Today marks the 51th anniversary of the tragic lost of the #EdmundFitzgerald. The ship departed Superior, WI on Nov 9, 1975 bound for Detroit but sank near Whitefish Point, MI on Nov 10th during a powerful storm over the #GreatLakes. All 29 crew were lost. https://t.co/so62gOxR68
George Lombard Jr. just debuted at shortstop for the Yankees, the youngest since Jeter. His grandmother Posy was in SDS, drove to Selma in '65, then went to Natchez to canvass for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Jailed at Parchman & ended up w/ 300+ pages of FBI file.
Sadly, we still have to explain that slavery was indeed bad. And you can’t understand American history without grappling with its wide ranging impacts.
This year marks the Archives’ 60th anniversary, so we’re showing off some of our favorite artifacts from OSU history: Olive Jones, the University’s first full-time librarian, helped convince the Board of Trustees to build what would become Thompson Library. Thanks, Olive!