[OPLINLIST] Ohio Memory Featured Scrapbooks: World War II and Sports

[Angela O'Neal]

Ohio Memory Featured Scrapbooks: World War II and Sports

World War II Scrapbook
In honor of the opening of the National World War II Memorial, Ohio =
Memory has created a scrapbook of photographs, letters and artifacts =
from the World War II era.  Items include a photograph of James Miller =
standing near the Victory Garden he grew, a Ration Book, and a =
photograph of Piqua native Dominic Gentile posing with his P-51 Mustang =
Shangrila. The National World War II Memorial was the vision of Ohioan =
Roger Durbin, a veteran who first raised the issue of the lack of a =
memorial for the Second World War to U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur in =
1986. More information about the memorial, which will be dedicated on =
May 29, is available at: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/=20

Sports Scrapbook
A second feature celebrates Ohio's fascination with sports.  The =
scrapbook includes items relating to football, baseball, basketball, =
golf and other sports.  Items of note include photographs of President =
Warren G. Harding playing horseshoes and racecar driver Sarah Fisher, as =
well as a Cleveland Indians Pennant from 1948, the last year the Indians =
won the World Series.=20

To view the Featured Scrapbooks, go to: =
http://www.ohiomemory.org/exhibits.html=20

Ohio History Bibliography=20
Researchers interested in finding secondary sources on Ohio history can =
now access Ohio Memory's Bibliography of Ohio History Resources. The =
bibliography, which includes a listing of more than 400 publications =
relating to Ohio's history, is available at: =
http://www.ohiomemory.org/learn.html

Ohio Memory is an award-winning project of the Ohio Historical Society, =
OhioLINK and more than 330 other cultural institutions throughout the =
state of Ohio. Visit Ohio Memory at: http://www.ohiomemory.org


Angela O'Neal
Ohio Memory Project Manager
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Ave.=20
Columbus, OH 43211
(614) 297-2576
www.ohiomemory.org=20