio Local History Alliance (indicated with **). educational programming, with distribution to area residents, neighborhood community centers and a local high school. Text box starts here under title block **Canal Fulton Heritage Society, Canal Fulton $17,500 for to replace a roof on the society’s Oberlin House, **Delaware County Historical Society, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Delaware project will replace a roof at the end of its useful life. The house, $6,000 for “Cryder Research Library Shelving,” a project will built in 1847, is an example of the kinds of structures built in replace failing pressed wood shelving with new archive-quality Canal Fulton when the community prospered along the Ohio metal shelves. New, studier shelves will enable the society & Erie Canal. The new roof, replaced in accordance with the to comprehensively organize and make accessible its bound Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, will collections. Local history researchers and students who use protect the house and the society’s one-of-kind collections the collection, as well as society volunteers and staff who use preserved inside. it to prepare exhibits and programs and address inquiries will benefit from the project. **Chagrin Falls Historical Society, Chagrin Falls Friends of Crowell Hilaka, Richfield $4,500 for “Digitizing The Exponent: Preserving the Sole $15,250 for “Kirby’s Mill Master Plan & Construction Newspaper for Chagrin Falls and Vicinity” The project will re- Documents,” which will provide funds to hire an architect microfilm, digitize, and make available online the contents of a and structural engineer to develop a plan for the restoration local newspaper. It is one of the few sources available regarding of the mill, provide cost estimates to be used in fundraising, the cultural and industrial history of the Chagrin Falls and and develop construction documents. The mill, a testing site its neighboring communities in eastern Cuyahoga, western for vacuum cleaners and household appliances developed by Geauga, and northern Portage Counties from 1874-1883. The inventor James Kirby and, later, the site of an iconic northeast society receives regular requests from genealogists, local history Ohio Girl Scout camp, is significant to the history of American researchers, and other organizations regarding information invention and in the memories of thousands of Girl Scouts. The available primarily in The Exponent. New microfilm and digital activities supported represent the first steps in making Kirby’s access through Ohio Memory will make the paper’s contents Mill publically available as a part of Richfield Heritage Preserve. easily accessible. The society will execute the project according The master plan and documents will conform to the Secretary of to standards established by the National Digital Newspaper Interior’s Standards for Historic Rehabilitation. Program (NDNP). Libbey House Foundation, Toledo Cleveland Restoration Society, Cleveland $9,158 for “Celebrating Toledo’s Disability History: Restoring $9,000 for “African American Developers in Cleveland,” Accessibility to the Edward Drummond Libbey House.” The a project that will publish a history of a heretofore project will make accessible Toledo’s only National Historic underrepresented group in historic preservation in Ohio: mid- Landmark in time for 2020, the centennial year of the Ability century 20th century African American housing developers. Center, a project partner. Edward Libbey and the companies The work builds on the Cleveland Restoration Society’s he founded made Toledo the “Glass Capital of the World.” In previous projects about African American neighborhoods in addition to founding the Toledo Museum of Art, Edward and the city. Sharing the biographies of these Black builders will Florence Scott (continued on page 5)

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 4 Ohio History Fund grant recipients (continued from page 4) bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text Libbey directed their philanthropy in service to the city’s Southern Lorain Historical Society, neediest citizens, including those served by the Toledo Society Wellington text block starts here under “continued from“ banner for Crippled Children, now the Ability Center. The addition $18,000 for “Willard Initiative - Phase 1.” This project will of a ramp and half-bath compliant with the Americans with professionally conserve a large mural about Freemasonry Disabilities Act and Secretary of the Interior’s standards will by Wellington native Archibald Willard, the creator of the Text box starts here under title block make the house accessible to all who want to learn more about iconic painting The Spirit of ’76. The society will contract the Libbeys and how the institutions they supported shaped with professional art conservators to complete the work. After Toledo. conservation is completed, the society will make the mural Metroparks Toledo, Toledo the centerpiece display in its Spirit of ’76 Museum. Based on increases in visitation during previous exhibits of Willard’s $3,285 for “Revitalization of the Historic Isaac Ludwig Mill.” work, the society expects that exhibition of the mural will The Isaac Ludwig Mill, a part of Providence Metropark, is a markedly increase museum visitation. working 19th century mill that, combined with a section of the Miami & Erie Canal, a working canal lock, and packet boat **Warren Library Association / Sutliff Museum, rides, interprets life in the area c. 1876. The project will update Warren exhibits and hands-on activities at the mill and enable park staff $5,300 for “Sutliff Museum Visitor Augmented Reality to better interpret the site in light of newer third and fourth Experience.” The project will create an app for hand-held digital grade curriculum standards. The updates will also allow causal devices that shows promise in broadening and diversifying the visitors to discover the mill at their own pace, in addition to first museum’s audience. With a collection of over 800 documents person experiences available at the site. The impact of these related to the national abolitionist movement and the Sutliff upgrades will be great, as the site welcomes thousands of school family, and collections of Victorian and anti-slavery artifacts, children, adults, and senior citizens annually. the museum’s goal is to give visitors the opportunity to delve **, Oberlin into the collection digitally through the option of iPad rentals or visitors’ own devices. Curiosity about the area’s history $2,007 for “Benchmarking Best Practices for Self-Guided will attract some and the opportunity to use hand-held digital Tours in Historic House Museums.” Under the leadership of the devices will draw others. In addition, some residents cannot Oberlin Heritage Center, the project will help historic house afford opportunities to become proficient on digital devices. The museums in Ohio identify best practices for self-guided tours. project, in the setting of the Sutliff Museum, will provide this Turning to self-guided tours is a necessity for many house chance. museums, as volunteer tour guides in the numbers needed can be difficult to find. Center staff will derive best practices Congratulations to this year’s grant recipients! from data gathered during visits to and interviews with the staff of house museums of various sizes and capacities and Applications for 2019-2020’s round of grants will be available share findings with the field though professional organizations in mid-June on the Ohio History Fund’s web site: www. serving house museums in the state. ohiohistory.org/historyfund. In the meantime, contact Andy Verhoff, the Ohio History Fund’s coordinator, with questions: 614.297.2341 or [email protected]

