[…] Morrison’s work. Since 2012, the Society’s home has been the Oberlin College Library, located in Mudd Center on the campus, just eight miles from Morrison’s hometown. Oberlin is also the site of one of the benches placed by the Society as part of the Bench by the Road Project, which helps to memorialize the lives of Africans who were enslaved. […]
OQ Winter 2022
[…] Place of Worship in Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio. El Dorado, CA: Ernest Hartley Publications, 2017. In 2017, Ernest Hartley spearheaded efforts to erect an Ohio Historical Marker at the site of the former Richland Meetinghouse—where Elmer Hartley and his wife are interred in the cemetery—and published this local history booklet. Hartley, Ernest, and Wilford Hartley. Stories Elmer Likes to […]
OQ Winter 2022
[…] Place of Worship in Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio. El Dorado, CA: Ernest Hartley Publications, 2017. In 2017, Ernest Hartley spearheaded efforts to erect an Ohio Historical Marker at the site of the former Richland Meetinghouse—where Elmer Hartley and his wife are interred in the cemetery—and published this local history booklet. Hartley, Ernest, and Wilford Hartley. Stories Elmer Likes to […]
OQ Fall 2023
[…] The history of Shaker Heights has, from its earliest days, been marked by the pursuit of utopia. In the nineteenth century, the unbroken wilderness was cleared for farms and the site of a religious colony of Shakers, who practiced a level of gender and racial equality uncharacteristic of their times as they sought to establish heaven on earth. The colony, […]
December 2017 Newsletter
[…] of the ceremony included a video greeting from Ohio governor (and author) John Kasich. The awards ceremony was streamed live by The Ohio Channel and can be viewed on their site: https://www.ohiochannel.org/ video/ohioana-awards-2017 to urge them to support books, reading, literature, and Ohioana in the state budget . . . your voices were heard! –Ohioana’s Board of Trustees, comprised of […]
December 2017 Newsletter
[…] of the ceremony included a video greeting from Ohio governor (and author) John Kasich. The awards ceremony was streamed live by The Ohio Channel and can be viewed on their site: https://www.ohiochannel.org/ video/ohioana-awards-2017 to urge them to support books, reading, literature, and Ohioana in the state budget . . . your voices were heard! –Ohioana’s Board of Trustees, comprised of […]
The 2024 Ohioana Book Festival Authors and Illustrators
[…] Metropolitan Library’s Main Library on Saturday, April 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It will be a fun-filled day with panel discussions, conversations, readings, and activities, plus an on- site book fair with The Book Loft of German Village where you can shop for books by your favorite festival authors and get them signed! In addition to the main […]
Presenting the Ohio Literary Trail!
[…] on Ohio’s unique role in shaping culture and literature worldwide – the Ohio Literary Trail! Wagnalls Memorial Library in Central Ohio Ohioana compiled the trail map with more than 70 sites across the Buckeye state, paying tribute to the authors, poets, illustrators, libraries, and creative influencers of the written word who have called Ohio home. Tourists planning a literary-themed outing, […]
Ohio Goes to the Movies Trail
[…] in the film world. For more on Ohio’s contributions to movies, visit ohiogoestothemovies.org. Organized by the state’s five geographic regions for a convenient self-guided driving tour across more than 70 sites, The Ohio Goes to the Movies Trail encourages exploration by tourists planning a film-themed outing, as well as Ohioans who want to discover cinematic treasures they never knew existed […]
The Ohio Literary Trail
[…] markers that recognize literary achievements, and book festivals dedicated to readers and writers. Organized by the state’s five geographic regions for a convenient self-guided driving tour across more than 70 sites, The Ohio Literary Trail encourages exploration by tourists planning a literary-themed outing, as well as Ohioans who want to discover literary treasures they never knew existed in their own […]