MoC Library and Archives
Pictured here are some of the sixty volumes of deteriorating newspapers that have been converted to microfilm. These newspapers are not available, in any format, anywhere else.
PROTECT AND PRESERVE:
Newspapers on microfilm are available to researchers, scholars, and genealogists because of an Ohio History Fund grant from the Ohio History Connection. Additional support was provided by the David Mason Foundation.
The Museum of Ceramics is in possession of nearly 500 hardbound newspapers. Research revealed that approximately sixty of these volumes were the only existing copies. They were fragile and deteriorating to the point of destruction. The Ohio History Fund financed the microfilming of the volumes to preserve the content. Duplicate copies of the film were created to ensure longevity. MOC and the Ohio History Connection in Columbus will each house two copies of each reel and they will be available to the public for research.
RESOURCES
Below are some of the information resources held in the Museum of Ceramics Library and Archives. Call 330-386-6001 for additional information.
Company Files
A vertical file of loose documents and photographs of East Liverpool and area potteries. Also includes company catalogs.
Newspapers on Microfilm
The East Liverpool Crisis: Oct. 4, 1884-Nov. 2, 1887, Jan. 4, 1901 - Dec. 29, 1904
The Evening News Review: Aug. 29, 1892-Dec. 30, 1893, 1894,, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, Oct. 3, 1898-1899., 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, Sept. 1908 - Dec. 31, 1908
People Files
A vertical file of documents and photos about people connected to the pottery industry or the development of the city.
Hardbound Newspapers
Over 500 hardbound copies of East Liverpool newspapers.
Interested researchers should contact the museum for detailed information about holdings. These newspapers are fragile and in remote storage. They will need paged in advance.
Monograph Collection
Books about collectibles, pottery history and city history. An excel spreadsheet of titles is available upon request.
City Directories
East Liverpool City Directory: 1870, 1877, 1896, 1915-1916 (Binder of photocopies)
Directory of Steubenville, Wellsville, East Liverpool. And Wellsburgh, 1870-1871
East Liverpool City Directory: Working Potters: 1870-1871, 1892, 1939 (handprinted notebooks)
Columbiana County Directory, 1877
Directory of Columbiana County, 1881
East Liverpool, Wellsville and Vicinity: 1915. 1916, 1917
East Liverpool Biennial City and County Directory, 1891-1892, Volumes I and II
Salem Biennial Directory 1892
Columbiana County Business and Professional Men Directory, 1896
East Liverpool City Directory:
1914-1915, 1915-1916, 1921-1922, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955-1956. 1956-1957, 1958-1959, 1960. 1961, 1962,