or any of the following Select Topics, each with a link to a summary write-up (PDF) along with actual archive materials:
- African Americans in Ohio
- Agriculture
- American Indians
- Architecture
- Arts and Entertainment
- Business and Labor
- Civil Liberties
- Climate and Weather
- Daily Life
- Education
- Geography and Natural Resources
- Government
- Immigration and Ethnic Heritage
- Literary Ohio
- Military
- Plants and Animals
- Presidents and Politics
- Religion
- Science and Technology
- Sports
- Transportation
- Women
Two other tidbits to check out from other sources:
Newspaper archives, covering everything from the Akron Daily Democrat, and the Anti-Slavery Bugle, to the Xenia Sentinel
The Cincinnati Library has a nice collection of old city directories to view or download:
- 1819 Farnsworth Cincinnati directory
- 1825 Hall Cincinnati directory
- 1829 Robinson & Fairbank Cincinnati directory
- 1831 Robinson & Fairbank Cincinnati directory
- 1834 Deming Cincinnati city directory
- 1836-7 Cincinnati directory advertiser
- 1839-40 Shaffer's Cincinnati directory
- 1842 Cist Cincinnati directory
- 1843 Cist Cincinnati directory
- 1844 Cincinnati business directory; as also, the regular city directory, with a supplement...
- 1846 Cincinnati business directory for the year [pub. R.P. Brooks]
- 1846 Robinson & Jones Cincinnati directory
- 1848-49 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1849-50 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1850-51 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1851-52 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1853 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1855 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1856 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1857 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1858 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1859 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1860 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1861 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1862 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1863 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1864 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1865 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1866 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1867 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1868 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1869 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1870 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1871 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1872 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1873 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1874 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1875 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1876 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1877 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1878 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1879 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1880 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1881 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1882 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1882 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1883 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1883 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1884 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1884 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1885 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1885 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1886 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1886 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1887 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1887-88 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1888 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1888-89 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1889 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1889 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1890 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1890 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1891 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1891 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1892 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1892 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1893 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1893 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1894 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1894 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1895 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1895 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1896 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1896 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1897 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1897 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1898 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1898 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1899 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1899 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1900 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1900 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1901 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1901 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1902 Illustrated business directory and picturesque Cincinnati
- 1902 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1902 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1903 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1903 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1904 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1904 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1905 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1905 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1906 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1906 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1907 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1907 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1908 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1908 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1909 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1909 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1910 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1910 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1911 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1911 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1912 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1912 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1913 Williams' Cincinnati business directory
- 1913 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1914 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1915 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1915 Williams' Cincinnati industrial, mercantile and professional register
- 1915 Williams' Cincinnati industrial, mercantile and professional register v.02
- 1916 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1917 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1917 Williams' Cincinnati industrial, mercantile and professional register
- 1918 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1918 Williams' Cincinnati industrial, mercantile and professional register
- 1919 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1920 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1921 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1922 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1923 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1924 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1925 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1926-27 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1927-28 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1928-29 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1929-30 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1930-31 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1931-32 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1932-33 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1933-34 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1935 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1936-37 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1938 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1939 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1940 Williams' Cincinnati directory
- 1941 Williams' Cincinnati directory