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by Mary Rody, Text box starts here under title block Architecture Transportation Reviews Manager, State Historic Preservation Office, Ohio History Connection orning traffic was oddly congested. As Megan approached the center of commotion, she realized Mher favorite three-story commercial building was being demolished by the city to make way for new development. The stately pediment and formal pilasters were exemplary of Neo-Classical Revival architecture. The glossy white terra-cotta façade brightened the street even on a cloudy day. The building was an anchor at the corner of the block and brought an authentic sense of place to the neighborhood. Why was it being torn down? Don’t they know it is historic? How did she not know this was going to happen? Could she have done something to stop it? Megan’s surprise at the loss of her favorite historic building happens frequently. Sometimes the event even goes unnoticed. Answering why the building was being torn down is subject for another packed column. To answer Megan’s other questions, we can take a look at a public process called Section 106. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, or Section 106, establishes a process for the consideration of historic resources involved in federal undertakings, or

projects. Section 106 requires federal Photo courtesy Daniel DeAngelo agencies to look for historic resources and then consider the effects to these Section 106 is guided by consultation. A key reason to participate as a resources from projects they assist In short, consultation is characterized consulting party is to be a voice for through permitting, licensing, or as the sharing of information history in federally assisted projects. funding. Projects include infrastructure and discussions about the federal Consulting parties have the opportunity and development projects like roads, agency’s project effect determination. to express support or concern about a bridges, cell towers, power lines, Information can include project design, project’s design and effects to historic pipelines, residential and commercial alternative designs, historic resource properties, such as demolition. A development, and bike trails. Effects documentation, and the federal consulting party is an organization or are categorized as no effect to historic agency’s official effect determination. individual with a demonstrated interest properties, no adverse effect, meaning Participants in consultation include in a federal project due to legal or a historic property is present, but the federal agency, the State Historic economic reasons. A consulting party the project will not adversely affect Preservation Office, the Tribal Historic may simply have an interest in the it, and adverse effect. The most severe Preservation Office, and consulting subject historic resource. If Megan had adverse effect to a historic resource is parties. Consulting parties are often local known about the proposed demolition demolition of the built environment or governments, developers, applicants, of the building using federal funds, destruction of an archaeology site. and members of the public, like Megan. she could have requested to become a

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 6 Giving Voice to History (continued from page 6) bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text Finding out about federal projects may seem elusive, as Megan experienced. text block starts here under “continued from“ banner Project notifications may appear as junk mail if one is not paying attention. Meetings when public officials discuss a proposed development that could Text box starts here under title block result in the change or demolition to an important resource go unattended. Project information is often posted in the local paper’s advertising section or on the federal or local government website. Even though Section 106 consultation is public, it is recommended to seek out information proactively to learn about public projects. Not every public project requires lengthy consultation or involves consulting parties. Knowing what is happening in your community coupled with knowing the important historic resources is key when deciding to participate in consultation. There are a few ways individuals can influence preservation friendly outcomes

Provided by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in consultation. Regularly attending local government business meetings to obtain information on upcoming consulting party. She would have been alternative design include choosing a projects and participating in these involved in the discussions to identify new location for the project or changing meetings by asking questions is very the importance of the historic building, and reducing the scope of work of the important. Another proactive activity consider feasible project alternatives, proposed project to minimize the effects. is to create and keep an updated list of and determine appropriate mitigation Mitigation is a way to resolve all resources that are important to the if demolition was truly unavoidable. adverse effects when they cannot history of the community. Consider A historic resource is identified as a be avoided or reduced. It is the last continuously brainstorming and building, district, site, structure, object, resort during consultation, because keeping a list about the community’s or archaeology site that meets the criteria it usually means the loss of a historic history and preservation needs, like to be eligible or listed in the National resource. Appropriate mitigation building repairs or educational Register of Historic Places. The three is proportionate to the significance programming, which can be very main eligibility criteria include age, and integrity of the historic resource helpful during mitigation discussions. historical significance, and surviving and to the adverse effect. When Section 106 is not an intuitive integrity. There is largely untold history determining mitigation, the focus is on process and becoming a consulting and “hidden” important resources that understanding the significance of the party is an unknown capacity of how exist in the local knowledge throughout historic resource and the magnitude of to engage in civic projects. Know that Ohio. Consulting parties play an its loss. There are countless options and Ohio’s State Historic Preservation Office essential role in raising awareness forms of mitigation, like interpretive is designed to facilitate consultation about these important resources signage or even moving a historic and be a resource for your community. through Section 106 consultation. resource to a new compatible location. Consulting parties are more likely to Project alternatives discussions focus Consulting party input is critical at succeed in bringing about preservation on balancing the need of the project with these discussions because they can friendly outcomes when they speak the preservation of historic resources. help identify preservation needs for out on the importance of specific Alternative project designs aim to the community. While the loss of a resources. When the opportunity arises avoid effecting the historic resource historic resource, in whole or in part, is to become a consulting party, just say completely or reduce the adverse effects unfortunate, mitigation can also been yes. Saying yes keeps you in the loop of the proposed project. Examples of seen as a benefit to preservation. with project information and provides an opportunity to give a voice for history.

