Ohio History Service Corps

Congratulations to Sheila and her supervisor Anne at the Center for the City at the University of Cincinnati for a successful service project! In recognition of AmeriCorps week and Women's History Month, they organized a showing of the documentary film Copa 71, a film that follows the history of the 1971 Women's World Cup. They received almost $700 worth of donations of hygiene products from the 40 attendees for donation to Bethany House Services.
ServeOhio AmeriCorps

Happy AmeriCorps Week! We're celebrating by meeting members of the Corps. Today we meet Sheila, serving with the Center for the City at the University of Cincinnati.

Sheila's favorite part of serving in AmeriCorps is the wonderful community members she's met and the amazing histories they have to tell. Sheila's pictured here with the volunteers she recruited to help preserve the historical records of Newtown, Ohio.

ServeOhio AmeriCorps Ohio History Connection

Happy AmeriCorps Week! We're celebrating by meeting members of the Corps. Today, we meet Joe, serving at the SSU Center for Public History.

Joe says: The projects that I particularly enjoy at the moment is the refiling of the Center of Public History’s Vern Riffe Collection and the Emma Cramer dedication project that we are collaborating with the Pomeroy Foundation on. The former, I particularly enjoy because it is a glimpse into the political world of Ohio from the not too distant past all the more so with some recorded footage of the Ohio General Assembly of which Vern Riffe presided. In addition to this, in the process of repackaging these materials into their proper archival containers I have come across a flyer advertising the 1976 American Bi-Centennial which I couldn’t help but to draw comparisons to our current America250 project. As for the Emma Cramer project, it resonates with me because it covers an aspect of local history that, prior to my involvement in the project, I was simply unfamiliar with that being Emma Cramer and her role in the community. She was a teacher that had taught in Portsmouth High School as well as the first woman to be elected to Portsmouth’s City Council who had dedicated her life to the improvement the city’s schools and the education of its youth.

ServeOhio AmeriCorps Ohio History Connection

Happy AmeriCorps Week! We're celebrating by meeting members of the Corps.
Today, we meet Noah, serving at National First Ladies' Library & Museum!

Noah says: "The project I am currently working on is adding all the different objects, artifacts, and materials that the National First Ladies Library and Museum owns to the online collection database management software known as CatalogIt. This has had me working with many different unique types of materials, from books signed by First Ladies and Presidents to the dolls custom designed for my host site which I can be seen photographing in my picture.

My favorite part of serving with AmeriCorps has been the way that it has prepared me for my career post-service. Through the work I have done at my host site and by working with other historical organizations in my region, I have gained many skills that will translate to a career in history. For example, at my service with the McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, I have been tasked with writing labels for one of their upcoming exhibits. At another host site, the Massillon Museum, I have been learning how to treat, handle, and preserve historical textiles. I am gaining practical skills and good experience through my service, and as someone who just graduated from college last year, I think it is putting me ahead of my peers.

ServeOhio AmeriCorps Ohio History Connection