HO1-HO21 – Hocking County

The Charles Henry Harris (CHH) Collection contains newspaper clippings and photographs collected by CHH in the course of his profession as a newspaperman and author. The newspaper clippings are of his work. This collection contains 400 clippings that were considered for inclusion in his book The Harris History; most show signs of editing. Of these, only 200 were actually used. Included are the two series "From Memory's Well," and "Visits to Little-Known District Spots" or "Visits to Little-Known Areas of the District," along with numerous columns with no series title. The subjects of the columns cover the southeastern Ohio counties of Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Vinton, and nearby Mason County, West Virginia.

The collection also contains more than 200 photographic prints of the same southeastern Ohio Counties as the articles, except for Morgan County. Homes, public buildings, and local families are pictured in these. The greatest number of prints are of Meigs County subjects and scenes, with Athens County the next most numerous. Gallia, Hocking, Mason, and Vinton Counties are represented by just a few images. The newspaper photographs here were taken by CHH, but there are also some older family pictures given to him. Most of the photographs of families and homes are organized or identified by locality rather than by county. The public buildings are identified by county.

The collection also includes two incidental clippings concerning the history of Ohio University dated 1910 and 1912, which may have been written by CHH.