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 7 bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text Grant Program Funds Signage at National Register Sites text block starts here under “continued from“ banner Text box starts here under title block

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rom the Statehouse and Tyler Davidson signage. The Pomeroy Foundation aims to bridge that gap. Fountain to the Cleveland Public Square, Ohio “We believe these signs help educate the public, encourage is home to thousands of properties recorded pride of place and promote historic tourism,” says Paula on the National Register of Historic Places, the Miller, Executive Director of the Pomeroy Foundation. Fnation’s official list of sites worthy of preservation. “Often you’ll find that historic signage might be the only To help recognize these historically significant indicator of a location’s significance. Our hope is to help locations, the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, a private, communities commemorate these important sites.” grant-making foundation based in Syracuse, N.Y., offers The Pomeroy Foundation is now accepting applications for a signage grant program that provides funding for the National Register Signage Grant Program. The application markers and plaques to commemorate public properties process is conducted entirely online. Applicants are asked to or historic districts on the National Register. provide a copy of their National Register designation letter. One of the Foundation’s main initiatives is to help people For program details or to begin the application process, visit: celebrate their community’s history through a variety of www.wgpfoundation.org/history/national-register/. historic signage grant programs, including through its The Pomeroy Foundation’s National Register program National Register Signage Grant Program. The National has funded nearly 200 markers and plaques, including at Register program is now available to 501(c)(3) organizations, locations such as the Woodstock Music Festival, Mt. Van nonprofit academic institutions, and municipalities in Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, and along New York’s Ohio. Signage grants are fully funded and include a marker historic Barge Canal System. To date, the Foundation has and pole, or plaque, as well as shipping costs. The grant awarded nearly 800 grants for historic signage. Since recipient is responsible for installation of the marker. 2014, the Pomeroy Foundation has been a partner of Ohio When a property is added to the National Register of Historic History Connection, providing support for its Historical Places, its designation does not include funding for historic Markers Grant Program in northeastern Ohio.

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 8 Grant Program Funds Signage (continued from page 8) bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text Said Andy Verhoff, of the About the National Register Ohio History Connection’s text block starts here under “continued from“ banner Local History Services The National Register of Historic Places was authorized department, “We’re happy to by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. It’s share information about the administered by the . There are Text box starts here under title block Pomeroy Foundation’s National more than 93,000 properties on the National Register, Register plaque program. We representing some 1.8 million contributing resources hope every non-profit and (e.g. sites, districts, structures, buildings and objects). local government in Ohio takes advantage of it to draw attention About the Foundation to National Register-listed The William G. Pomeroy Foundation is a private foundation buildings.” He continued, “The established in 2005. The Foundation is committed to Pomeroy Foundation’s grant program for Ohio Historical supporting the celebration Markers has funded nearly 20 so far. It’s a great partnership.” and preservation of The Pomeroy Foundation has a special interest in Ohio’s community history; and history. Bill Pomeroy, who established the foundation to raising awareness, in 2005, has deep roots in the Buckeye State. He is a supporting research and descendant of Erastus Bowe who arrived in what is improving the quality of now the City of Tiffin in 1817 and constructed the first care for patients and their permanent log house in Seneca County. Bill’s grandfather families who are facing a Edwin G. Pomeroy was born in Sandusky in 1886. blood cancer diagnosis. For more information about the Pomeroy Foundation’s National Register Signage Grant Program, visit: www.wgpfoundation.org/history/national-register. You can also contact the foundation by emailing [email protected] or calling 315-913-4060. To learn more about the Pomeroy Foundation and its historic signage grant programs, visit: www.wgpfoundation.org/history/.

