Volume 35 Issue 6 November/December 2019 Congratulations 2019 Award Winners! The 2019 winners of the Ohio Local History Alliance’s Outstanding Achievement Awards pose after the Awards Luncheon at the Annual ince 1960, the Ohio Local History Alliance, in Meeting. Photo courtesy of the Ohio History Connection. partnership with the Ohio History Connection, has led the state in recognizing excellent projects, programs, and publications produced by Ohio historical Ssocieties, museums, libraries, and related organizations. In WHAT’S INSIDE: addition, the Alliance is proud to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions in preserving local history 2 President’s Message and heritage. This year the Alliance board presented eleven Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Annual Meeting in 4 2019 Award Winners (continued) Dublin. These awards recognize exceptional projects and people 7 The History Fund: that have made an impact inspiring, connecting, and educating Worthington Historical Society audiences throughout Ohio. 10 Church and Land Returned to Wyandotte Nation OHIO LOCAL HISTORY ALLIANCE 12 Ohio History Service Corps CHAMPION AWARD Celebrates 10 years The Ohio Local History Alliance Champion Award was Announcements 14 created to recognize individuals or groups who are not local 20 News from the Regions historians or local history organizations for their outstanding efforts in the support of and/or contributions to local history New & Renewing Members | Calendar 21 in Ohio. These (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 The year wrapped up on a high note for the Ohio Local History Alliance with our outstanding Annual Meeting in Columbus. Big shout out to the Alliance’s Education Committee for putting together such a great conference for us all. Here are some sug- Text box starts here under title block gestions on what to do with all that new knowledge and great information we pick up at any conference. 1. Hold a Big Idea Meeting! Once a year, we bring together all our staff from our three museums and hold a Big Idea Meeting. Everyone is encouraged to share the best ideas they picked up over the year - whether at a conference, a regional meeting, from a visitor, from a book, from visiting another museum - anything works! We gather all those ideas, then as a group, select the big ideas we like the best and add them to our goals for the next year. 2. Share the Ideas beyond your Museum! The Museum Leadership Exchange has a great practice of bringing back ideas for those who may not have been able to attend a conference. And even for those who are able to attend, we often participate in different conference sessions. Everyone shares their best takeaways with the group; the ideas that most impressed them. It is a great way to get out information on new museum trends and practices. 3. Collaborate! I am very excited about some ideas from the conference that have sparked ideas for the Alliance to collaborate with both the Ohio Museum Association and the Ohio History Connection. Let the new ideas you capture be a catalyst for new partnerships and collaboration in your neighborhoods. 4. Grow your Network! I tell my staff to go out and meet at least ten new people at each conference. Just as we can’t let our conference ideas sit in a notebook on a shelf, we can’t let our new colleague relationships die. Reach out and continue that dialog! I hope these ideas are helpful. As we head into the Holidays, I want to wish all our Alliance members a very happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful for your continued support and participation of the Ohio Local History Alliance. Best of luck also for all your Holiday Museum events. If you are in my neck of the woods...come visit us on the Polar Express! Wendy Zucal President, Ohio Local History Alliance Executive Director, Dennison Railroad Depot Museum 740-922-6776 [email protected] The Local Historian | November/December 2019 2 bottom of “continued from page x” block 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] www.cityofdefiance.com/main/index.php/tuttle-museum- [email protected] dennisondepot.org home dawesarb.org/ Amy Craft Nina Thomas 1ST VICE PRESIDENT Director Museum Specialist Ruth Brindle Allen County Museum & Historical Society, Lima Anti-Saloon League Museum/Westerville Public Library, Co-Director 419-222-9426 Westerville Main Street Wilmington [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.allencountymuseum.org www.westervillelibrary.org/AntiSaloon/ 2ND VICE PRESIDENT REGION 2 REGION 7 Christy Davis Julie Mayle Melissa Shaw Curator of Exhibitions Associate Curator of Manuscripts Curator, Collections Management Division Canton Museum of Art, Canton Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, National Museum of the United States Air Force [email