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We are excited to announce that the archives will be moving to our new space over the course of the next month. We anticipate having everything settled in to the new location by the first of the year, and in the meantime we will be open and handling requests for materials and donations as usual, but please contact us via phone or email first. We will do our best to respond to every request in a timely fashion; please pardon any delays as we make this important transition.

I wish we had this robot to help us move! Well, I’m off to start schlepping. Have a fantastic weekend!

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Boo! I want to wish everyone a happy, fun, and safe Halloween. I am looking forward to trying out my costume inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Birds this year. What costume will you be sporting? Care to post your favorite costume idea in the comments section? Beards are especially welcome!
While I have your attention, I’d like to direct you to the Prologue blog for some freaky facial hair. Enjoy!

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Happy Friday Facebook friends! I’m looking forward to a laid back weekend. How about you? I have been busy this week. I got an interesting question about the grounds here which I have been researching. One resource I turned up are these Plat maps of the Miami & Erie Canal. As you may know, the canal was drained so that the bed could be used for the subway. Where is our subway you might ask? Good question. The funds ran out before it was completed, so it was paved over to create Central Parkway in the 20s. The canal used to run right around the area that is now our campus. Check out the photos on the Greater Cincinnati Memory Project and see if you can find pictures of the canal as it once looked.