A reception honoring a summer exhibit: Covington's Cincinnati, 4 to 6 p.m. this Thursday, July 24, Walter Havighurst Special Collections, 3rd floor, King Library, Miami University, Oxford. Covington's Cincinnati Jack White, MU '58, former Smithsonian curator, and native of Cincinnati, will give a guided tour of the exhibit he guest curated. About the Covington Collection The
From our Summer 2014 newsletter: The BCHS Costume Collection Gets Some Needed Attention Prior to their graduation in May, two Miami University interns have been moving boxes, struggling with dress forms, stressing over spreadsheets and making fabulous costume discoveries. Mallory Hellenthal, an Art and Architectural History major and Michelle McVicker, an Individualized Studies student served as interns working
Did you know that the security system that protects the Declaration of Independence and other American treasures was made right here in Hamilton by the Mosler Safe Company? The Butler County Historical Society owns a working model of that system. In July, a reunion of Mosler Safe employees will gather in Hamilton, so we have
The Butler County History Collaborative and the Museums and Historic Sites of Greater Cincinnati will present "A Sampling of Southwest Ohio History" in conjunction with the Hueston Woods Arts and Crafts Fair. Representatives from area history organizations will be on hand to share information about local historic travel destinations. Participants include the Butler County Historical
An mural by Hamilton favorite son Robert McCloskey has been "discovered" in an Elementary School in Westchester County, N.Y., thanks to the detective work of the school's librarian. The School Library Journal reports: "Nobody knows how the mural came to be at the elementary school. According to Jane, her father had worked out a deal
Friends and descendants of Charles Richter, the physicist who created the first scale to measure the magnitude of Earthquakes, gathered at the Richter Roundabout near Edgewood High School on Friday, April 21, to celebrate his birthday. Richter was born in Butler County and moved to California as a youth. Celebrants enjoyed "earthquake cookies"
Here's a link to the Journal-News coverage: Ceremony marks flood commemoration finale And here's a link to stories published throughout the centennial commemoration: Great Flood of 1913 in the Hamilton Journal-News Photos by Jack Armstrong, who also designed the commemorative marker.
By Vivienne Machi Staff Writer HAMILTON — Hamilton will commemorate the 1913 flood that devastated the city and displaced over 60,000 residents with a new sculpture by Jack Armstrong. A dedication ceremony will occur Friday at 2 p.m. by the sculpture, next to the Park Avenue ramp westbound onto the High Street
The Butler County Historical Society has launched "The Theaters of Butler County," a multi-media exhibition showcasing the historical theaters, movie houses and area residents who had careers on Broadway, in the film industry and on world opera stages. The pictorial exhibit shows many of the long lost stage and movie theaters of Hamilton
Chad Riegert, Gerry Hammond and Steve Timmer celebrate the installation of the restored Liberty Bell Replica in front of The Mueller Building, the historic municipal building on High Street. Hamilton's replica of the Liberty Bell, originally installed during the nation's Bicentennial Year, has been restored and re-installed in front of the historic municipal