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 9 ANNOUNCEMENTS bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text Disaster Planning and Response Curriculum text block starts here under “continued from“ banner Now Available We are pleased to share the full each other at the local level, we website includes: Text box starts here under title block curriculum for Finding Common can affect the inclusion of cultural • 5 pre-program webinars to ensure Ground: Collaborative Training for heritage in municipal risk assessment, all participants arrive with the the Cultural Heritage and Emergency mitigation planning, response to, and same foundational knowledge; Response Communities. This program recovery from a disaster. It is time that was developed by the Massachusetts both communities come together to • Trainers materials for the Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) recognize that once life safety has program’s five workshops; in conjunction with the Massachusetts been addressed following a disaster, • Slide decks and text for each in- State Archives and the Massachusetts the health and welfare of a community person workshop; Department of Fire Services between depends on the recovery and vitality of • Checklists to help develop your 2017 and 2018. The project builds on a all sectors, including cultural heritage. own live burn and salvage exercise; quarter century of the MBLC’s statewide To address these issues at the local • Videos for the live burn and preservation and disaster response level and to serve as a pilot at the salvage workshops held in MA; and activities but is applicable in any region national level, Finding Common Ground: and any state with minor revision. Collaborative Training for the Cultural • Handouts Protecting humanities collections Heritage and Emergency Response We hope that you find the curriculum and municipal records is crucial to Communities was developed through helpful. Please share it with your preserving our nation’s story, sustaining a two-year National Endowment constituents. the economy, and fostering resilience. for the Humanities grant to provide Sincerely, This goal can only be accomplished statewide, preparedness and response by the cultural heritage community training project for cultural heritage Gregor Trinkaus-Randall if communication and training with and emergency responder personnel. Project Director the emergency response community The training package is available on Donia Conn is already in place. By bringing both the MBLC website at guides.mblc.state. Project Coordinator and communities together to learn from ma.us/finding-common-ground. The Curriculum Developer

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ICA Welcomes New Head of Objects Art in Pittsburgh from 2006-2018. We are thrilled to have Conservation: Michael Belman him on board. Next time you visit the ICA labs, please make sure to meet Michael and welcome him to Cleve- In the continuing rivalry between Pittsburgh and Cleve- land. land there’s a new score: Cleveland 1, Pittsburgh 0, as ICA welcomes seasoned conservator Michael Belman to the North Canton Heritage Society welcomes staff as Head of Objects Conservation. new Executive Director Michael grew up near Philadelphia where he graduated Amanda Sedlak-Hevener became Executive Director of from Temple University in 1995 with a Bachelor’s degree the North Canton Heritage Society in October of 2018. in Fine Arts and a concentration in sculpture. He did his She is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, but, as her father says, pre-program conservation training at the University of “she keeps moving south.” She has a B.A. in Journalism Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and English from Ashland University, as well as an M.A. the Israel Antiquities Authority, and the Philadelphia Mu- in History from The University of Akron. She recently seum of Art. Michael was the Helena Rubenstein Graduate received an M.L.I.S. in Museum Studies from Kent State Art Conservation Intern at the Museum of Modern Art in University. 2000 and received his Master’s degree in Art Conservation from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in 2001. Amanda comes to North Canton from the Spring Hill Historic Home, where she spent three years as an intern, Michael did post-graduate conservation work at William- curator, and researcher. While there, she played a large stown Art Conservation Center from 2001-2003 and was role in developing the 2016 OMA Award-winning exhibit, the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation at Mourning Arvine Wales: Death in the 1800s. She also the National Gallery of Art from 2003-2006. Prior to join- spent a semester interning at the William McKinley Presi- ing ICA as Head of Objects Conservation, Michael was the dential Library and Museum. Head of Objects Conservation at the Carnegie Museum of

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 10 ANNOUNCEMENTS bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text 2019 Local History Webinars text block starts here under “continued from“ banner Presented by the Wisconsin Historical and redefining history as we know it. Best Practices for Board Society Local History-Field Services In this presentation, Mary van Balgooy Service: Historic House Text box starts here under title block Office of Programs and Outreach will discuss the state of the field of Museums - Part II Can’t make it at the scheduled day/ women’s history; examine the current time? challenges and opportunities for Wednesday, April 24, 2019 interpreting women at historic sites; 2:30 - 4:00 pm ET Register and you will be sent a link to and give audience participants the access a recording that you watch on Presented by Donna Ann Harris, right tools to research, uncover, and Heritage Consulting Inc. demand after the live broadcast. interpret women and their significance in history. In Part 2 of our webinar series on Best Women in Museums Practices for Board Service at Historic Register for this Webinar Sites, we will discuss what historic site Wednesday, March 13, 2019 board members do collectively and as 2:30 - 4:00 pm ET Best Practices for Board individuals to support the organization Presented by Ann Ackerson and Service: Historic House with their “time, talent and treasure.” Joan Baldwin Museums - Part I During this webinar, we will talk about According to an August 2016 Pew all volunteer historic sites, as well Research survey, 56 percent of Wednesday, April 10, 2019 as those with staff, to differentiate American men think sexism is over 2:30 - 4:00 pm ET what the board versus the staff does and done with and that “the obstacles Presented by Donna Ann Harris, in both types of organizations. We that once made it harder for women Heritage Consulting Inc. will highlight the leadership qualities than men to get ahead are now largely Clear up the confusion about who needed in an excellent Board President gone.” Most women – 63 percent – does what in historic house museum (whether you have staff or not), and disagree. In this session, Joan Baldwin organizations by participating in this how the Nominating and Executive and Anne Ackerson, the authors of the two-part webinar. During the first of Committees can shape the future book, Women in the Museum: Lessons two webinars on this topic, we will of the organization. Finally, we’ll from the Workplace, discuss gender discuss the legal responsibilities of all discuss the core documents that all equity issues persistently plaguing nonprofit board members according house museums need in order to be the field. From micro-aggressions to to state nonprofit law and how these effective stewards of their collections unconscious bias to toxic workplace duties apply to nonprofit historic house and historic property. This training is environments, we will explore museum boards. We will discuss the derived from Ms. Harris’ chapter “The the implications of an inequitable three board responsibilities, called the Essential Role of Boards in Reimagining workplace for a field that prides itself Duty of Care, Loyalty, and Obedience Historic House Museums” in Reimaging on open and equal public access. to the Law, and how your historic site the Historic House Museum: Catalysts for Change, edited by Kenneth Turino Register for this Webinar can demonstrate your understanding of these duties and the organizational and Max Van Balgooy for Rowman policies and practices you can and Littlefield, Publishers, available in Interpreting Women at 2020. Ms. Harris will provide a resource Historic Sites implement to assure that you exceed these minimum requirements. We will packet with blank forms, letters, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 share some true but shocking stories articles, a bibliography, and other 2:30 - 4:00 pm ET along the way (no names please!) information to help boost your historic sites’ board effectiveness. Presented by Mary Van Balgooy, about good boards gone bad so that Executive Director, Society of Woman your organization won’t make the Register for this Webinar. Geographers same mistakes. This training is derived from Ms. Harris’ chapter “The Essential Although women are a crucial part Role of Boards in Reimagining Historic of our heritage, historic sites often House Museums” in Reimaging the portray them as pleasant homemakers Historic House Museum: Catalysts or radical feminists. Is this an accurate for Change, edited by Kenneth Turino representation? No. Historians use and Max Van Balgooy for Rowman many tools in interpreting history, and Littlefield, Publishers, available in and the tools used by present-day 2020. Ms. Harris will provide a resource historians give the impression that packet with forms, letters, articles, a men make history. However, by using bibliography, and other information to a different set of tools to interpret help boost your historic sites’ board women, a new narrative arises where effectiveness. women are just as active as men, participating in all facets of society Register for this Webinar

