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About Cincinnati State Archives

This is the official blog of the archives of Cincinnati State Technical & Community College. The blog will highlight important photos, documents, exhibits, and other items which chronicle the history of Cincinnati State.

The future of computer machines, 1967

Unfortunately, the name of this young man was omitted from his article.  Perhaps he will stumble across this post about his post.

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Beards, Mustaches and Sideburns, Oh My!

U2S6B03F01N007 Originally uploaded by Cincinnati State Archives In the spirit of Friday, and inspired by the National Archives and their observance of Facial hair Friday, I am pleased to bring you (drum roll)… These guys on the stairs! Classic facial … Continue reading

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This week in Cincinnati State history!

In 1994, 25 years after its founding, Cincinnati Technical College was approved to be a state community college.  This would make the college, renamed Cincinnati State, the first 2-year community college in Cincinnati.  According to the article, Cincinnati was the … Continue reading

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Just for fun

U2S4B02F01N017 Originally uploaded by Cincinnati State Archives In an effort to identify the people, places, events and, well, things in our terrific photographic collection, I will be periodically posting a flickr photo here for you to enjoy, ponder, or tag. … Continue reading

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Happy International Archives Day!

To celebrate, I thought I would post something international from our archives. This page came from the November 1989 issue of the Cincinnati Technical College newspaper. In area archives news: While you are anxiously awaiting our next exhibit, take a … Continue reading

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Destination Cincinnati, by way of the USSR, 1980

Greetings!  Zdravstvuite! I was going through our clippings file, looking for something else entirely, when I came across this interesting bit of Cincinnati State history.  In 1980, Cincinnati State (CTC at the time), in partnership with The Jewish Vocational Service, … Continue reading

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Access and the “Citizen Archivist”

I was just reading a recent blog post by David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, about “cultivating citizen archivists“. In the post, Mr. Ferriero relates a story about a researcher who found a previously undiscovered Revolutionary War diary among … Continue reading

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Greetings from the archives!

Hello friends. My name is Natalie and I am pleased to bring you the inaugural post of the Cincinnati State Archives Blog. Preservation Week just came to a close but here at the archives, every day is about preservation.  As … Continue reading

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