[SOA] Ohio Archives Month Spotlight 2: Inland Rivers Library

[Emily Gainer]

Ohio Archives Month Spotlights: Inland Rivers Library, Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library

The Society of Ohio Archivists Advocacy and Outreach Committee<https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/advocacy/> is happy to announce that we will be spotlighting archives around the state again this year to celebrate archives month throughout October 2023. Each of our archives spotlights will feature places that house materials related to the theme of the poster, Land, Water, & Air: Transportation in Ohio.
[1895 informal group portrait with mostly women, one man, and several children wearing fine clothes and hats on the shores of a river with a steamboat in the background]<https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/p16998coll28_9729_large.jpg>

Caption: Group waiting to board a steamboat at Evansville, Indiana, 1895. Photograph link<https://cdm16998.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16998coll28/id/9729>

About the Inland Rivers Library

By A&O Committee member Erin Wilson, Ohio University Libraries

Have you ever wondered what life was like along the Ohio River when steamboats were the dominant form of transport? Whether you're interested in river travel, trade, navigation, or the history of local river towns, the Inland Rivers Library<https://chpl.org/services/special-collections/inland-rivers-library-collection/> is one of the largest and most comprehensive collections documenting use of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries. Housed in the Genealogy and Local History Department of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, the Inland Rivers collection includes materials dating back to the 1820s which present some of the earliest images and descriptions of the steamboat era and its Ohio locales.  Read the full story on the SOA blog: https://ohioarchivists.org/ohio-archives-month-spotlights-inland-rivers/




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Emily R. Gainer & Jane Wildermuth, SOA Marketing & Communications Committee
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