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 11 ANNOUNCEMENTS bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Where East Meets (Mid)West: text block starts here under “continued from“ banner

Exploring a Regional Divide Text box starts here under title block Volume editors seek proposals for chap- Midwest; general Midwestern resistance Chapter proposals will be due July 1, ters to be included in an edited collec- to “derivative” institutions and culture; 2019. If a proposal is accepted, the tion focused on exploring the history, historical and contemporary examples author’s chapter will be due July 1, 2020. development, and culture of the Eastern of frictions between the Midwestern Final chapters should be approximately edges of the American Midwest and the “backcountry” and the Eastern seaboard; 7,500 words, including notes, and in distinctions between the American East the geographical and topographical Chicago style. The editors of the col- and Midwest. The volume is planned for approaches to designating the East and lection will be Jon K. Lauck and Gleaves publication by the Kent State University the Midwest as distinct regions; literary Whitney. All proposals should be sent to Press. or other cultural understandings of the [email protected] Proposals should explain the author’s dividing line between East/Midwest; the Individuals who submit proposals which general approach to the topic and political distinctions between East and are received by February 15, 2019 will include the sources to be consulted as Midwest; descriptions of the growth of be considered for inclusion on a discus- well as the author’s curriculum vitae. regionalist thought and practices which sion panel focused on the themes of the Topics to be explored include, but have contributed to a distinctive Mid- book which will occur at the June 2019 are by no means limited to, histori- western consciousness; the regional Midwestern History Association/Hauen- cal understandings of the dividing line identity of Cleveland; the attempt to em- stein Center conference on Midwestern between the East and the Midwest; brace Eastern culture in the Midwest (e.g. studies in Grand Rapids, Michigan. historical examples of friction between Ann Arbor); the identity of borderland cities such as Pittsburgh; discussions of www.kentstateuniversitypress. the East and the Midwest; examples of com/2018/call-for-chapter-proposals/ the transference of Eastern culture and debates about whether Ohio is Midwest- institutions into the Midwest and, con- ern; analyses of the real and perceived versely, examples of the development of dividing line between Pennsylvania and regionalist culture and institutions in the Ohio; economic unities and frictions between the East and Midwest.

Ohio History Connection Genealogy Workshops The Ohio History Connection offers a series of workshops designed to educate you about the many family history resources available to you. Workshops are held at the Ohio History Center, 800 East 17th Ave, Columbus. Upcoming workshops include: Genealogical DNA Testing for Beginners Learning More about Your Family Saturday April 13, 2019 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Photographs Nationally-known expert Kelli Bergheimer explains how Saturday May 11, 2019 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. DNA testing can help you find your matches and break Class limited to 25 people. down barriers in your research. Learn about different Want to find out more about the old photos you’ve types of DNA testing, determine which test makes the collected? There may be information captured in those most sense for you and make sense of your results. images that tell you more than you realize. Sharpen your $20/Adult; $15/Ohio History Connection/FCGHS observation skills and learn how to accurately assign a member. date to a photograph which can help you in your family history research. This hands on workshop focuses on Advance registration recommended. 19th and early 20th century photography. https://13329a.blackbaudhosting.com/13329a/GEN- $20/Adult; $15/Ohio History Connection/FCGHS Genealogical-DNA-Testing-for-Beginners member. Advance registration recommended. https://13329a.blackbaudhosting.com/13329a/GEN- Learning-More-About-Your-Family-Photographs.

