The following is a bibliography of Columbus, Ohio. It includes selected publications specifically about the city of Columbus, Franklin County, and the Columbus metropolitan area.
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History
List of works, arranged chronologically:
Published in the 19th century
1800–1849
- Jenkins, Warren (1841). "Columbus". The Ohio Gazetteer, and Traveller's Guide. Isaac N. Whiting. OCLC 191227275.
- The Columbus Business Directory. John R. Armstrong, 1843. OCLC 14115716.
- Directory of the City of Columbus. John Seibert, 1848. OCLC 28364384.
1850–1899
- Directory of the City of Columbus For The Years 1850–'51. E. Glover and Wm. Henderson, 1850. OCLC 42606807.
- "Columbus and Xenia, Ohio". Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, vol. 13, no. 24. p. 376-377, December 12, 1857.
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Martin, William T (1858). History of Franklin County. Follett, Foster & Company. OCLC 700714915.
- Studer, Jacob Henry (1873). Columbus, Ohio: Its History, Resources, and Progress. J. H. Studer. OCLC 193331.
- The public buildings of Columbus, Ohio. [J.A. Caldwell?], [1879?]. OCLC 1329293836.
- Visitors' Illustrated Guide to Public Buildings and Principal Places of Interest in Columbus, Ohio. Ward Brothers, 1881. OCLC 857231329.
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City of Columbus: the Capital of Ohio, and the Great Railway Center of the State. Columbus Board of Trade, 1885. OCLC 506224134.
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Columbus Illustrated. International Publishing Company, 1889.
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The City of Columbus and its Resources . The Ohio State Journal, 1890. OCLC 8576784.
- Lee, Alfred Emory (1892). History of the City of Columbus, Capital of Ohio. Munsell & Company. OCLC 1029853937.
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The Columbus "400": Men of the Ohio Capital. The Press-Post Printing Company, 1896.
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Art Work of Columbus: Published in Nine Parts. The W. H. Parish Publishing Co., 1897. OCLC 2459420.
- The Story of Columbus: Past, Present and Future of the Metropolis of Central Ohio. The Johnston Publishing Co., 1898. OCLC 1084601209.
- The Story of Columbus: Past, Present and Future of the Metropolis of Central Ohio. The Columbus Merchandise Co., 1899.
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Illustrated Guide to Columbus. The Columbus Street Railway Company, 1899.
Published in the 20th century
1900–1949
- Columbus, Ohio, 1900. Illustrated guide to the city and pleasure resorts. Columbus Railway Company, 1900. OCLC 4747615. OL 6988717M.
- A Centennial Biographical History of The City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio. The Lewis Pub. Co., 1901. OCLC 6613992.
- Franklin County at The Beginning of The Twentieth Century. Historical Publishing Company, 1901. OCLC 1045607860.
- Taylor, William Alexander (1909). Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. ISBN 9780832828300.
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.), 1910. pp. 746–747. .
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Columbus as a Convention City. The Columbus Conventions and Publicity Association, 1914.
- Columbus "The Capital City" Newspaper Reference Book. Pen and Pencil Club, 1915.
- Hooper, Osman Castle (1920). History of the City of Columbus, Ohio: From the Founding of Franklinton in 1797, Through the World War Period, to the Year 1920. The Memorial Publishing Company. OCLC 1014386002.
- Roderick Duncan McKenzie (1921–1922). "The Neighborhood: A Study of Local Life in the City of Columbus, Ohio". American Journal of Sociology. 27 (2): 145–168. doi:10.1086/213301. S2CID 144681917. part 2, part 3
- Moore, Opha (1930). History of Franklin County, Ohio. Historical Publishing Company. OCLC 1048551186.
- Federal Writers' Project employees (1940). "Columbus". The Ohio Guide. American Guide Series (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 9781603540346.
- J. S. Himes, Jr. (1942). "Forty Years of Negro Life in Columbus, Ohio". Journal of Negro History. 27 (2): 133–154. doi:10.2307/2714730. JSTOR 2714730. S2CID 149546155.
1950–1999
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Historic Landmarks of Columbus and Franklin County. Franklin County Historical Society. 1953. OCLC 1266399476.
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James E. Wert (1956). "Small Business Promoters--A Case Study of Columbus, Ohio". Journal of Industrial Economics. 5 (1): 44–50. doi:10.2307/2097513. JSTOR 2097513.
- Henry L. Hunker, Industrial Evolution of Columbus, Ohio (Columbus: Bureau of Business Research, College of Commerce and Administration, Ohio State University, 1958)
- Jon A. Peterson (1965). "From Social Settlement to Social Agency: Settlement Work in Columbus, Ohio, 1898–1958". Social Service Review. 39 (2): 191–208. doi:10.1086/641739. JSTOR 30017591. S2CID 143963893.
