This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Ohio History Connection preserves 2 million items from state past
A tour of the Ohio History Connection warehouses highlights prized artifacts including Miss America 1962 Jackie Mayer Townsend gowns, a Kent State May 4 1970 jacket, mammoth bones, a giraffe skull, Clovis points, Hopewell artifacts, and a storied ice cream carton letter from WWII. Burt Logan notes full archives and plans to expand downtown facility. Local donors like Dick and Jude Parke contribute war memorabilia for preservation.
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Columbus
Jackie Mayer
Sandusky
Mayer
Ohio History Connection
The
Ohio Historical Society
History Connection
Ohio
Becky Odom
North Side
Odom
Jackie Mayer- Townsend
Bill
Kelly
Ohio History
Canfora
National Guard
Kent State
Blacklick Creek
New Albany
Erin Cashion
State Archaeology
Clovis
Hopewell
Ohio History Center Museum
Burt Logan
General Assembly
Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Dick Parke
C.W. Parke
Europe
Parke