Kelsey Allen is a professional family and lifestyle photographer and mother of two. Originally from West Virginia, she is now a resident of Delaware, Ohio, who used her skills to document events in the city during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the spring months of 2020, many businesses and organizations were closed or operating at diminished capacity to limit the spread. As schools shifted to online instruction and many jobs to remote work, many families found themselves together at home.
The COVID-19 Community Collection (1.31 gigabytes, 113 files) is comprised of photographs taken by Kelsey Allen documenting the city of Delaware in Delaware County, Ohio, during the COVID-19 global pandemic in 2020. She captured images of local parks, the downtown, the YMCA, a local restaurant and a church distributing food through an outdoor drive through. The ‘Front Porch Portraits’ depict local residents gathered on their front porches. The bulk of the collection is composed of JPG files. Within the ‘Front Porch Portraits’ folder are text documents with brief statements from participants describing their experiences during the pandemic.
Collections also related to the COVID-19 global pandemic in the Medical Heritage Center holdings are listed below. Additionally, the Medical Heritage Center conducted oral history interviews during the pandemic.
Voices in Humanism Collection, Spec.202411.Voices
COVID-19 Mask Collection, Spec.202419.COVID Mask
Medical Student Portrait Collection, Spec.202420.Medical Student
COVID-19 Community Collection, Spec.202429.COVID Community
Ohio State University COVID-19 Records, Spec.202431.OSU COVID
The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.
The collection is open to the public and available for research purposes. Materials are not available online. Please contact the MHC for further information about accessing the collection. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some electronic files may have particular software or hardware requirements to utilize. The MHC staff cannot guarantee that all electronic files will be fully functional. The MHC may charge for providing copies of electronic files.
[Identification of item], COVID-19 Project Collection, SPEC.202430.COVIDPROJECT, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.