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Ohio Sources

Ohio Memory
The mission of the Ohio Memory Project is to provide access to historical treasures of Ohio, bringing together primary sources from all parts of the state in an online scrapbook that:

* commemorates the Buckeye State’s bicentennial
Cleveland Memory Project
Here serious researchers and casual browsers will find thousands of historical photographs, as well as a growing collection of ebooks documenting the history of greater Cleveland and the Western Reserve region of northeastern Ohio, .
Morgan Library of Ohio Imprints, 1796-1850
Morgan Bibliography of Ohio Imprints, 1796-1850 describes books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in Ohio, from the earliest in 1796 through 1850.
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The bibliography is compiled and maintained by Richard P. Morgan of the Morgan Library of Ohio Imprints. The bibliography includes names of libraries that own copies of these historical materials to aid in locating originals. Through a partnership with the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, many titles formerly owned by the Morgan Library are now in the AAS collections.

Sanborn Historic Maps This link opens in a new window
Large-scale street plans of Ohio communities, produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1867-1970.