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 12 ANNOUNCEMENTS bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text Regional Meeting Season is Here! text block starts here under “continued from“ banner The Ohio Local History Alliance’s regional meetings are a wonderful opportunity to be inspired and to learn from other local historians in your region of the state. This year’s theme is Local History is American History. Text box starts here under title block You can find the regional meeting brochure and registration links at www.ohiolha.org/what-we-do/alliance-regional- meetings You can register in advance or at the door on the day of the meeting. Member registration for each meeting is $30/ person.

REGION 1: APRIL 6 REGION 7: MARCH 9 Hosted by the Toledo Firefighter’s Museum at Hosted by the Shelby County Historical St. Clement Parish. Society at the Amos Memorial Public Library. Pre-Registration Deadline is March 29. Pre-Registration Deadline was March 1. You REGION 2: APRIL 13 can still register at the door tomorrow. Hosted by the Richland County Museum at REGION 8: MARCH 16 the Lexington Senior Civic Center. Hosted by and at the Warren County Pre-Registration Deadline is April 5. Historical Society. REGION 3: MARCH 23 Pre-Registration Deadline is March 8 Hosted by and at the Lakewood Historical (TODAY). Society. REGION 9: MARCH 9 Pre-Registration Deadline is March 15. Hosted by and at the Meigs County Historical REGION 4: APRIL 13 Society and the Chester Shade Historical Hosted by the Trumbull County Historical Association. Society at the Kinsman House. Pre-Registration Deadline was March 1. You Pre-Registration Deadline is April 5. can still register at the door tomorrow. REGION 5: APRIL 6 REGION 10: MARCH 23 Hosted by and at the Massillon Museum. Hosted by and at County History Pre-Registration Deadline is March 29. Pre-Registration Deadline is March 15. REGION 6: MARCH 16 Hosted by the Worthington Historical Society at the Griswold Center. Pre-Registration Deadline is March 8 (TODAY).

Thank you to all of our meeting hosts!

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 13 ANNOUNCEMENTS bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text OLHA Raffle! text block starts here under “continued from“ banner o Win a Week’s Accommodation at Williamsburg, o Tickets $1 Each—copy the ticket form below and send Virginia’s Parkside Williamsburg Resort in one copy for each $1 entry. We’ll collect tickets and Text box starts here under title block o Saturday, December 7, 2019 to Saturday, December 14, money at the regional meetings, or mail to 2019 Ohio Local History Alliance 800 East 17th Ave o Enjoy the Annual Grand Illumination Sunday, December 8, Columbus, OH 43211 2019 o The winner will be drawn at the Annual Meeting, during the Awards Luncheon on Saturday, October 5, 2019. You do not need to be present to win.

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UPCOMING WEBINAR FROM AASLH text block starts here under “continued from“ banner Break the Budget Bubble: How to Build and Read Budgets (StEPs Lab) Text box starts here under title block For many people working in the history field, budgeting was To register, go to learn.aaslh.org/products/live-webinar- not part of their training nor is it in their comfort zone. But break-the-budget-bubble-how-to-build-and-read- financially sustainable history organizations do not happen by budgets-steps-lab chance—it takes planning and regular attention to budgeting. DESCRIPTION AND OUTCOMES: This 90-minute webinar provides an introduction to • Learn basic budgeting terminology and development budget/financial literacy with guest instructor Becky processes such as forecasting and evaluation; Beaulieu, author of Financial Fundamentals for Historic House Museums (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017). Becky will • Feel more confident about creating project and operating discuss basic terminology including types of budgets, budgets, and income, and expenses along with how to create and • Be aware of museum standards related to budgeting and evaluate a budget so you can prepare for informed and steps their organization can take to meet those standards. cyclical budget planning. Join us for this valuable lesson on SPEAKERS: budgeting that will prove useful for years to come. Rebekah Beaulieu, Ph.D. is the Director of Florence This webinar is part of the StEPs Lab series of online Griswold Museum, an art museum, National Landmark continuing education offered to both StEPs program historic house, and thirteen acres of gardens and participants and all others interested in financial grounds in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Becky is on the management. boards of the Museum Association and DATE: March 20, 2019 Connecticut Humanities, on the faculty of AASLH’s History TIME: 3:00 – 4:30 pm EASTERN Leadership Institute, and a member of the AASLH Finance (Remember to adjust for your time zone!) Committee. She is an AAM Accreditation Commissioner and board member for the AAM Historic Houses and Sites COST: $40 AASLH Members / $65 Nonmembers Professional Network. $15 discount for StEPs participants with promo code found on StEPs Community website Closed captioning available upon advanced notice. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Call for Judges & Volunteers for Ohio History Day Ohio History Day invites you OHIO HISTORY DAY REGIONAL CONTEST DATES to spend a Saturday in March Ohio History Day is a year-long research project designed for students in grades 4 – 12. Each year, or April learning from and students pick a topic based on an annual theme and develop a project to illustrate the historical being inspired by passionate significance of the topic. The program culminates in regional and state level contests that take and knowledgeable place in March and April. All Contests are free for the public and take place from 9am – 5pm. students! There are plenty of Saturday, March 16, 2019 Saturday, April 6, 2019 Saturday. March 16, 2019 opportunities to participate. Be a judge at one of the Region 1 Region 4 Region 10 10 regional competitions Bowling Green State Youngstown State University Ohio University Zanesville across Ohio and/or the state University Bowen-Thompson 1 University Plaza, 1425 Newark Road, Zanesville, competition. To register as Student Union Youngstown, OH 44505 OH 43701 a judge, use the links below Bowling Green, OH 43403 oh-rysurc.nhd.org oh-rouzrc.nhd.org or contact us at historyday@ oh-bgsurc.nhd.org Saturday, March 16, 2019 Saturday, April 27, 2019 ohiohistory.org. Saturday. March 16, 2019 Region 5 State Contest Region 3 The McKinley Museum & Ohio Wesleyan Cleveland History Center Presidential Library 61 S Sandusky St, Delaware, (Check-in for Exhibits, Papers, 800 McKinley Monument Dr. OH 43015 and Websites) NW oh.nhd.org 10825 East Boulevard, Canton, OH 44708 Saturday, April 27, 2019 Cleveland, OH, 44106 oh-rksusrc.nhd.org oh-rtwrhsrc.nhd.org Youth Contest Ohio Wesleyan (grades 4 & 5) oh1.nhd.org

