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<a title="https://ohioarchivists.org/born-in-ohio/" id="LPlnk131175" href="https://ohioarchivists.org/born-in-ohio/">Born in Ohio: Preserving the Stories of Local Businesses</a> <i>by Natalie Fritz, Archivist & Outreach Director, Clark County Historical Society
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Each October, the Society of Ohio Archivists celebrates American Archives Month by highlighting the important work of preserving and sharing Ohio’s history. Every year, the SOA
</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;" rel="noopener" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA11d161c3-117d-4aa3-f52d-545274e21661" target="_blank" href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/advocacy/">Advocacy
and Outreach Committee</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> selects a theme and invites archives across the state to submit up to three images per institution that best represent the theme. After SOA members vote on their favorites, the top ten images
are used to create the year’s </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;" rel="noopener" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA3d04aa5c-0732-2349-085d-0ec8f3e806d4" target="_blank" href="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025_Archives_Month_OhioBornCompanies_web.pdf">Archives
Month poster</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, which was recently revealed during a virtual unveiling event in September.</span></div>
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This year’s theme, “Ohio Born Companies,” celebrates the countless businesses that got their start here in the Buckeye State. From family-owned shops to manufacturing giants, Ohio has long been a place where innovation and hard work converge. Archives across
the state, both large and small, play a vital role in documenting those businesses and the communities that shaped them. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><i>Read more about how the Clark County Historical Society at the Heritage Center in Springfield, Ohio, collects the story of local history on the
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SOA blog</a>.</i></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>
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