- Arter, Bill, Columbus Vignettes. Nida-Eckstein Printing, Inc., Vol. 1 (1966), Vol. 2 (1967); Vol.3 (1969); Vol. 4 (1971).
- Samuelson, Robert E.; et al. (Pasquale C. Grado, Judith L. Kitchen, Jeffrey T. Darbee) (1976). Architecture: Columbus. The Foundation of The Columbus Chapter of The American Institute of Architects. OCLC 2697928.
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Columbus, Ohio. City of Columbus, 1976.
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Condon, George E. (1977). Yesterday's Columbus: A Pictorial History of Ohio's Capital. E. A. Seemann Publishing. ISBN 9780912458946.
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Columbus, Ohio. City of Columbus, 1980.
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Garrett, Betty; Lentz, Edward R. (1980). Columbus, America's Crossroads. Continental Heritage Press. ISBN 0932986102.
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980). "Columbus, OH". Encyclopedia of American Cities. New York: E.P. Dutton. OL 4120668M.
- Thomas, Robert D., ed. Columbus Unforgettables. Vol. 1 (1983), Vol. 2 (1986), Vol. 3 (1991).
- Barrett, Richard E., ed. Columbus and Central Historian. Vol. 1 (1984), Vol. 2 (1984), Vol. 3 (1985).
- Craig Rimmerman (1985). "Citizen Participation and Policy Implementation in the Columbus, Ohio CDBG Program". Public Administration Quarterly. 9 (3): 328–341. JSTOR 40861102.
- Franken, Harry (1991). Columbus: The Discovery City. Windsor Publications. p. 22. ISBN 0-89781-397-9.
- George Thomas Kurian (1994). "Columbus, Ohio". World Encyclopedia of Cities. Vol. 1: North America. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. OL 1431653M – via Open Library.
Published in the 21st century
2000–2009
- Hunker, Henry L. (2000). Columbus, Ohio: A Personal Geography. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 9780814208571.
- Cole, Charles Chester (2001). A Fragile Capital: Identity and the Early Years of Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 9780814208533.
- Darbee, Jeffrey (2003). Taking the Cars: A History of Columbus Union Station. Columbus: The Ohio Historical Society. ISBN 0-9742573-0-3.
- Lentz, Ed (2003). Columbus: The Story of a City. The Making of America Series. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738524290. OCLC 52740866.
- Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh (2004). "Taking the Sanctuary to the Streets: Religion, Race, and Community Development in Columbus, Ohio". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 594: 79–91. doi:10.1177/0002716204264781. JSTOR 4127695. S2CID 145330315.
- Darbee, Jeffrey T.; Recchie, Nancy A. (2008). The AIA Guide to Columbus. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821416846. OCLC 144566007.
- Strobel, Christoph (2008). The Testing Grounds of Modern Empire: The Making of Colonial Racial Order in the American Ohio Country and the South African Eastern Cape, 1770s–1850s. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1-4331-0123-6.
- Winter, Chester C. (2009). A Concise History of Columbus, Ohio and Franklin County. Xlibris. ISBN 9781436333818. OCLC 312463573.
2010–present
- Dunham, Tom (2010). Columbus's Industrial Communities: Olentangy, Milo-Grogan, Steelton. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781452059709. OCLC 665197718.
- Lentz, Ed (2011). Historic Columbus: A Bicentennial History. Historical Publishing Network. OCLC 770957243.
- Hunter, Bob (2012). A Historical Guidebook to Old Columbus: Finding the Past in the Present in Ohio's Capital City. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0821420126. OCLC 886535510.
- Fallows, James; Fallows, Deborah (eds.). "[Multiple titles]". The Atlantic. City Makers: American Futures. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016.
- Columbus Landmarks Foundation, African American Settlements and Communities in Columbus, Ohio: A Report, Columbus: 2014.
- Blackford, Mansel. G., Columbus, Ohio: Two Centuries of Business and Environmental Change. Columbus: Trillium, Ohio State University Press, 2016. OCLC 958654333. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvn5txt9
- Cox, Kevin R. (2021). Boomtown Columbus: Ohio's Sunbelt City and How Developers Got Their Way. Trillium, Ohio State University Press. OCLC 1191698807.
Maps & atlases
- 1812: Wright, Joel (1812, copied 1825). A plat of the town of Columbus, laid off by order of the Assembly, for the seat of Government of the state of Ohio, 1817. Ohio History Connection collections.
- 1812: Original Plat of Columbus, 1812. Published in Lee, Alfred Emory (1892). History of the City of Columbus, Capital of Ohio. Munsell & Company. OCLC 1029853937.
