Description: Union Cemetery is located at 1720 West Market Street and is comprised of 121 acres of land, much of which was still covered with timber in the 1930s and 40s. Among those buried here are three of the 'Fighting McCooks' of Civil War fame: General Anson McCook, Colonel George McCook, and Captain Francis McCook, grandfather of Woodrow Wilson; and the Edwin M. Stanton family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_006_01
Subjects: Cemeteries--Ohio--Jefferson County; Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869; McCook family
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B04F782_003
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a newly wounded soldier of the 37th Infantry Division after being bandaged by the medics of 2nd Battalion 129th Infantry Regiment, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, ca. 1943-1944. The 37th Infantry was nicknamed the Buckeye Division because it was originally comprised of Ohio National Guard units. The division went into combat in April 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands and spent over 600 days in action before the end of the war, more combat time than any other division. The 37th Infantry played a significant role in the invasion of the Phillippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03401
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio
Places: Bougainville Island, Papua (New Guinea)
 

Description: Road construction on 6th St. N. E. in Canton, Stark County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F03_008_001
Subjects: Canton (Ohio); Roads; Highways
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a three-quarter view of the wedding dress and poke bonnet worn by Sarah Pearson in 1823 in Miami County, Ohio. Made of muslin and linen, the dress features an empire waist with a drawstring that ties in the back and a reinforced yoke lined with linen, with long and full sleeves. Sarah married her second cousin, Moses Pearson, and they had eight children, Rhoda, Mahalah, Timothy, Anna, Joshua, Abram, Nathan and Serepta. Sarah Pearson was a Quaker and member of the Mill Creek Friends Meeting House in Miami County. In 1837, Moses and Sarah were sent by the Indiana Yearly Missionaries to the Shawnee Indians who had recently been removed from Ohio to the present-day Kansas City, Missouri. Sarah died on February 7, 1844, and was buried in Union Joint Cemetery in Ludlow Falls, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04987
Subjects: Weddings; Wedding costume; Clothing and dress; Hats; Women--Ohio
Places: Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Type on reverse reads: "ITEM 8 Men leaving factory. Cars and men pour out of this Youngstown steel mill as the shift changes. Credit line, Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio. Picture shows numerous men bundled in hats and coats as they walk across a bridge leaving the steel mill at the end of their working day. The bridge appears to be a steel quadrangular through warren truss bridge. Four cars face the photographer as they finish crossing the bridge and drive on a brick road. Four cylindrical stacks are in the middle ground in the photograph and another stack is visible in the background. Smoke or steam rises from short chimneys on a building in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F11_007_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Factories; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works;
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning (Ohio); Trumbull (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Martin Luther King, Jr. and W. Averell Harriman. Anna Arnold Hedgeman was a prominent figure in civil rights, women's rights and education in the 20th century. She taught at Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, after graduating as the first African American woman to earn a degree from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Hedgeman was the first African American woman to serve on the cabinet of a New York mayor in the 1950s, and in 1963 she helped A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin plan the March on Washington. She held honorary doctorates from both Howard University and Hamline University, was an executive of the YWCA and was the author of two books: "The Trumpet Sounds" and "The Gift Of Chaos." Harriman served one term as governor of New York from 1955 through 1958, and was also active in the presidential administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS15_B08_06
Subjects: African American women; African American authors; African American Educators; Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Politicians; Civil rights; Howard University; Activists
 

Description: Reverse side of photograph of Abraham Lincoln’s house reads: “Photographs for sale at the Lincoln Homestead, Springfield, Ill. (Illinois). No.1. Interior Stereoscopic View of Oldroyd’s Lincoln Memorial Collection, 25¢. No. 2. Same in Cabinet Style, 25¢.No. 3 Exterior View of the House (the Elm Tree in front of the House was planted by Mr. Lincoln), 25¢. No. 4. Exterior Cabinet View of the House, with Lincoln on his Horse, 25¢. No. 5. Portrait of Lincoln, photographed by Brady of Washington, in 1864 (Cabinet), 25¢. No. 6. Portrait of Lincoln, taken a few days before his departure for Washington; the first photograph taken after wearing whiskers (Cabinet), 25¢. No. 7. View of the Home taken on the day of the Funeral, May 4th 1865 (The House is heavily draped), 25¢ Sent on Receipt of Price. O. H. Oldroyd, State Custodian.” The photograph is No. 3 view of the front of the Abraham Lincoln’s house in Springfield, Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F04_028_002
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Springfield (Illinois); Sangamon County (Illinois)
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B05F0876_032
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Side view of a hand-sewn brocaded cream silk crepe, Empire-style infare gown with satin trim, silk braid and tucks, dating from 1824. It was worn by Elva (Dana) Fearing following her marriage to Henry Fearing in 1824. An infare is a house-warming, reception or party given by a newly-married couple or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04866
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Popular culture; Dresses; Clothing and dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: The Hardin County Courthouse is in Kenton, Ohio. This is a photo of blueprints for the Hardin County Courthouse. They show transverse and longitudinal views. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F05_21_001
Subjects: Court-houses
Places: Kenton (Ohio); Hardin County (Ohio)
 

Description: An image of the early campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio. Oberlin College and the town of Oberlin were founded by Presbyterian ministers, John J. Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart in 1833. In 1835, it was the first college to admit women and black students. A liberal arts college, it is connected to the Oberlin conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06413
Subjects: Oberlin College; Universities and colleges Ohio; African American Ohioans
Places: Oberlin (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)