"Critical approaches to archives not only reveal how power is imbricated in archival theory and practice but seek to create a transformative praxis that liberates rather than oppresses."
Michelle Caswell
The following is an unofficial archive of archives at The Ohio State University. This resource was compiled by the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme to champion and promote these invaluable resources in accordance with our 2022-23 Society of Fellows theme: Archival Imaginations. This theme explores the conventions that value certain archives and ways of knowing (and not others), thereby revealing the incompleteness of the historical record and enabling more diverse perspectives.
This is a living resource; if we have omitted an archive, please email us at globalartsandhumanities@osu, and we will add it to the list.
Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI)
Columbus campus
- 18th Avenue Library
- Andean and Amazonian Art and Cultural Artifacts Research Collection
- Architecture Library
- Arthur E. Baggs Memorial Library
- Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum
- Biological Sciences/Pharmacy Library
- Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program
- Center for Epigraphical and Paleographical Studies Collections
- Center for Folklore Studies Archives
- Department of Chemical Engineering Photo Archives and Memorabilia
- Department of Dance Digital Archive Project
- Digital Archival of Literacy Narratives
- Election Law Archives
- Fine Arts Library
- Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Library
- Goldthwait Polar Library
- Hale Center Art Collection
- Health Sciences Library
- Hilandar Research Library
- Historic Costume and Textiles Collection
- The Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Asian Art
- Jack Nicklaus Museum
- John H. Glenn Archives
- John H. Herrick Archives
- The Lantern Digital Archives
- Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute Holdings
- Library for Health Information
- Medical Heritage Center
- Michael E. Moritz Law Library
- Music and Dance Library
- Museum of Biological Diversity
- Museum of Classical Archaeology
- Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive (OLDA)
- Ohio Public Policy Archives
- Ohio State Football Collection Guide
- Orton Geological Museum
- Orton Memorial Library of Geology
- Our Chocking Times Archive
- Polar Rock Repository Database
- Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
- Thompson Library
- University Archives
- University Libraries
- Veterinary Medicine Library
- Wexner Center for the Arts
Lima campus
Mansfield campus
Marion campus
Newark campus
- John L. and Christine Warner Library
- Newark Earthworks Center
- Newark Earthworks Center Oral History Project
- Ohio Native Heritage Archive
Wooster campus
Suggestions?
Are there other archives that should be added to this list? Email globalartsandhumanities@osu.edu.