Description: This image shows Elliott Hall on the campus of Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. Ohio Wesleyan University located in Delaware Ohio received its charter from the state of Ohio in 1842. The first college classes were offered in 1844. Since the founding of the university, the school is associated with the Methodist Church. Originally, only men attended Ohio Wesleyan. Ohio Wesleyan Female College began to offer classes in 1853. It was not until 1877 that the Female College became part of Ohio Wesleyan University. Three women who had been instructors at the female college became the first female faculty members at the university. During the 1960s and 1970s, campus unrest led to the students having more of a say in campus decision-making. As a result of student protests, the university modified requirements that students attend religious services and placed less of a focus on religion in education. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06505
Subjects: Ohio Wesleyan University; College campuses; Education
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Dahlia farm, near Delaware." The photograph shows a man and a woman caring for a field of dahlias. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F08_009_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Delaware (Ohio)
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This rectangular red and blue silk flag features an embroidered eagle and gold fringe around the edges. This flag was used by the 4th Ohio Infantry during World War I between 1917 and 1918. The Fourth Ohio Infantry was redesignated the 166th Infantry Regiment and fought as part of the 42nd Division in northeastern France. The rectangular flag measures 130 cm by 146cm. The flag was donated by Edward Bush of Delaware Ohio to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) in 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65513_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Textile--silk; Communication artifact; Military flags; World War, 1914-1918; National Guard, Infantry Division;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Thomas Garrett (1789-1871) kept a station on the Underground Railroad in the home pictured here, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. This photograph was taken in 1919. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03229
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Delaware; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Wilmington (Delaware); New Castle County (Delaware)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Delaware County Delaware Co Willis Hi School" This photograph shows Frank B. Willis High School located in Delaware, Ohio, ca. 1935. The Willis School was named after Frank B. Willis, who was born in Delaware County and died in the City of Delaware on March 30, 1928. Willis served the citizens of Delaware and the State of Ohio in the Ohio House of Representatives (1900-1904), the U.S. House of Representatives (1911-1915), as Governor of Ohio (1915-1917), and as Ohio’s senator in the U.S. Senate from 1920 until his death in 1928. Willis School, which housed grades 7-12, opened in 1932 and was named to honor Delaware's native son. The first graduating class was in 1933; the last was in 1962. From 1962 until the present, Willis School housed a middle school for the City of Delaware. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_021_001
Subjects: School buildings--Ohio; Education--Ohio; Governors--Ohio
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows members of the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment recruited in Ohio during the Civil War. The regiment was formed in 1863, and was subsequently designated as the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. The photograph was taken in Delaware, Ohio, on Sandusky Street near the Ft. Delaware Hotel. In May 1863, Massachusetts became the first state to organize a regiment of African Americans. Because Ohio did not then allow black men to join its regiments, many Ohioans enlisted in the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments. In the summer of 1863, Ohio Governor David Tod authorized the recruitment of African Americans, and the 127th was formed in Delaware, Ohio, between August and November 1863 as an African American regiment organized under white officers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03355
Subjects: African American soldiers; Delaware County (Ohio); Civil War; 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); 5th Regiment United States Colored Troops
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio);
 

Description: This image shows the Perkins Observatory near Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. Near the observatory is the famous "Big Ear" radio telescope, which had a collecting area of 340 by 70 feet (104 by 21 meters). The Ohio Sky Survey recorded here between 1965 and 1972 was the most accurate, reliable, and complete mapping of cosmic radio signals (the "radio sky") for many years. This observatory conducted a 24-year continuous search for evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence, during which the famous "Wow!" signal was received in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06504
Subjects: Observatories; Astronomy; Telescopes; Interstellar communication; Science and Technology
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Administrative building at the Girls' Industrial School, Delaware, Ohio, erected in 1873. The purpose of the school was "the reformation of exposed, helpless, evil disposed, and vicious girls." In 1878, the term "incorrigible" was added. A five-member board of trustees purchased a piece of property known as the Ohio White Sulphur Springs Resort, eighteen miles north of Columbus. The first six girls were admitted to the school in October 1869. The inmates spent their mornings performing domestic chores. They also learned various vocational trades, including basket-making, music, sewing, and stenography. In the afternoons, the girls attended school, where they studied, reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, literature, and United States history among other topics. The girls remained at the school until they reached seventeen years of age or completed their sentence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00192
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women--Education - Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Selby Stadium under construction, on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, 1929. Built in 1929 by the general contracting firm of Elford, Inc., Selby Stadium has a seating capacity of 9,100, and the second-largest press box in Ohio after the one at Ohio State's Ohio Stadium. Since 1985, the stadium has belonged to the National Register of Historic Places. Elford, Inc. was founded in 1910 in Columbus, Ohio, by Edward "Pop" Elford. Edward's son Harold joined the firm in 1923 and the company began to expand. Under Harold's leadership, the company built twelve facilities at Ohio State University, and completed over thirty construction projects for Battelle Memorial Institute. The company went onto build a wide variety of buildings including banks, churches, hospitals, hotels/motels, offices and rental buildings. Significant examples of their work include the Harding Memorial, St. Stephen's Church, and the Dublin (Ohio) Bridge. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P390B03F09_002
Subjects: Construction industry; Architecture; Ohio Wesleyan University; Stadiums; Sports--Ohio--History;
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Wesleyan University, founded in 1842, is located in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca.1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00337
Subjects: Ohio Wesleyan University; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a Sells Brothers Circus parade in Delaware, Ohio, 1873. The circus was founded ca. 1872 by brothers Allen, Ephraim, Lewis and Peter Sells and operated for thirty-five years. Their winter quarters were in Columbus, Ohio. Text across bottom reads "SELLS BROS CIRCUS PARADE - DELAWARE, O - 1873." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02920
Subjects: Sells Bros. Circus; Circuses; Parades & processions
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken ca. 1910-1919, this photograph shows an African American girls orchestra on the steps of the Girls' Industrial School, Ohio's correctional facility for minor women from 1869-2014, located ten miles south of Delaware, Ohio. The purpose of the school was "the reformation of exposed, helpless, evil disposed, and vicious girls." In 1878, the term "incorrigible" was added. A five-member board of trustees purchased a piece of property known as the Ohio White Sulphur Springs Resort, eighteen miles north of Columbus. The first six girls were admitted to the school in October 1869. The inmates spent their mornings performing domestic chores. They also learned various vocational trades, including basket-making, music, sewing, and stenography. In the afternoons, the girls attended school, where they studied, reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, literature, and United States history among other topics. The girls remained at the school until they reached seventeen years of age or completed their sentence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00207
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Musical instruments; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)