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For many, museums serve as community OMA 2019 is packed full of great Text box starts here under title block anchors – as gathering spaces and opportunities, professional development, vibrant neighborhood cornerstones. In engaging speakers, tours, awards, those communities, museums are places networking and more! Attendees at OMA to learn, to reflect and to share ideas. 2019 will enjoy the great conference But how can all museums ensure they staples you’ve come to expect from the are best serving their community’s Ohio Museums Association, including: needs? How can we empower our • BACK FOR 2019! Pre-Conference guests to feel ownership of the museum Tours - There’s more to explore at OMA as their space - a place that reflects not 2019! Join OMA a day early, Saturday, only their story, but the greater story of April 13 as we visit four amazing Akron humanity and our ever-changing world? museums - the University of Akron How can museums continue to grow as Emily Davis Gallery, the Drs. Nicholas the best stewards of our shared cultural and Dorothy Cummings Center for heritage? the History of Psychology, the Summit County Historical Society and the Join us in Akron, April 14-15 as we • BACK FOR 2019! Two Pre-Conference Akron Zoo! explore these topics and more at the Workshop! - OMA has partnered 2019 Ohio Museums Association’s • The 2019 Keynote Address by Sean with two great Northeastern Ohio Annual Conference: Sharing Culture – Kelley, Senior Vice President and organizations to present two Sunday Enriching Communities. Director of Interpretation at the Eastern workshops: “Art Conservation: What Click here to register for the OMA 2019 State Penitentiary Historic Site. 2019 you need, and what you need to Annual Conference. Keynote Address is presented by: Ohio know,” with ICA-Art Conservation; and Humanities “Arts and Culture at the Community • Our Sunday progressive museum tour- Development Table,” with ArtsNow! Enjoy an evening of exploring two • The OMA Exhibit Hall featuring regional iconic Akron museums! museum service providers • The Annual Awards dinner at the • Networking with museum professionals beautiful Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens from across the state • BACK FOR 2019! OMA is proud to once • Sixteen professional development again offer Student Scholarships to sessions and morning roundtable attend the 2019 Annual Conference! session ranging in topics from across Scholarship includes a full, Sunday and the museum discipline Monday registration. See the full line-up of conference • NEW FOR 2019! Join keynote speaker, programming on the Program page. Sean Kelley, for a morning leadership Visit the Registration page for complete workshop, Monday, April 15 details and to register for OMA 2019! • The OMA raffle that boasts a wide variety of goodies you won’t be able to resist • A perennial favorite - The Ohio EMP Gathering! Join the leadership of all five Ohio EMP Chapters welcomes EMPs from across the state, as well as museum pros looking to learn more about these groups. Enjoy networking and cocktails at this all-Ohio EMP event!

The Local Historian | March/April 2019 16 ANNOUNCEMENTS bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text Furniture Deaccession text block starts here under “continued from“ banner The Ohio History Connection (OHC) is There is a two-month time limit to make New batches of deaccessions will be conducting a thorough inventory and a claim on an object from the time the announced in the Local Historian. If you review of furniture in its permanent batch is listed online. A representative have questions, please contact: Text box starts here under title block collections. Objects that do not meet from your organization will be Alex Betts criteria set forth in the OHC Collecting responsible for making arrangements to [email protected] Plan are being deaccessioned. In an pick up any object(s) in Columbus. Cliff Eckle effort to keep objects in the public Descriptions and photos of each piece trust, and support the missions of local [email protected] are posted on the Alliance website 614-298-2053 history organizations, we are offering at www.ohiolha.org/ohio-history- deaccessioned furniture pieces on a first connection-deaccessions. The deadline come, first served basis to institutional to claim furniture from this batch is members of the Ohio Local History April 15, 2019. If your organization is Alliance. interested in any of the items, please contact Alex Betts at the Ohio History Connection.

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MARCH 9: APRIL 13: Region 7 & 9 Regional Meeting. For more information, Region 2 & 4 Regional Meeting. For more information, see page 13. see page 13. Region 6 & 8 History Day contest. For more information, Genealogical DNA Testing for Beginners workshop. For see page 14. more information, see page 12.

