In the 1990s, environmental artist Alice Weston photographed dozens of grand old homes in Cincinnati for the book "Great Houses of the Queen City: Two Hundred Years of Historic and Contemporary Architecture and Interiors in Cincinnati." This digital collection, presented by the University of Cincinnati, brings together 1,400 images taken by Weston, including hundreds of images not included in the...

As part of its ongoing commitment to making local records available to the general public, the University of Cincinnati Library has digitized these rapid transit records from the Cincinnati City Engineer Office. Photographs and other items cover the ill-fated attempt by the city to construct a subway system, along with various street improvement projects that took place between the 1920s and...

Produced and maintained by the Special Collections staff of the Cleveland State University Library, the Virtual Cleveland History Web site is a fantastic omnibus of well-organized links to online historical resources about the greater Cleveland area. Within the site, the links are organized into four broad categories: date, format, location, and subject. The subject categories include real estate,...

The shootings at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 were a key domestic event of the Vietnam War. People were outraged by the shootings and the tragedy dominated the media for days afterwards. This digital collection from Kent State University contains many items from their physical holdings that document those events, including photographs, oral histories, and so on. Visitors to the site can...

Knox County, Ohio has had a significant black population for several hundred years, and historians and others have documented their activities in journal articles, books, and other printed materials. This remarkable digital collection from the Digital Resource Commons at Kenyon College provides access to photographs, documents, and other items that tell the story of this unique community. This...

Frequently updated, the Ohio Exploration Society site is devoted to documenting the history and development of numerous sites of cultural importance, including cemeteries, Indian mounds, parks, and other aspects of the built environment. Extensive photo documentation is offered on the site, with commentary on each of the locales that provides background information about the history of each site....

Anyone doing research into the history of Ohio or its role in the Civil War, the War of 1812, or the establishment of the Northwest Territory should find this site very valuable. The Online Collection Catalog contains "more than 230,000 items in the Society's library, newspaper, manuscript, audiovisual, history, natural history, and archaeology collections." In addition, a number of valuable...

The Ohio History website has grown by leaps and bounds since the Scout Report last reviewed it in 1999. The site is maintained by the Ohio Historical Society, and it serves as "an entry-point for all things related to Ohio history." Here visitors can perform detailed cross-institutional archive searches from over 300 member institutions, look up news items about Ohio history, and peruse their...

Launched by the Ohio Historical Society, the Ohio Memory Project provides access to historical treasures of Ohio from "prehistory to the present." This online scrapbook was created in part to commemorate the state's bicentennial of 2003, celebrate state and local history, and allow others to explore Ohio's rich and diverse past. This easily navigable collection consists of manuscripts; letters;...

Hey, what's in Toledo's Attic? This particular attic offers a "gateway to Toledo and Northwest Ohio history" and was created jointly by a number of partners, including the University of Toledo and WGTE Public Media. Started in 1995, the project focuses on the region's commercial, industrial, and social history from the late 19th through the late 20th centuries. Along the top of the site, visitors...