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The Society of Ohio Archivists <a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/advocacy/" id="OWA61b269bc-71d9-2e0b-8d1a-ce35eadc9cd8" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
Advocacy and Outreach Committee</a> is recognizing and celebrating archives month through a series of blog posts throughout October 2024. Head to the SOA blog to read more:</div>
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<b><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/paris-olympic-games-1924-2024/" id="LPlnk504074" class="elementToProof" title="https://ohioarchivists.org/paris-olympic-games-1924-2024/">Paris Olympic Games – 1924/2024</a></b></div>
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<i>by Jim McKinnon, co-chair Advocacy and Outreach.</i></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The theme for this year’s archive’s month poster is
</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024ArchivesMonth_Olympics.pdf" target="_blank" id="OWA4483098e-c35b-4603-e208-e91a57e25117" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">O-H-I-Olympics</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
most of you, if not all, should have received your posters by now so the theme is not a surprise. The Summer Olympics this past summer were held in Paris where athletes from around the world competed for a gold, silver or bronze medal. 2024 wasn’t the only
time that Paris was the host city for a summer games. In 1900 Paris hosted, but also in 1924, 100 years ago. How did the games 100 years ago compare to the games of this year? Were there similarities or glaring differences?
<i><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/paris-olympic-games-1924-2024/" id="LPlnk729088" title="https://ohioarchivists.org/paris-olympic-games-1924-2024/">Read full blog post.</a></i></span></div>
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