The Andrew A. Olson Lecture Series in Early American History in Honor of Andrew Cayton: "Both Sides Now: Looking North from the American Midwest" Susan E. Gray, Associate Professor of History, Arizona State University Monday, September 29, at 430pm in King Library 320, Miami University, Oxford: "Why the Seven Years' War is Worth Remembering" Fred
Behind the Gates of Greenwood, October 18, 2014
The Michael J. Colligan History Project will continue its public history series in Hamilton, focusing on “Hard Road to Liberty: Ohio and the Civil War.” Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Sept. 16, The Fight Against Slavery: Lessons From History, 7 p.m., Miami Hamilton Downtown Center. Kelli Johnson, Professor of English at Miami University Hamilton, will explore
Kelli Lyon Johnson, Miami University Hamilton, English Tuesday, September 16 @ 7pm Miami Hamilton Downtown, 221 Robinson-Schwenn Bldg Hailed as the first human rights movement, the fight for abolition of slavery and the slave trade is an inspiration for freedom struggles today and relevant to the fight to eliminate slavery and human trafficking in the
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
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.