A professional development sequence including two meetings and three webinars (May to August 2011) for fifty K-12 Ohio teachers to consider Picturing America images in relation to America's transition from a rural to an urban society between the mid-1800s and the first half of the twentieth century.

The Ohio Historical Society proposes a Picturing America professional development series for fifty K-12 teachers on the topic of American Transitions from Rural to Urban Life. The content of the series will explore changing American social relationships, production methods, and landscapes as the country transitioned from a rural to urban lifestyle from the second half of the 19th to first half of the 20th centuries. The series will occur across the spring and summer of 2011 over the course of an orientation seminar at the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), three content based webinars, and a final one-day conference at the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) and Ohio Craft Museum (OCM). In addition, there will be a project website where teachers can find readings, materials, and links.

Two one-week workshops for seventy-two schoolteachers on the ancient Hopewell Indian culture of eastern North America.

The Creative Learning Factory at the Ohio History Connection seeks support in the amount of $179,596.05 for a Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop entitled "Following in Ancient Footsteps: The Hopewell in Ohio." The goal of the program is to increase Summer Scholars’ knowledge and understanding of the cultural heritage of American Indians by introducing them to noteworthy Ancient American sites in Ohio: the Newark Earthworks, Fort Ancient, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, and Serpent Mound. By visiting these internationally-significant sites in connection with scholarly discussions, Summer Scholars will gain an appreciation for the complexity of ancient American Indian culture and gain expertise in the use and interpretation of historic sites.

Two one-week workshops for seventy-two teachers on the Hopewell, an American Indian civilization that flourished in Ohio between 100 BCE and 400 CE.

The Creative Learning Factory at the Ohio Historical Society offers a six-day program for teachers to explore the Hopewell landscape at the Newark Earthworks, Fort Ancient, and the five earthworks included in Hopewell Cultural National Historical Park: Mound City, Hopeton Earthworks, Hopewell Mound Group, Seip Earthworks, and High Bank Works. The Hopewell culture reached its fullest expression in the valleys of the major streams that flowed southward into the Ohio River in southern Ohio and neighboring Indiana during the Middle Woodland period, which spanned between 100 BCE and 400 CE. The Hopewell culture is best known for its monumental earthworks and the broad range of exotic raw materials its artisans acquired and crafted into distinctive works of art. Hopewellian earthworks, such as the sprawling Newark Earthworks and Fort Ancient, represent a florescence of art, architecture, ritual, and interregional interaction that was unparalleled in North America up to that time. The workshop immerses teachers in the Hopewell culture of ancient America through field study opportunities and scholarly presentations. Director Elizabeth Hedler (historian, Ohio Historical Society) is joined by lead faculty Bradley Lepper (curator of archaeology, Ohio Historical Society), Terry Barnhart (historian, Eastern Illinois University), Steven Warrant (historian, Augustana College), Robert Riordan (anthropologist, Wright State University), Bret Ruby (archaeologist, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park), Richard Shiels (historian, Ohio State University), Glenna Wallace (Chief of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma), and Linda Pansing (curator, Ohio Historical Society). Specific themes to be covered in the presentation and discussion sessions include "Early Efforts at Surveying and Mapping the Mounds"; "Hopewell Sites and Artifacts in American Popular Culture"; "Ancient Life and Hunting Strategies," "Building the Hopewell Landscape: Fort Ancient and the Earthworks of Southern Ohio"; "Octagon Earthworks and Hopewell Astronomy"; and " 'A Ranging Sort of People': Slavery and Diaspora in Early America." In addition, participants engage in a simulated archaeological dig, visit major excavations, hike interpretive trails, and watch interactive videos to expand their understanding of the sites. Readings for the workshop include Ray Hively and Robert Horn's description of the lunar alignments found at the Newark Earthworks; papers by James Brown and Robert Hall regarding Hopewell culture and ritual; and Peter Nabokov's study of American Indian sacred places.

Two one-week Landmarks workshops for fifty community college faculty members to study the national implications of the War of 1812's northwestern frontier.

