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OLHA/SOA Fall Meeting, October 4-5, 2024

The Society of Ohio Archivists is partnering with the Ohio Local History Alliance for the fall meeting, Truth and Consequences.  Join us on October 4-5, 2024, at Quest Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio.The front cover of the fall meeting brochure. A photograph of a young boy with an American flag crouches in front of a crowd, as part of the mile-long demonstration called "The March and Vote for Jobs and Freedom," which took place in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 27, 1963.

Registration is now open through September 23!  Sessions and speakers will discuss how the theme of Truth and Consequences relates to the work of our member organizations in collecting, sharing, and commemorating Ohio’s local history.

The SOA track will take place on Friday, October 4 and will feature the following sessions:

  • 9-9:50am: Find Digital Ohio: Advocating and Promoting Your Digital Collections, Jenni Salamon, Ohio History Connection; Cari Hillman & Adam Wanter, MidPointe Library System
  • 10:10-11am: Crucial Conversations: Preserving Undertold Stories, Justice, Equity, Diversity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (JEDAI) committee
  • 11:20am-12:10pm: Designing and Sustaining an Institutional Archives, Brianna Treleven & Rachel Sykes, Shaker Historical Society
  • 12:30-1:45pm: Lunch & Keynote Address, Ulysses Grant Dietz
  • 2-4pm: Intersectional DEI Mini-Workshop, Michelle Ganz, Dominican Sisters of Peace

View full details on the conference brochure.  Attendees are welcome to attend any of the Local History Alliance sessions, luncheons, and other special events on both Friday and Saturday.

Update! We added an exciting opportunity for conference-goers to visit the Ohio History Connection’s new Collections Care Center! The curators will be hosting an open house on Friday, October 4, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Conference participants will be able to roam from room to room and step in approximately 6 feet into the collection storage rooms. Participants will need to provide their own transportation from the Quest Conference Center to the Collections Care Center (located at 800 East 17th Ave, Columbus). *This opportunity replaces the Ice Cream Social shown in the brochure mailed in July.

Questions? Contact the Educational Programming Committee Cochairs Sara Mouch and Michelle Sweetser.

Last Updated on September 5, 2024 by Emily Gainer