Posts Tagged ‘steel’

Michael Williamson documents recession in Youngstown

Michael Williamson was named Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers’ Association. He works for the Washington Post and has collaborated on several books with Dale Maharidge. I had the good fortune, thanks to John Russo, to have lunch with both of them last year as they were...
December 17th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

Interview: Donna DeBlasio on Steel Museum and Applied History at YSU

In this interview, Donna DeBlasio shares her background, talks about steel production methods, discusses her working-class connections and argues for the Steel Museum’s future. Donna was one of the leading figures behind the Steel Museum’s establishment, and as the calendar nears June 30,...
June 3rd, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

May 6th Steel Museum revised exhibit presentations

Here’s a cool event for your Wednesday. Come to the Steel Museum at 5pm to see YSU graduate student proposals for changes to exhibits on the museum’s ground floor. Arrive early and check out the proposed changes and stay for the Friends meeting, where the proposals will be detailed and discussed. The...
May 3rd, 2009 | Events | Read More

Support needed for the Steel Museum

Please check out this article in the Zanesville Times Recorder about Ohio Historical Society sites in danger of closing for lack of funding. If the Ohio Historical Society can’t find a way to recoup an estimated $1.3 million loss slated for 2010 and 2011, the National Road/Zane Grey Museum may...
March 12th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

History lessons at the Steel Museum

Sunday’s Vindicator included a great article on kids experiencing history at the Steel Museum. The museum does a great job of explaining how steel is made, showing scale-model views of different processes involved in its production, and bringing to life the people and places that made steel in...
January 26th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

News Archive: Youngstown quits 6-company merger

As I’ve been working on the new Center for Working-Class Studies site (launching in early January), I have been fascinated by the wealth of historical information and perspectives there–many of them first- and second-person accounts of working-class histories. While searching for a reference,...
December 22nd, 2008 | Youngstown | Read More