"The War of 1812 in the Great Lakes and Western Territories" consists of two one-week NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops held during summer 2012 for fifty community college faculty members on the national implications of the War of 1812's northwestern frontier. The program engages new scholarship on the under-examined War of 1812, now considered of central importance to early American history. In particular, the workshop explores conflicts that emanated from the northwestern borderlands of northern Ohio and southern Michigan, with Native Americans and Europeans threatening to destabilize the nation. Three sites (the River Raisin Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Perry's Victory and International Peace Monument) anchor the project's regional focus. These are combined with lectures by and discussions with visiting scholars whose complementary expertise allows for a thorough examination of the topic. Alan Taylor (University of California, Davis) and Andrew Cayton (Miami University, Ohio) discuss the war's significance to the nation; David Skags (Bowling Green State University) and Gerard Atloff (National Park Service) treat military and geographic topics; and Gregory Dowd (University of Michigan) and Susan Sleeper-Smith (Michigan State University) address the conflict with Native Americans. Three core books support a number of additional readings: Taylor's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Civil War of 1812; Skaggs and Atloff's A Signal Victory: The Lake Erie Campaign; and Sandy Antal's A Wampum Denied: Proctor's War of 1812, which examines U.S. diplomacy with Native Americans in the Northwest. Attention is given to archival materials as well as to the use of sites in the teaching of history.

Planning for a five-thousand-square-foot permanent exhibition, a website, and educational materials examining the forced removal of ten Native American tribes from Ohio in the early 19th century and the historical and contemporary impact on these tribes.

The Ohio Historical Society (OHS) requests an America's Historical and Cultural Organizations (AHCO): Planning Grant in the amount of $60,194 to plan Ohio's Ten Tribes over 12 months beginning in August 2013 and ending in August 2014. The goal is for OHS, in collaboration with community members from the ten federally recognized historic tribes of Ohio, to plan an exhibition exploring the removal story of Native Americans from Ohio. In order to address this goal, OHS will design the physical components of the exhibition; develop an interpretive plan for the exhibition that includes the voices of scholars and Native American experts and community members; plan for public programming and interpretive strategies on the museum floor; draft a curriculum guide for educators that can be used in tandem with the exhibition; and outline a website to complement the exhibition.

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To engage consultants in social and economic history and archaeology to develop the interpretive content of three planned traveling exhibits of ceramic items produced in the upper Ohio Valley.

To support planning for a major permanent archaeological exhibition on the cul-tures of the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian tribes of the Ohio area.

To support publication costs of a catalogue that illustrates and interprets 400 artifacts from the Hopewell earthworks complex of Ohio, one of the most important prehistoric sites in North America.

To support a conference and dissemination program on humanities resource materials available for programs on Afro-American history and culture.

Consultation with humanities scholars and programming advisors to develop themes and interview strategies for a community oral history project interpreting the past fifty years in Granville.

A cooperative agreement for a three-year faculty and curriculum development project on the history of nine midwestern Native American groups for thirty-six community college faculty and academic administrators in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

A cooperative agreement for a three-year faculty and curriculum development project on the history of nine midwestern Native American groups for thirty-six community college faculty and academic administrators in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Noting that the removal of midwestern Indians is not as well known or studied as the southern Trail of Tears, the Ohio Historical Society (OHS), in partnership with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, received support for a three-year project on the history of the nine Native American tribes removed from Ohio in the nineteenth century. Faculty and administrators from community colleges in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma - states through which these tribes traveled and in which they resettled - participate in a series of conferences and webinars designed to help them include the history and cultures of these groups in their courses. The project begins with a conference at OHS on Ohio's Native American history. In addition to content sessions with scholars John Bowes (Eastern Kentucky University), Randal Buchman (emeritus, Defiance College), Linda Sue Warner (Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College), Stephen Warren (Augustana College), Melissa Rinehart (Miami University), Dawn Marsh (Purdue University), and Sharon Dean (OHS), participants also visit prehistoric mounds at Hopewell Culture National Historic Park, discuss ways to teach Native American history, and conduct research in the Ohio Historical Society's collections. The second conference takes place in Miami, Oklahoma, and features sessions on the removal of midwestern tribes. Other experts would join the scholars from the first conference: George Ironstack (University of Miami) and tribal representatives, including Glenna Wallace, chief of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Seneca-Cayuga language preservationist Paul Barton; and Wyandot artist Richard Zane Smith. Conferences are supplemented by webinars led by scholars and tribal representatives on a variety of topics, including working with primary sources related to Indian history, tribal governance, Native American arts, and the challenges of language preservation. Finally, participants share the outcomes of their projects at a closing conference. Participants work with a range of primary sources--maps, treaties, letters, diaries, artifacts--and read secondary works by project scholars and other historians, anthropologists, and linguists.

