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About Us |
The
The History of Akron & Summit County collects, preserves, and
digitalizes various media in order to present the history of
Summit County, Ohio. Funded and organized by Jeri Holland,
Michael
Cohill, and the
Akron History Exhibit,
this Digital Archive will contribute to the on-going effort by
historians and archivists to record and preserve the record of
Summit County by: collecting personal accounts, collecting and
archiving documents and digital images, organizing and annotating
the most important web-based resources, and developing materials
to contextualize and teach about historic events. Our goal is to
create a permanent record of the events of the past 200+ years.
In the process, we hope to foster some positive legacies of our
ancestors by allowing people to tell their stories, making those
stories available to a wide audience, providing historical context
for understanding events and their consequences, and help both
children and adult researchers improve their knowledge and studies
based on this project. The History of Akron & Summit County
project formally began in March 2006, and will continue adding
media and information each month. Material will be added more
frequently as we receive items from past and present
residents, organizations, and local towns/cities.
Questions? Please feel free to contact us
Jeri D.
Holland
From family photos to important
historical events about her home town, Jeri Holland has
dedicated passion, time, knowledge and effort in the
pursuit of compiling and documenting the treasured past.
She has combined this love with that of the internet and
it’s many applications as a visual and aural medium in
order to explore to her own heart’s content, as well as
informing others about “the witness that testifies to
the passing of time”. What started as a hobby for Jeri
has quickly turned into an obsession, she spends much
time creating personal web sites and endeavoring to
launch a web design firm in order to make a living doing
what she loves. She has learned from an early age the
importance of recognizing what has come before, as a
fascinating trip through time to discover the lives of
ancestors, as well as finding an anchor in the present
which harkens back to different times. Simpler, harder,
carefree, difficult, innocent, captivating times.
“History is the witness
that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines
reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily
life and brings us tidings of antiquity.”
-Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
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Michael C. Cohill
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