Collaboration Galore…

May 28, 2014 Volunteer Tom Haas, and I traveled to the Salem Historical Society in Columbiana County.  We were invited to collaborate with their staff on museum practices including the software program we use to catalogue our donations.  Salem is similar to Canton with many factories and much industry in the late 19th, and early 20th centuries.  Salem Historical Society has three locations and also runs a trolley tour through their downtown.

Our destination was the Dale Shaffer Research Library built two years ago.  The Library is a gift Mr. Shaffer willed to the society.  Dale Shaffer is Salem’s revered historian much like E.T. Heald is for Stark County.  The photo above includes Dale, and his typewriter with the last line he wrote.

The staff of Salem Historical Society is very friendly, and helpful.  They greeted us warmly, and shared their mission, backgrounds, and common museum practices.  They shared their website Salem Historical Society, and FaceBook which we enjoyed thoroughly.

On behalf of the entire staff of McKinley Presidential Library & Museum we thank you for your time, and collaboration! We invite you to come visit our facility and share even more ideas for our common good.

Mullins Manufacturing Co.

The Roman Goddess Diana & Tom 🙂

 

Salem Label

Canton, Ohio

David & Tom

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Joy Bringers…

 

 

While getting coffee at Starbucks the other day, I was admiring two panoramic photos they have hanging on the wall. One is a photo of all of the fire companies of Canton, Ohio. The other is a bird’s eye view of Canton from the McKinley Hotel. How many people walk by those photos, and never bother to find out where they are, or that they are even in their hometown.  The photo with the bird’s eye view shows the frame of the Renkert Building in the early stages of construction.

The Ramsayer Research Library exists to collect, preserve, and exhibit our most important treasures…Each Other…

We bring joy to so many people who walk through our door. People who seek information, which helps them, find peace of mind, and satisfaction. Volunteers, and staff alike, share the same mission in each photo scanned, each description written, and each book wrapped up for preservation etc. etc. etc.

Thank you for your support of the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, and the Ramsayer Research Library which provides so much joy to so many, from around the world…

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First Friday, Canton, Ohio…

May, Coats, Art, Food, Sidewalks, Scary Sidewalk Grates, Birdseye Views, People, Music!  Canton’s First Friday has a lot to offer! We made three goals before we left; to see the Saxton Gallery,  see the Onesto and its progress, and see the Canton Club!

We browsed the Saxton Gallery and enjoyed the wonderful photography! Photographs help us transcend time, and for a couple of minutes we are there…The Joseph Saxton Gallery is located in the Wilson Building 1909.  It was a car garage at one time, and a regular researcher here at the Ramsayer Research Library tells the story of how the owner of this garage would flood the showroom floor in the winter, open the windows, and let people ice skate!

Walking three blocks South brought us to the Hotel Onesto! The accomplishment of blood, sweat, and tears of Frank Onesto at the end of the 1920’s.

Thank you to Brett for taking his time to show us around on the tenth floor.  Brett has visited the library three times in search of photographs of the hotel in order to restore it to its original glory.  Brett explained the contrast between the hallways and the rooms.  When you step off the elevator on the 10th floor, it will look like you were in an 80 room hotel.

We are so happy to see this Canton treasure saved and used for a better purpose.

Our third destination is the Canton Club!

 

We found a wonderful surprise at the top of the Chase Tower! Cupcakes!!! Well, we just had to sample.  We bought two mini cupcakes. mmm

Courtesy of Google Maps

 

Don’t Miss Canton’s First Friday! Great time!

For more information on the history of Canton, and Stark County you are free to research at the Ramsayer Research Library located in the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum.

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