The Cincinnati Historical Society Library's books, pamphlets, periodicals and maps trace the development of metropolitan Cincinnati, and provide a general historical background for Ohio and the Old Northwest Territory. The collections are especially strong in 18th and 19th century travel accounts written by visitors to the region and in the history of 19th and 20th century political, educational and social institutions. Specifically included are:
Books relating to the history of the United States, Ohio, the Old Northwest Territory and metropolitan Cincinnati.
Maps that record the development of the eastern United States, the Old Northwest Territory and Ohio.
Pamphlets pertaining to Cincinnati and Ohio's cultural, educational and social institutions.
19th and 20th century newspapers published in the city.
Periodicals covering subjects from genealogy and local history to professional library, archives and museum journals.
A collection of ephemera documenting the everyday life of Cincinnatians.
For more information on our Printed Works Collection, contact Barbara Dawson, Curator of Printed Works at (513) 287-7098 or by e-mail at bdawson@cincymuseum.org
The library's genealogical resources are especially strong in materials relating to Cincinnati, Ohio, and the New England states. The "vital statistics" and "local history" indexes provide leads to information in 19th century newspapers, individually compiled scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, compiled biographical sketches and local histories, which lack adequate indexes. The library has a printed copy of the 1790 United States census as well as microfilm copies of the Ohio census, 1820-1840; and the census for southwestern Ohio counties, 1850-1920. Privately compiled indexes are available for the Ohio census: 1820-1860 and 1880 and Hamilton County: 1870. Indexes for many county vital statistic records, and published town, county and family histories are in the collections. Manuscript collections include family papers and business and organization records, as well as microfilm copies of 19th and early 20th century Hamilton County deed records. The photograph collection has nearly 700,000 photographic images of people, geographic locations and structures.
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