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Beehive Oven, Cherry Valley at Leetonia. Photo courtsey Brooke Bobovnyik
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CARBON FOOTPRINTS: YSU Class Examines Cokemaking
This spring semester the Curation 2 course is composing a virtual exhibit about the process of transforming coal into coke - the fuel used in blast furnaces. A key component of the steel industry, the various methods of producing coke are not discussed in the permanent exhibit at YHCIL. Past and present techniques for manufacturing coke include beehive ovens, several types of by-product plants, and newer heat-recovery installations. Among specific sites featured in the online exhibit will be the historic Cherry Valley beehives at Leetonia, Warren Coke -with a pedigree tracing back to the 1920s - which now supplies blast furnaces in Cleveland, plus 21st-century SunCokeEnergy operations in Ohio. Students participating in this applied history program class are Brooke Bobovnyik, Jacob Harver, Hannah Klacik and Brian Pete. Prof. Tom Leary is the instructor.
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GA Interns Brian Pete and Mitchell Topf have been working with our volunteer Val Yakamovich, retired General Engineering Manager of RTI International Metals, Inc., organizing and assessing our blue print collection. Currently they are working on the WCI/RG Steel collection donated to the museum in 2015.
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In January we purchased PastPerfect software for our YSU collection. The software is specifically designed for museum use and will make cataloging our collection easier. So far, staff has worked on incorporating the previous acquisitions into the new system as well as adding to it with new items that seem to come in once or twice a week.
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Photograph by Walter Bartz, YST Photographer, circa 1930s.
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GA Intern Hannah Klacik is currently working on YHCIL's art collection. Using the inventory log created by previous intern Daniel Rauschenbagh in 2015, she is updating the catalog, researching the artwork, and preparing a list of images for hanging in the Meshel Classroom this summer.
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School ToursWe are slowing getting back to hosting school tours. Last month a small group of homeschool students and their teachers toured the museum and learned about the natural resources that played a significant role in the steel industry in the Mahoning Valley.
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The Center for Working Class Studies will host the virtual CWS Conference June 7-9.
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The YSU Practicum in Applied History course is working with Congregation Rodef Sholom in Youngstown to develop an institutional archives. Dr. Leary, Director of the Applied History Certificate Program, and Martha Bishop, YHCIL Archives/Library Assistant supervise Graduate Assistant Interns Jacob Harvey and Hannah Klacik to organize, inventory, and digitize records involving the history of the congregation and of Judaism in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys.
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Left to right: Jonathan Cambouris, Hannah Klacik, Martha Bishop and Executive Director of CRS, Sarah Wilschek.
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Jacob Harver and Martha Bishop at Rodef Sholom in Youngstown, Ohio.
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YST Property Protection Badge. Another artifact from the YSU Collection being added to the new software, Harold G. Wilson, Jr., donor.
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Virtual History Day on March 27, 2021
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Updates:YSU facilities will install a picture hanging rail system in the Meshel Classroom this month. This will allow us to showcase some of our collection's amazing artwork.
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Works in Progress:
YGDNA Intern Zach Mayer is researcing and writing script for the Nurses' exhibit, scheduled to open in late May or early June.
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Independent contractor Jonathan Cambouris is designing a website to accompany the William B. Pollock Co. exhibit scheduled to open in July.
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GA Intern Brooke Bobovnyik continues design and content work on the YGDNA website that will accompany the exhibit.
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Rentals
Did you know that you can rent the museum for your next function?
Rental charges: Not-for-profit groups $75 per hour and for-profit groups $125 per hour. What do you get? Meshel Classroom, hire a caterer, bring in your food, or order pizza. We provide the tables, chairs, black table clothes (if desired or you can rent other colors), and a free guided tour of the museum. ½ hour set up and ½ hour clean up added to cost of rental (that means you need to pay for an extra hour to allow for set up and clean up). Easy access, free parking and on-street parking, hand-capped accessible.
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