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Official logo for the organization in charge of Loretta H. Law's historical legacy.

Loretta H. Law, Ohio University Class of 1906

Friday, January 3, 2025 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
Athens Public Library
Program Type:
Exhibit, History & Genealogy
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

On Display in the Glass Display Cases from January 3rd thru January 30th.A selection of photographs, historic documents, and memorabilia from the Law Reed Huss Farm Foundation Coll...

Library Branch: Athens Public Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Exhibit, History & Genealogy
Event Details:

On Display in the Glass Display Cases from January 3rd thru January 30th.

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Image of cover of featured book, Settling Ohio.

Settling the Ohio Country: From First Peoples to the Civil War

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Large meeting room (Athens) at Athens Public Library
Program Type:
History & Genealogy
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Ohio University Professors Timothy Anderson (historical geographer) and Brian Schoen (historian) who will discuss the impacts different ethnic groups have had on the history, ...

Library Branch: Athens Public Library
Room: Large meeting room (Athens)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Join Ohio University Professors Timothy Anderson (historical geographer) and Brian Schoen (historian) who will discuss the impacts different ethnic groups have had on the history, culture, and landscape of Ohio.

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Loretta H. Law as an elector in the 1930s.

Getting to Know Loretta H. Law, OU Class of 1906

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Large meeting room (Athens) at Athens Public Library
Program Type:
History & Genealogy
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Guest speaker William "Bill" Huss, PhD., president & chairman of the Board for the Law Reed Huss Farm Foundation, will present a lecture on the life of Loretta H. Law, who grad...

Library Branch: Athens Public Library
Room: Large meeting room (Athens)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Guest speaker William "Bill" Huss, PhD., president & chairman of the Board for the Law Reed Huss Farm Foundation, will present a lecture on the life of Loretta H.

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Archival image of Black explorer and frontiersman, James P. Beckworth.

The American West & the Black Frontier (1530-1900)

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Large meeting room (Athens) at Athens Public Library
Program Type:
History & Genealogy
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Once the homelands of Indigenous peoples for 10,000 years, the West was a realm of colonial contention by Old World empires like France and Spain, and later the United States. Many...

Library Branch: Athens Public Library
Room: Large meeting room (Athens)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Once the homelands of Indigenous peoples for 10,000 years, the West was a realm of colonial contention by Old World empires like France and Spain, and later the United States.

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Archival image of family of freedmen.

The First Federal Antislavery Law: The Legacy of The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Large meeting room (Athens) at Athens Public Library
Program Type:
History & Genealogy
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Summer of 1787 was a busy one for the newly founded United States. While the Constitution was being written in Philadelphia, the third most important document in US history was...

Library Branch: Athens Public Library
Room: Large meeting room (Athens)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Event Details:

The Summer of 1787 was a busy one for the newly founded United States.

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