Tag Archives: archives

Welcome back Cincinnati State!

U5S6B4F53N001 – Co-op Originally uploaded by Cincinnati State Archives Our new exhibit on cooperative education is now live and it is our biggest ever! Take a look at the physical exhibit in the library and be sure to check out … Continue reading

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This week in Cincinnati State history, 1978

One thing about this document I would like to point out, and I’m not sure how well it comes through on the scanned image, is how we can see the process of the document’s creator. See if you can tell … Continue reading

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The Dish

We are pleased to announce the arrival of a new collection to the archives! Photos, recipes, DVDs and clippings from season 1 of The Dish have landed on my desk much to my delight, and are being arranged and described … Continue reading

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Brian May, in stereo?

Who? you might ask. He was the guitar player for British rock band Queen, turned PhD from Imperial College in London, turned curator of stereoscopic photography. Talk about a renaissance man. I feel it is my duty as an archivist … Continue reading

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Facial Hair Friday!

U2S6B04F10N007–Advisor’s Day (probably 1977) Originally uploaded by Cincinnati State Archives Admit it, you love it. And why not really? History is fun. Friday is fun. Archivists are a LOT of fun. The Prologue blog from the National Archives has this … Continue reading

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The things we keep

U5S6B02F09P001 – Engr Tech, Civil Engineering TechOriginally uploaded by Cincinnati State Archives “What should I be saving for the archives?” you may be asking yourself. Well since you asked… Consider this snippet of an article on Miami University archivist Bob … 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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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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