protected] Fremont Wright-Patterson Air Force Base www.cantonart.org 419-332-2081 (937) 255-8839 [email protected] [email protected] SECRETARY www.rbhayes.org www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ Rebecca Urban Ronald I. Marvin, Jr. Natalie Fritz Peninsula Foundation, Peninsula Director Curator of Library and Archives (330) 657-2528 Wyandot County Historical Society Clark County Historical Society,Springfield [email protected] 419-294-3857 443-510-5162 937-324-0657 x234 [email protected] [email protected] TREASURER www.wyandothistory.org/ REGION 8 Kathleen Fernandez REGION 3 Historian and Museum Consultant Ed Creighton North Canton Greg Palumbo Friends of White Water Shaker Village, Hamilton Director (513) 756-1515 TRUSTEES-AT-LARGE Lakewood Historical Society, Lakewood [email protected] (216) 221-7343 Terrie Puckett Jack Blosser [email protected] Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve, Oregonia The Grail in the US, Loveland (513)932-4421 Leianne Neff Heppner (513) 683-2340 [email protected] President & CEO [email protected] www.fortancient.org Summit County Historical Society, Akron www.grail-us.org/where-we-are/grailville (330) 535-1120 Gary Levitt [email protected] REGION 9 Director Museum of Postal History, Delphos REGION 4 Megan Malone (419) 303-5482 Director [email protected] Melissa Karman Lillian E. Jones Museum, Jackson www.postalhistorymuseum.org Director (740) 286-2556 The Sutliff Museum, Warren [email protected] Timothy Daley (330) 395-6575 www.jonesmuseum.com Executive Director [email protected] Brad Davis Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, www.sutliffmuseum.org Cleveland Collections Manager/Registrar (216) 621-3710 Lisa Hoerig Southeast Ohio History Center, Athens [email protected] Newton Falls Preservation Foundation 740-592-2280 ext. 104 www.soldiersandsailors.com [email protected] [email protected] www.nfpreservation.org/ IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT REGION 10 REGION 5 Todd McCormick Kyle Yoho Curator/Director Shelagh Pruni Education Director Logan County Historical Society, Bellefontaine Director The Castle Historic House Museum, Marietta (937) 593-7557 Reeves Museum 740-373-4180 [email protected] Dover [email protected] www.loganhistory.org (330) 343-7040 www.mariettacastle.org [email protected] Brenda Davis www.doverhistory.org EX-OFFICIO Trustee and Secretary (EXECUTIVE SECRETARY) Walhonding Valley Historical Society Warsaw Dr. Betsy Hedler 740.824.4000 Partnerships Coordinator, Local History Services 740.824.3872 Ohio History Connection, Columbus [email protected] (614) 297-2538 www.wvhistoricalsociety.org/ [email protected] www.ohiohistory.org The Local Historian | November/December 2019 3 2019 Award Winners (continued from page 1) bottom of “continued from page x” block top of text Champions demonstrate ongoing support for local history holidays, writing newspaper articles and helping prepare the organizations and initiatives in Ohio and exceptional service to newsletter for the Historical Society twice a year. text block starts here under “continued from“ banner local history in relation to one particular issue or initiative. Joy does research on items to be accepted and to answer Richard “Dick” Brown people’s questions. Joy likes to sew and has made a doll “Miss Hiley” who has become part of the history of Mt. Ephraim by Text box starts here under title block Richard “Dick” Brown exemplifies a champion of local telling the story of the surrounding area with the historical history! As a volunteer, and at his own expense, Dick is tireless research completed by Joy. in his efforts to record the history of the people of Greenville The Noble County Jail/Jailers Residence was built in 1892, High School (GHS) and to help enhance the archives of the Garst located on the public square in Caldwell, Ohio. This building Museum. was leased from the Noble County Commissions in 2001 with Since 2000, Dick has worked to photo document every the Noble County Historical Society being responsible for the event, student, sport, you name it. He takes pride in giving renovation and restoration and the cost to make into a museum each student athlete an 8.5 x 11 print at his own expense. Dick and office. Joy Flood was part of this project from the beginning doesn’t stop at just photos, he has also developed and maintains and today is the museum manager and acquired most of the a database of over 19,000 students, including personal details, items in the museum. obituaries, and relatives that are also GHS Alumni, creating The Ball-Caldwell Homestead includes the historic house, an ancestory.com of sorts for Greenville High. Dick uses his smaller home and hospitality room and the Historic Barn information to create display boards for class reunions and on which is rented for weddings.