Special Call for Underserved Audiences

Application Deadline: noon on May 1, 2023

Please complete this electronic application to apply for an Ohio Historical Marker. For additional assistance and information on completing this application, please refer to the Marker Application Handbook found on the Propose a Marker page. Be sure to visit our FAQ page as well as the Propose a Marker page.

All information is required. Missing information will eliminate your application from consideration.

• Once you begin to fill out the application, you can save your work by clicking “save and continue later” at the end of the form. Once you hit “Submit” your application has been sent to the marker program.
• Note that once you begin the electronic application you have 30 days to complete it before your working link expires. We suggest using the paper form to gather your information BEFORE you begin this application.
• Please have all text completed, and all uploads scanned and ready to upload BEFORE starting this application.
• Research files and final marker text will be considered public record and made available to the public upon request. All other information on this application is confidential and for program use only.
• Please carefully read the "Criteria of Significance" and our statement on pages 9-10 of the Marker Handbook about the names of living people on markers. We cannot accept an application about or naming a living person. There is no exception to this program rule.
• Due to the increased popularity of Ohio Historical Markers, we can only entertain one application from an individual or organization in any given round of applications.
• While submission of an application does not guarantee that a marker will be awarded, the Ohio Historical Markers program appreciates your efforts to provide the requested information.
• Please submit your completed application, upload supporting materials, by noon on May 1 or earlier.
• Should you need to send additional materials, please email or snail mail to Laura Russell. To be considered, all submissions or additions must be emailed or postmarked noon on May 1 or earlier.
• During a SPECIAL CALL only applications relating to the requested topics will be considered. All topics will be considered the following year during an OPEN CALL.

MAILING ADDRESS:

Laura Russell, Historical Markers Coordinator

Ohio History Connection

800 East 17th Avenue

Columbus, Ohio 43211

EMAIL:

[email protected]

OFFICE PHONE:

614-297-2360

• Please refer to the Ohio Historical Markers Price List for costs of markers with different letter sizes and text lengths.
• Historical markers with smaller letters and longer texts are more expensive than those with larger letters and shorter texts.
• Art work is an additional cost
• Art work must be submitted in a high resolution (300-600 dpi) TIF or JPEG file.
• Although art work will reduce the number words per side of a marker, it can effectively convey the significance of the topic commemorated.

• Support all statements of fact with creditable sources.
• Document every fact in your “Statement of Significance” with endnotes.
• Sources from the time of the topic being commemorated (primary sources) are strongly preferred over those that describe the topic years after the fact (secondary sources).
• Limit your statement to two-three typed 8.5 x 11 pages if possible.