The Michael J. Colligan History Project will continue its public history series focusing on “American Wars & American Life.” Sept. 9, Witnessing the War on Terror in American Culture, 7:30 p.m., Harry T. Wilks Conference Center. John E. Bodnar, Distinguished Professor of History at Indiana University and Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, explores encounters with mass violence that
Join local historian Jim Blount on Tuesday, April 14, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the Hamilton Lane Library for a conversation about The Civil War’s Impact on Hamilton: A 150-Year Perspective. No registration required. For details, call 894-7158. The Hamilton Lane Library is located at 300 N. Third St. For more information about this and
In celebration of Children's Book Week 2015, the The Lane Libraries will host a "Robert McCloskey Walk and Literary Landmark Dedication," 10 a.m. Saturday May 9. Walk in the footsteps of Robert McCloskey, Hamilton's famous children's author. Meet at the Hamilton Lane Library, (Children's Department on the 5th Floor) and parade your way to the
In the spirit and fun of college basketball’s March Madness, the Ohio History Connection and Smith Library of Regional History invite you to participate in Ohio Memory Madness – a bracket of sixty-four historical events from across the state all competing for the unique distinction of being named the 2015 Ohio Memory Madness Champion. Since
The Hueston Woods State Park, in partnership with the Oxford Museum Associatino, will hold the annual Maple Syrup Festival on March 7, 8, 14 and 15. Maple Syrup Tours: Noon to 4 p.m. each day. Begin with a hay ride at the Pioneer Farm (6924 Brown Road, Oxford). No dogs or other pets. Then enjoy
Colligan History Project This fall, the Michael J. Colligan History Project enters new territory with Public Enemies: Hamilton’s “Little Chicago” Era & Its Consequences, exploring the underworld of John Dillinger and his contemporaries from a time when Hamilton was legendary for its vice and criminality. The series includes: "Business & Ordinary Life in the 1920s and 1930s" with Susan Spellman, Associate
Join local historian, Jim Blount, for "Conversations on Hamilton," 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 14, at the Hamilton Lane Library for "Dixie Highway: Butler County’s First Super Highway." Blount will discuss how boosters depicted it as an “avenue of travel between the winter playgrounds of Florida and the summer resorts of Michigan.” Others called it, “a great highway
Ohio History Connection While the heavy fighting was going on in Gettysburg and in Vicksburg, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan brought the Southern rebellion to the Midwest with a bold race through Indiana and Southwestern Ohio on July 13, 1863. With a fall season themed ""Hard Road to Liberty: Ohio and the Civil
The Second Annual Special Collections Lecture will feature three Freedom Summer participants who will share their stories and discuss the impact of Freedom Summer. "Telling Our Stories: Building the Freedom Summer Legacy" will be presented on Friday, Oct. 10, in Room 320, King Library on the campus of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, from 4 to
The Journal-News is reporting that with construction work already underway, Lane Library officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony Monday for the new Oxford branch facility on Locust Street at the site of the former Wal-Mart. Artist rendering of new Oxford Lane Library The new location will not only house the usual Lane Library