Library Announces New Program Focusing on Civic Empathy Through History Seán Duffy September 20, 2022 The Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling, WV is pleased to announce the recent installation of an extremely important new exhibit and project. Titled “Civic Empathy Through History,” the project has been crea...
Lunch With Books Program Sheds New Light on Historic African American Leaders of Jim Crow Wheeling Seán Duffy and Erin Rothenbuehler February 27, 2021 As Black History Month 2021 draws to a close, we celebrate the fact that our history never ends – it marches on – and it is our duty to record it as accurately as we can. So when that record is incomplete, that...
Next People’s University Celebrates Centennial of Women’s Right to Vote Seán Duffy August 17, 2020 The Ohio County Public Library’s free six-part People’s University course, “The Struggle for Women’s Rights,” kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 20. Adult programming coordinator, Seán Duffy, provides us with a preview of each upcoming class and details on how to attend.
Wheeling’s Twentieth Man: 250 Years of Race Relations in the Northernmost Southern City of the Southernmost Northern State Seán Duffy July 6, 2020 Writer’s note: It's 2020, and we find ourselves still fighting the same injustices that a prior generation fought more than half a century ago. Why? If we really knew our history, we might understand. But...
Villamagna’s Epic ‘Shrine for a Mill Rat’ Finds Forever Home at the Library Seán Duffy July 1, 2020 Public libraries exist to provide free and equal access to resources, helping people to pursue knowledge and inspiration. And “Shrine for a Mill Rat,” the new permanent exhibit (courtesy artist Robert Villamagn...
Celebrating the Musical Women of Coal Country: Karen Collins, Elaine Purkey Remember Hazel Dickens Seán Duffy August 26, 2019 The Ohio County Public Library and the WALS Foundation will celebrate Reuther-Pollack Labor Heritage Week through the music of two legendary West Virginia singer-songwriters whose work has brought attention to ...
“Lunch With Books” Is Back in 2017 Seán Duffy January 4, 2017 The Ohio County Public Library invites you to "Lunch With Books" this winter. Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at noon, Lunch With Books: The Color of Sundays Sportswriter Andrew Conte be at Lunch With Books at th...
Wheeling to Host Second Book Festival Seán Duffy November 12, 2015 Two award-winning authors will speak at the second annual Upper Ohio Valley Festival of Books scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Ohio County Public Library. The event also will incl...
Avalon on the Ohio Seán Duffy September 18, 2015 1 Wheeling's Short-Lived Coney Island Amusement Park by Kate Quinn and Seán Duffy A Weelunk Partnership with Archiving Wheeling. For more Archiving Wheeling stories about local history through documents clic...