The purchase of preservation supplies for rehousing collections maintained by the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center (NAAMCC) in Wilberforce, Ohio, a city that is the home of two historically black universities: Wilberforce University and Central State University.  The NAAMCC is one of the country’s first museums dedicated to preserving and presenting African American history and culture on a national scale.  Opened in 1988, the center holds 350 manuscript collections and over 9,000 artifacts, artworks, and photographs.  Collection highlights include the papers of civil rights activist Anna Hedgeman, one of the organizers of the March on Washington; politician James McGee, the first African American mayor of Dayton; and author Alex Haley, best known for his novel Roots.

This grant request proposes to fund the purchase of archival supplies needed to improve the preservation of selected collections at the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center (NAAMCC) in Wilberforce, Ohio. NAAMCC holds a wide range of documents, photographs, and other archival materials that document African American history. The grant funds will be used to preserve these collections: The Anna Arnold Hedgeman Collection Anna Hedgeman was a civil rights activist, educator and politician. Hedgeman was one of the three lead organizers of the 1963 March on Washington. The Alex Haley Collection Alex Haley is most famous for his family history novel Roots, however he was a prolific author and journalist. The James H. McGee Collection James McGee was an alumnus of both Wilberforce and Ohio State Universities and was the first African American mayor of Dayton, Ohio.

The purchase of archival supplies to preserve collections documenting African American local and national history. The holdings cover historical issues such as enslavement and manumission of people of African descent, African American military history, and civil rights. The 650 linear feet of materials also include records on local government leaders, family papers, and a significant collection of documents and artifacts pertaining to Alex Haley, the author of "Roots."

The NEH Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions will provide support for the processing and preservation of the National African American Museum and Cultural Center (NAAMCC) archive collections. The NAAMCC is a site in the Ohio Historical Society museum system. NAAMCC will use the NEH grant funding to purchase supplies essential to secure and maintain the integrity and accessibility of the exceptional archival materials entrusted to NAAMCC.The NAAMCC collections serve as a window into African American history and culture and are an invaluable resource for a variety of audiences. Over the past 20 years, the collections have become one of the largest of their kind preserved in an institution dedicated to African American history and culture. Materials from the collections are essential components of the institution's permanent exhibition and have been featured in numerous in-house and national traveling exhibitions, educational programs, and publications.

The digitization of 100,000 pages of historical newspapers, published between 1690 and 1963, as part of Ohio’s continuing participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Ohio History Connection (OHC) requests $317,428 to digitize 100,000 pages of Ohio’s microfilmed newspapers for the continuation of the National Digital Newspaper Program in Ohio. By the end of 2025, OHC will have digitized over 620,000 pages for the Library of Congress digital newspaper website, Chronicling America. During the proposed seventh round, OHC will build on this existing collection by focusing on papers that document Ohio’s rich history of democracy through a focus on early statehood, community building, and national movements and politicians. The stories these titles capture will expand on those already found on Chronicling America while shedding light on untold and lesser-known histories.

To hire a consultant to advise on the Ohio Labor History Project in order to evaluate what has been done and reassess future plans

To support the development of a coordinated statewide preservation plan for library and archival materials in Ohio.

The digitization of 5,000 items related to Ohio’s experiences of  World War I, including photographs, letters, diaries, journals, government records, posters and advertisements, leading to the creation of a statewide collection for researchers, educators, and the public.

The Ohio History Connection (OHC), formerly the Ohio Historical Society, seeks support in the amount of $171,849 for a two year Humanities Collections and Reference Resources implementation grant entitled Little Stories of the Great War: Ohioans in World War I. The goal of the project is to develop a comprehensive statewide digital collection of World War I (WWI) materials in order to increase access to and use of WWI scholarly and primary sources. Accompanying educational resources will also be developed, and the final digital collection will support upcoming commemoration efforts for the centennial of United States (U.S.) involvement in the conflict and the role played by Ohio.

To continue the Ohio Labor History Project whose purpose is to preserve the history of Ohio's working men and women. This labor archives will be established in 8 regional Network centers built on a geographic base. The staff will continue to inventory union records, collect and process historical materials, conduct oral history interviews, prepare published finding aids, and establish programs in records management.

The Ohio Labor History Project represents the first serious attempt ever made to document in a thorough and organized manner the long neglected contributions of labor to the state of Ohio. This project will collect materials, inventory union records, prepare published finding aids, and conduct oral interviews that offer information, insight, and interpretation of the historic importance of Ohio's working force, both organized and unorganized.