Description: Dated April 26, 1937, this photograph shows a view of Cedarville College in Greene County, Ohio. The General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church was granted a charter in 1887 by the Ohio State Legislature for Cedarville College, but it wasn’t until 1894 that it officially opened. The college was released from the General Synod in 1928 in order to gain financial assistance from the Presbyterian Church, and when denied, were left with no supporting constituency. The college continued to struggle financially and finally, after much negotiation, the college merged with the Baptist Bible Institute of Cleveland (B.B.I.) in 1953. The institution continued to emphasize religion, requiring students to attend bible classes during their time at Cedarville College. Now known as Cedarville University, bible study is still required today. The institution also requires students and faculty members to sign a pledge every year to uphold their own and the college's religious morals. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_031_1
Subjects: Cedarville College (Cedarville, Ohio); Education; Universities and colleges; College campuses
Places: Cedarville (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated October 6, 1936, this photograph shows a view of Cedarville College in Greene County, Ohio. The General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church was granted a charter in 1887 by Ohio State Legislature for Cedarville College, but it wasn’t until 1894 that it officially opened. The college was released from the General Synod in 1928 in order to gain financial assistance from the Presbyterian Church, and when denied, were left with no supporting constituency. The college continued to struggle financially finally, after much negotiation, the college merged with the Baptist Bible Institute of Cleveland (B.B.I.) in 1953. The institution continued to emphasize religion, requiring students to attend bible classes during their time at Cedarville College. Now known as Cedarville University, bible study is still required today. The institution also requires students and faculty members to sign a pledge every year to uphold their own and the college's religious morals. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_006_1
Subjects: Cedarville College (Cedarville, Ohio); Education; Universities and colleges; College campuses
Places: Cedarville (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Greene County, near Cedarville, Ohio, Oct. 13, 1936, State 14-29-478 WPA 5181 – Stone crusher furnishing crushed stone for Wilberforce University road job.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F09_002_1
Subjects: Road construction; Wilberforce University
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the headstone at the grave of Hallie Q. Brown. Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University and later became Dean of Women at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Brown helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), was elected Secretary of Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900 and served as the 7th National President of the NACW. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B10F01_E
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American women; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute; Religion in Ohio; African American Educators; Cemeteries
Places: Cedarville (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of W. J. Vernon, an unspecified friend, relative or associate of Colonel Charles Young. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2_B04F09_I_04
Subjects: African American men
 

Description: Obituary published in the Dayton Daily News for Mr. Robert Harvey Taylor, the husband of Yvonne Walker-Taylor, who passed away on December 27, 1983. Yvonne Walker-Taylor was the daughter of Reverend Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F09_H_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio); Xenia (Ohio); Wilberforce (Ohio)