Archives Month Events and Activities around the State

EVENTS

  • Hudson Library and Historical Society. To commemorate October as American Archives Month, the Hudson Library Archives will host several programs. The Archives department invites patrons to visit the library and participate in these free events during October.

    • October 5th the Archives department of Hudson Library & Historical Society will provide late night hours for genealogists to research their family history from 5 p.m. until midnight. This lock-in opportunity requires pre-registration.
    • October 20th heralds the induction of famed son, John Brown into the National Abolitionist Hall of Fame in upstate New York. The Archives department will display some of his letters from the nationally renowned John Brown Manuscript Collection.
    • October 23rd the Hudson Library & Historical Society will dedicate the newest state historical marker at 46 Ravenna Street to commemorate and honor Hudsonite Gustave H. Grimm and his contributions to the maple syrup industry. Also on exhibit at the library will be the medals won by Hudsonites at the Columbian Exhibition World’s Fair of 1892.
    • October 25th brings home another native son and nationally acclaimed author, Ian Frazier to inaugurate the Flood Family Lecture series. Frazier will speak about the importance of hometown experiences.
    • October 27th as nationally known speaker, Lisa Alzo, and speakers from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Cleveland conduct a workshop on Finding Your Eastern European Ancestor. This workshop requires pre-registration.
    • On October 29th and 30th the Hudson Library & Historical Society will welcome approximately 380 Hudson City School third graders for an educational underground railroad history program. This event allows the students to interact with authentic characters from Hudson’s past such as Owen Brown, patriarch of the abolitionist Brown family; Laura Pease Tallmadge Humphrey, wife of a noted copperhead, Lora Case, life long friend of abolitionist John Brown; and runaway slaves fleeing through Hudson. This program will address citizen rights and responsibilities and the choices made by these Hudsonites as they confronted the social turmoil brought on by slavery.

    Come visit the Hudson Library and Historical Society’s archives to learn more about our communities past. For more information about Archives Month, workshop registration, and the above programs contact Gwen Mayer in the archives at the Hudson Library & Historical Society at 330-653-6658 ext 1017 or archives@hudson.lib.oh.us.

  • Western College Memorial Archives, Miami University. In observance of Ohio Archives Month Ray Mock, Assistant Vice President of Miami University Alumni Association will lecture on the topic Reunions: “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” This lecture will take place on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 in Room 320 of King Library at 12 p.m. Mock will explore the history of reunion activity, particularly as it relates to Miami University. Additionally, he will explore current trends in reunion planning and attempts to anticipate the future of reunions and their role in engaging alumni in the advancement of the university. Ray Mock received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Miami University, and has been employed with the Alumni Office for twenty-one years. He is a member of the Council of Alumni Association Executives (CAAE) and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), with whom he currently serves as a member of the Commission on Alumni Relations. This program is sponsored by Miami University Libraries, Western College Alumnae Association, Miami University Archives, and Western College Memorial Archives. This is a Brown Bag Lecture. This program is free and open to the public.

    For more information contact Jacky Johnson, Archivist Western College Memorial Archives, Miami University at 513.529.9695 or Robert Schmidt, University Archivist, Miami University Archives.

  • The Smith Library of Regional History. The Smith Library of Regional History chose Talawanda High School's 50-year class reunion as the subject of a display featuring archival materials. Photographs, newspaper articles, and advertisements of 50 years ago focus on the first class to graduate from the new, consolidated high school in 1957. The Smith Library, one of the Lane Public Libraries, is located in Oxford, about nine blocks from the high school.

  • Miami University. “ ‘With Sentiments of Respect and Affection:’ Letters of Old Miami, 1809-1873” will take place on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Miami University’s King Library.

    The program complements the first book in a new series of library publications highlighting correspondence and other manuscripts of those who shaped Miami University and made contributions to American history and culture. Andrew Cayton, Distinguished Professor of History at Miami, wrote the book’s foreword. Betsy Butler, Special Collections Librarian, compiled the selections.

    Dr. Cayton will begin the program by offering thoughts about the importance of letter-writing to 19th century Americans and the historical value of these letters of Old Miami. Miss Butler will share selected documents and biographical information about those featured in the book.

    The program will also feature a display of selected original manuscripts featured in the book. Copies of “With Sentiments of Respect and Affection:” Letters of Old Miami, 1809-1873 will be available for purchase.

    “With Sentiments of Respect and Affection:” Letters of Old Miami, 1809-1873 includes letters written by authors Catharine Beecher and William Holmes McGuffey; Miami University President George Junkin; the Reverend John W. Browne, who rode East on horseback in 1811 to raise a building fund for Miami; politicians Henry Clay, James Garfield, and Whitelaw Reid; Cincinnati viticulturist Nicholas Longworth; and pastor/educator David Swing, among others.

    The book also includes excerpts from a diary Miami University student Theophilus Hibbett kept, describing the long journey he made to Oxford from his Tennessee home in July 1851, only to arrive a month before school started. Excerpts of minutes from Miami University Board of Trustee and faculty meetings, together with records of financial accounts and student enrollment, complete the book.

    For more information, call (513) 529-3323 or visit http://spec.lib.muohio.edu/.

  • Ohio Historical Society.

    On October 25, 2007, in celebration of Archives Month, the State Archives of Ohio will conduct a 4-hour workshop titled “Concepts in Records Management for Ohio’s Local Governments” at the Ohio Historical Center. The workshop will focus on the procedures for creating records retention schedules and filing certificates of disposal with the State Archives and how these procedures apply to the increasing amounts of records created by governments electronically. Contact Pari Swift at pswift@ohiohistory.org for more information.

    Also, in celebration of both Archives Month and Family History Month, the Ohio Historical Society is offering a series of genealogy workshops:

    • October 4, "Cornerstones of Genealogy"
    • October 11, "Family History Sources at OHS"
    • October 18, "Organization and Documentation for Genealogists"
    • October 25, "Genealogy Forum"

    All genealogy workshops are held on Thursday evenings at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus. Visit http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/genworkshops.html#oct2007 for more information and to register online.

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Contact Louise Jones, Archives Week Chair, at ljones@ohiohistory.org.