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  • Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country – Total Eclipse of the Sun – April 8, 2024

    Tri-Rivers Career Center 2222 Marion Edison Rd, Marion, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Tri-Rivers Career Center for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! The last time Ohio was witness to a total eclipse of the sun was on June 16, 1806. The 1806 eclipse has gone down in history as Tecumseh’s Eclipse. Tecumseh was working to create a confederation of Native tribes to resist continued losses of ... Read More

  • Helen Hamilton Gardener and the Secret History of Women’s Suffrage in America

    South Dayton Church of Christ 300 S. Main St., Springboro, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the South Dayton Church of Christ with the Springboro Area Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Kimberly Hamlin! This talk reveals the remarkable story of the “fallen woman” who became the “most potent factor” in Congressional passage of the 19th Amendment and the highest-ranking woman in federal government. After being outed in Ohio newspapers ... Read More

  • Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country – Total Eclipse of the Sun – April 8, 2024

    The Sandusky Library 114 W. Adams St., Sandusky, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Sandusky Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! The last time Ohio was witness to a total eclipse of the sun was on June 16, 1806. The 1806 eclipse has gone down in history as Tecumseh’s Eclipse. Tecumseh was working to create a confederation of Native tribes to resist continued losses of land ... Read More

  • Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country – Total Eclipse of the Sun – April 8, 2024

    Coshocton Public Library 655 Main St, Coshocton, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Coshocton County District Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! The last time Ohio was witness to a total eclipse of the sun was on June 16, 1806. The 1806 eclipse has gone down in history as Tecumseh’s Eclipse. Tecumseh was working to create a confederation of Native tribes to resist continued losses ... Read More

  • The First Ohioans and Climate Change

    Upper Arlington Public Library Lane Road Branch 1945 Lane Rd, Columbus, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Upper Arlington Public Library Lane Road Branch for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Brad Lepper! Humans first entered the Ohio Valley sometime after 20,000 years ago. These hardy American Indian pioneers adapted to the New World they found and, over the succeeding millennia, shaped many aspects of their environment. With the Industrial Revolution and the ... Read More

  • Heritage Tourism: More Than Museums

    Mayfield Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library 500 SOM Center Road, Mayfield Village, Ohio, United States

    Come join the East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society and visit the Mayfield Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers Bureau event with Mark Holbrook! With boundless technology and more forms of entertainment than anyone can possibly take in, why is it that travelers continue to consistently identify heritage destinations as a major influence when planning ... Read More

  • The Newark Earthworks: One of the World’s Ancient Wonders

    Old Worthington Library 820 High Street, Worthington, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Old Worthington Library for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Brad Lepper! The Newark Earthworks are the largest set of geometric enclosures and mounds in the world. The work of the Hopewell people who lived in Ohio circa A.D. 1-  400, these geometric earthworks covered nearly five square miles, using more than seven million cubic feet ... Read More

  • The History of Rock and Roll

    Come visit the Norwalk Public Library for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Matthew Donahue! This presentation highlights the history of rock and roll and popular music from the crossover of blues and country music in the 1950s leading to rock and roll through the many genres since the early rhythm and blues, rockabilly scene to contemporary music styles ... Read More

  • The Barnbuilders: An Architectural Legacy in Ohio’s Rural Landscape

    Brunswick Area Historical Society 4613 Laurel Rd, Brunswick, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Brunswick Area Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! Culture groups migrating from New England, Middle Atlantic states and from the South settled in various regions of Ohio, and their distinct farms and barns can be observed when travelling throughout the state. The barn builders have left an architectural legacy throughout rural ... Read More

  • The Barnbuilders: An Architectural Legacy in Ohio’s Rural Landscape

    Crown Point Ecology Center 3220 Ira Road, Akron, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Crown Point Ecology Center with the Bath Township Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities Speakers' Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! Culture groups migrating from New England, Middle Atlantic states and from the South settled in various regions of Ohio, and their distinct farms and barns can be observed when travelling throughout the state. The barn builders have ... Read More

  • The History of Travel in America

    Coshocton Public Library 655 Main St, Coshocton, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Coshocton County District Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Mark Holbrook: The History of Travel!

  • Two Hillbillies and a Queered Conversation

    Dayton Metro Library Miami Township Branch 2718 Lyons Rd., Miamisburg, Ohio, United States

    Come visit the Miami Township Branch of the Dayton Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with LuSter Singelton and Julia Applegate!