MARCH 13: APRIL 14-15: Women in Museums webinar. For more information, see Ohio Museums Association Conference. For more page 11. information, see page x.

MARCH 16: APRIL 15: Region 6 & 8 Regional Meeting. For more information, Taxes Due! Support the Ohio History Fund. For more see page 13. information, see www.ohiohistory.org/historyfund Region 1, 3, 5 & 10 History Day contest. For more Last Pickup Date for OHC Furniture Deaccessions. For information, see page 14. more information, see page 16. MARCH 20: APRIL 24: Break the Budget Bubble webinar. For more information, Best Practices for Board Service: Historic House Museums see page 14. Part 2 webinar. For more information, see page 11. MARCH 23: APRIL 27: Region 3 & 10 Regional Meeting. For more information, see page 13. State History Day contest. For more information, see page 14. MARCH 27: MAY 11: Interpreting Women at Historic Sites webinar. For more information, see page 11. Learning More about Your Family Photographs workshop. For more information, see page 12. APRIL 6: MAY 17: Region 1 & 5 Regional Meeting. For more information, see page 13. Society of Ohio Archivists Annual Meeting. For more information, see www.ohioarchivists.org Region 4 History Day contest. For more information, see page 14. JULY 1: APRIL 10: Chapter proposals dues, Where East Meets (Mid)West: Exploring a Regional Divide. For more information, see page 12. Best Practices for Board Service: Historic House Museums Part 1 webinar. For more information, see page 11. The Local Historian | March/April 2019 17 NEWS FROM THE REGIONS bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text Region 1 Region 5 published writers, many of whom were once nationally recognized but are little Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Holmes, text block starts here under “continued from“ banner known today. To date the Museum has Henry, Lucas, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams, Jefferson, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne and Wood Counties Counties acquired one or more titles by more than 80 of these authors, some of which are Text box starts here under title block The Tuscarawas County Historical detailed under “Local History” on the Region 2 Society has recently installed a display KCHS website, www.knoxhistory.org. Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion, of Tuscarawas County History at the Morrow, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, at 1 Region 7 Seneca, and Wyandot Counties in Columbus. The exhibit is in the Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Thomas Worthington Education Center Region 3 Logan, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, on the ground floor of the Statehouse and Shelby Counties Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, and and will be there until the end of June. Summit Counties The Tuscarawas County Historical The Shelby County Historical Society reached out to other historical Society surprised Sidney’s Mayor, The Lorain Historical Society has organizations in the county in order Michael Barhorst, with the 2018 hired two additional staff members: to create the display. The Historical Historian of the Year Award. Mr. Barhorst Jillien Zudell, Program Manager, and Society’s collection of photos and has worked tirelessly to help preserve Nicole Krejci LeGalley, Advancement and documents on local history were used Shelby County’s history as well as Philanthropy Department. They will will along with artifacts provided by the education the community through his work in program planning and revenue- Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, thorough research and many articles for generating respectively. Barb Piscopo, Famous Endings Museum, the the Sidney Daily News as well as through Executive Director, said hiring additional J. E. Reeves Home, Historic his past position of principal and history staff will help promote the organization’s Schoenbrunn Village, Trumpet in teacher at Lehman High School. His mission and help divvy up work load. the Land, the Uhrichsville Museum efforts were also instrumental in helping of Clay Industry and Folk Art, and coordinate the Civil War Living History Region 4 Historic Zoar Village. A DVD of local Weekend (an OLHA Award-winning Ashtabula, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, attractions made by the Tuscarawas program). Editor’s note: Mayor Barhorst and Trumbull Counties County Convention and Visitors Bureau will also be welcoming attendees to will play on a video screen in the display the Region 7 meeting on March 9th as room to provide further information another contribution to local history! In 100 words or less, do you have about the heritage of our area. outstanding news to share about Region 8 your organization? In order to commemorate Veteran’s Day and the 100th anniversary of the Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Please email it to your regional rep- armistice ending World War I, the Hamilton, Highland, and Warren Counties resentative for the next issue of The Tuscarawas County Historical Local Historian. In January, the Butler County Society’s Archives Curator Kim Jurkovic Historical Society earned six Contact information for the conducted a cemetery tour at New bronze StEPs certificates from the representatives in your region is on Philadelphia’s East Avenue Cemetery. American Association of State and Local page 2 of this issue. Of course, you History. The certificates earned were are welcome to forward your news directly to the editor of The Local for MVG, Audience, Interpretation, Historian at bhedler@ohiohistory. Region 6 Stewardship of Collections, org. Rather than serving as a Stewardship of Historic Structures calendar of events, items for “News Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Knox, and Landscapes, and Management. from the Regions” are chosen to Licking, Madison, Perry, Pickaway, and Union Counties inspire, connect, and educate the Region 9 Alliance’s members all over Ohio ’s Knox County and celebrate notable and imitation- Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Historical Society Museum has worthy accomplishments of Alliance Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto, received a $2000 grant from the Knox members. and Vinton Counties Co. Community Foundation for the acquisition of books published by Region 10 local authors over the past 200 years. Belmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Monroe, Museum Director, James K. Gibson, is Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and continuing the work of the late scholar Washington Counties and bookseller, Dr. Keith Clinker, who identified more than 100 Knox Co.

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