My History: Frequently Asked Questions
Local History & Genealogy staff at (614) 645-2275.
If you have material of historical significance you would like to contribute please contact the Genealogy, History & Travel Division at 614-645-2275.
Please credit the use of any image as having come from “The Columbus Metropolitan Library Image Collections”.
Some images may be copyrighted. Please refer to Terms of Use / Copyright Statement.
Right click on the image and save it to your personal computer.
If you have material of historical significance you would like to contribute please contact the Genealogy, History & Travel Division at 614-645-2275. Your contribution may be made by either donating images to the library or by lending them to the library so that we may scan the image and return the original to you.
The following websites offer historic photographs online:
- www.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix
OhioPix offers selected images from the collection of the Ohio Historical Society. - www.ohiomemory.org
This is an online scrapbook of Ohio history. - www.photohio.org
The site is maintained by the Grandview Heights Public Library and includes historic Central Ohio images from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection. - www.ghmchs.org/resource-list.html
Historical references from The Grandview Heights / Marble Cliff Historical Society. - www.uaarchives.org
A collection of Upper Arlington historical images. - www.worthingtonmemory.org
A collection of Worthington historical images. - library.osu.edu/sites/archives
The Ohio State University Archives offers historical photographs of campus buildings and other selected items.
Please visit Contact Us to email or call with questions. If you call, ask to speak to someone in Local History & Genealogy.