- 1813: Plat of the Town of Columbus. November 1813. Columbus Metropolitan Library collections.
- 1818: Platt, Hiram (1818). Plat of Columbus as Incorporated 8th Jan 1818. Ohio History Connection collections.
- 1836: Columbus, Ohio. n.p., n.d.
- 1854: Palmatary, James T. (May 18, 1854).View of Columbus O. from Capitol University. New York Public Library, I. N. Phelps Stokes Collection of American Historical Prints.
- 1856: Graham, John (1856). Map of Franklin Co., Ohio. R. C. Foote Jr. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
- 1856: City of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Hart & Mapother, 1856. Ohio History Connection collections.
- 1856: Columbus, O., Taken from the Blind Asylum. Felch & Riches, 1856. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
- 1872: Caldwell's Atlas of Franklin Co. and of the City of Columbus Ohio. J. A. Caldwell & H. T. Gould, 1872. Columbus Metropolitan Library collections.
- 1872: Bailey, Howard Heston; Bailey, Oakley Hoopes.Bird's Eye View of Columbus, Ohio. Fowler & Bailey, 1872. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
- 1876: Graham, John (1876). Graham's Map of the City of Columbus, Ohio. Columbus Metropolitan Library collections.
- 1887: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company, February 11, 1887. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
- 1889: Mullay, Thomas. Ward Brothers Map of the City of Columbus, Ohio Ward Brothers, 1889. Columbus Metropolitan Library collections.
- 1889: Mullay, Thomas. Ward Brothers Map of the City of Columbus, Ohio Ward Brothers, 1889. Columbus Metropolitan Library collections.
- 1891: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company, 1891. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
- 1899: Baist's Real Estate Atlas: Surveys of Columbus and Vicinity, Ohio. G. Wm. Baist, 1899.
- 1901: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company, 1891. (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3). Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
- 1910: Baist's Real Estate Atlas: Surveys of Columbus and Vicinity, Ohio. G. Wm. Baist, 1910.
- 1920: Baist's Real Estate Atlas: Surveys of Columbus and Vicinity, Ohio. G. Wm. Baist, 1920.
- 1921-1922: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company, 1921-1922. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
- 1937: 1937 Plat Book of Columbus, Ohio and Vicinity. Franklin Survey Company. (Vol. 1, Vol. 2).
- 1950-1951: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company, 1950-1951 (updated from 1921-1922). Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
- 1961: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company, 1961 (updated from 1921-1922). Columbus Metropolitan Library collections.
Individual topics
- Adams, Michael H. (2016). Columbus Radio. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 965127225.
- Barrett, Richard E. (2002). Columbus, Ohio 1898–1950 in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 416252678.
- Barrett, Richard E. (2005). Columbus: 1860–1910. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738539621. OCLC 68710941.
- Barrett, Richard E. (2006). Columbus: 1910–1970. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 71586666.
- Barrett, Richard E. (2012). Aviation in Columbus. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 885207618.
- Betti, Tom; Uhas Sauer, Doreen (2012). Historic Columbus Taverns. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC788250808.
- Betti, Tom; Uhas Sauer, Doreen (2013). On This Day in Columbus, Ohio History. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 893903845.
- Betti, Tom; Uhas Sauer, Doreen (2015). Historic Hotels of Columbus, Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 913768379.
- Betti, Tom; Uhas Sauer, Doreen (2021). Forgotten Landmarks of Columbus. The History Press. ISBN 9781467143677.
- Betti, Tom; Uhas Sauer, Doreen; Lentz, Ed (2013). Columbus Neighborhoods. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 944953950.
- Bexley Historical Society (2014). Bexley. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467112178.
- Camp, Mark J. (2008). Railroad Depots of Central Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738561745.
- Case, William R. (2014). Golf in Columbus at Wyandot Country Club. The History Press. ISBN 9781626197466.
- Clark, John M. (2015). German Village Stories Behind the Bricks. The History Press. ISBN 9781467117760. OCLC 907885358.
- Cook, Renee Casteel (2016). The Columbus Food Truck Cookbook. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1132401169.
- Darbee, Jeffrey T.; Recchie, Nancy A. (2005). German Columbus. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 60492513.
- Dominianni, Andy; Dominianni, Erin (2011). Columbus Italians. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 706018753.
- Ellison, Jim (2020). Columbus Pizza: A Slice of History. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1204138254.
- Flood, William (2015). Whitehall. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467114509.
- Foster, Emily (2014). The Ohio State University District: A Neighborhood History. The History Press. ISBN 9781626194922.
