History and Biography

The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. Self-guided video

Large-scale detailed maps dating from 1882 through 1962, depicting the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of Ohio cities. Self-guided video

This historical newspaper collection coverage includes The Chicago Tribune, LA Times, NYT, WSJ, and The Washington Post from 1849 – 2021.

Search for ancestors by name and narrow results by year and location covering historical Ohio newspapers.

Through our Local History Department, we are pleased to partner with Ohio Memory to present our growing digital archive which includes collections featuring historical documents, maps and atlases, photographs and more!

A non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

African American newspapers sourced from nearly 19,000 global newspapers from 1704 to the present with full-text searching by topic, event, and eras Self-guided video

Provides biographies, obituaries and photographs of thousands of individuals – both living and deceased. Updated monthly. Self-guided video

African-American (Black) genealogical and biographical research, federal census, slave and freed person registers, marriage and military records and AfriGeneas. Self-guided video Self-guided video