<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We are working on organizing a statewide archives "passport" and regionally organized “</span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Archives</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Crawls</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">” for </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Archives</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> month in October. The ultimate goal is to promote and raise </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">awareness about Ohio </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">archives</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> in general by creating an Ohio </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">archives </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">“passport” broken down by metropolitan regions that would be available year </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">round to researchers and edited yearly to include October events. These will be kept small and easily printable so that repositories can print and distribute to visitors as they see fit.</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div>Even if an archival repository is unable to participate in crawl activities in October (i.e. an open house, lecture or event, regional crawl day/evening/weekend), they can still have their information listed in the passport. </div><div><div><br></div><div>Thank you to those who responded earlier this year expressing interest in organizing within your region! Right now I'd like to start collecting repository information to be listed in the passport. If you are organizing within your area and have an existing contact network (like our Miami Valley Archives Roundtable in the Dayton region), please reach out to those contacts to have them send their listing info.</div><div><br></div><div>If you want to be listed, please email the information below to <a href="mailto:nataliemfritz3@gmail.com">nataliemfritz3@gmail.com</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px">Repositories should submit:</b><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><i>Name</i></div><div><i>Address</i></div><div><i>Phone Number</i></div><div><i>Public Hours</i></div><div><i>Website</i></div><div><i>Social Media</i></div><div><i>Brief Description</i></div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Example:</div><span class="gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px"><div>Clark County Historical Society at the Heritage Center</div><div>117 S. Fountain Avenue</div><div>Springfield, OH 45502</div><div><a href="tel:(937)%20324-0657" value="+19373240657" target="_blank">937-324-0657</a></div></span><div style="font-size:12.8px">www.heritage.center</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">FB:clarkcountyhistory T:@clarkcohistory</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">County museum with research library and <span class="gmail-il">archives</span> with local history, </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">family records, local government records, photographs, and more.</span></div><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thank you!</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><div>Natalie Fritz</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Curator of Library & Archives</div><div>Clark County Historical Society at the Heritage Center</div><div>117 S. Fountain Avenue</div><div>Springfield, OH 45502</div><div>937-324-0657 ext. 234</div><div><a href="mailto:nataliemfritz3@gmail.com" target="_blank">nataliemfritz3@gmail.com</a></div><div>www.heritage.center</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/clarkcountyhistory/" target="_blank">Like us on Facebook!<br></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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