- Garrepy, Mike (2019). Columbus Motor Speedway. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1048945212
- Graichen, Jody (2010). Remembering German Village: Columbus, Ohio's Historic Treasure. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 613507981.
- Gribben, Mark (2010). The Professor & the Coed: Scandal & Murder at the Ohio State University. The History Press. ISBN 9781596299108.
- Hayes, Christine; Motz, Doug (2017). Lost Restaurants of Central Ohio & Columbus. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1132349188.
- Henderson, Andrew (2003). Forgotten Columbus. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1333018394.
- Hinds, Conrade C. (2012). The Great Columbus Experiment of 1908: Waterworks That Changed The World. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 808244980.
- Hinds, Conrade C. (2013). Columbus and the Great Flood of 1913. The History Press. ISBN 9781626190610.
- Hyatt, Shirley (2009). Clintonville and Beechwold. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738561462.
- Kampmann, Nellie (2011). A Haunted History of Columbus, Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 713834656.
- Kampmann, Nellie (2021). Murder & Mayhem in Columbus, Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1276860432.
- Koblentz, Stuart J.; Erstein, Kate (2008). Upper Arlington. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738552262.
- Lehosit, Sean V. (2015). West Columbus. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 967393510.
- Masdea Brunetto, Landa. (2018). The Valley Dale Ballroom. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467129572.
- McCormick, Robert (1999). Around Worthington. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738500287.
- Meyers, David (2008). Columbus: The Musical Crossroads. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 225874802.
- Meyers, David; Walker, Elise Meyers (2010). Historic Columbus Crimes. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 667874455.
- Meyers, David; Walker, Elise Meyers (2015). Wicked Columbus, Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 913768381.
- Meyers, David; Walker, Elise Meyers; Dailey, James (2013). Inside the Ohio Penitentiary. The History Press. ISBN 9781626190979.
- Meyers, David; Walker, Elise Meyers; Vollmer, Nyla (2017). Carrying Coal to Columbus: Mining in the Hocking Valley. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625858122.
- Meyers, David; Meyers, Beverly; Walker, Elise Meyers (2011). Look to Lazarus: The Big Store. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 745980001.
- Meyers, David; Walker, Elise Meyers; Chenault, Jeff; Motz, Doug (2014). Kahiki Supper Club. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1202476847.
- Meyers, David; Walker, Elise Meyers; Chenault, Jeff; Motz, Doug (2023). The Kahiki Scrapbook: Relics of Ohio's Lost Tiki Palace. The History Press. OCLC 1347019392.
- Miller, C. L. (2008). Mount Calvary Cemetery. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738552057.
- Motz, Doug; Hayes, Christine (2015). Lost Restaurants of Columbus, Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 922456027.
- Perkins, Michael A. (2005). LeVeque: The First Complete Story of Columbus' Greatest Skyscraper. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781468518962.
- The Ohio Theatre 1928-1978. Columbus Association for the Performing Arts, 1978.
- Throckmorton Jr., Robert, ed. (1976). Columbus, Ohio Division of Fire: 1822-1976. Columbus, Ohio Division of Fire Historical Committee, Walsworth Publishing Company. OCLC 2809386.
- Scheiber, Curtis (2017). Columbus Beer: Recent Brewing & Deep Roots. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1011114436.
- Schneck, Ken; McClelland, Shane (2019). LGBTQ Columbus. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1111406632.
- Shkurti, William J. (2020). Ohio State University Student Life in the 1960s. The History Press. ISBN 9781467145992.
- Straker, Cheryl J.; Matheney, Chris (2011). Ohio Statehouse: A Building for the Ages. The Donning Company. ISBN 9781578646821.
- Taggart, Nick (2020). Short North Neighborhood. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467104562.
- Tebben, Alex (2017). Prohibition in Columbus, Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 1132365901.
- Tootle, James R. (2003). Baseball in Columbus. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 51851584.
- Uhas Sauer, Doreen; Koblentz, Stuart J. (2009). The Ohio State University Neighborhoods. Arcadia Publishing. OCLC 317925946.
- Willis, James A. (2017). Central Ohio Legends & Lore. The History Press. ISBN 9781467136686.
External links
- Historic Aerials, a website showing historical aerial photography
- ODOT Aerial Imagery Archive, source for historical aerial images of Ohio
- Columbus City Directory, 1862-1959
- Columbus Blue Book directories
Image and text archives
- My History archive, Columbus Metropolitan Library
- Ohio Memory archive, Ohio History Connection and State Library of Ohio
- Ohio Department of Transportation Photo Archive
- Library of Congress digital archive
- Columbus Dispatch Historical and Current, a NewsBank archive
- University Archives, Ohio State University Libraries
- Archive of Senior Times, containing monthly history columns