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Paul Watkins (center, facing camera) presents a check for $5,000 to William Laidlaw, executive director of the Ohio Historical Society, as the first gift to establish a fund to support the new University District Archive. Mr. Watkins is owner and general manager of the Student Book Exchange (SBX). Seated at the front table (from left to right) are Ed Lentz, Bob Singleton and Marty Cottrill. University District’s history to be preserved and shared At a special event on Oct. 30 in the Archives-Library reading room of the Ohio Historical Center, the University District Organization (UDO) and the Ohio Historical Society (OHS) announced a new partnership to gather, preserve and share the history of the neighborhoods around the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University. UDO will cooperate in establishing at OHS a “University District Archive” that will preserve photographs, maps, plans documents and other memorabilia from these neighborhoods. In addition, UDO has raised $8,000 to create a fund at OHS to support this archive. For the full story, please click here. About the Taking Stock project

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