Description: Map of southeast Nebraska, 1871. Shows the location of 1,500,000 acres of land granted by the U.S. to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Co., and for sale to immigrants for $2.50 to $10 an acre. From "Handbook for Immigrants to the United States," prepared by the American Social Science Association, 1871. Completed, proposed and in-progress railroads are designated on the map. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04252
Subjects: Maps--Nebraska; Other--Non Ohio; Immigration and Ethnic Heritage
Places: Nebraska
 

Description: This photograph depicts the Gold & Co. Building in Lincoln, Nebraska. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in his building. On the photo is written: "GOLD & CO. BLDG. LINCOLN. NEB. YOUNGSTOWN BUCKEYE CONDUIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F48_005
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; Gold & Co. (Lincoln, Neb.)
Places: Lincoln (Nebraska); Lancaster (Nebraska)
 

Description: Rev. John Todd (1818-1894) was an Underground Railroad operator at Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa. This is a cabinet card from a studio in Nebraska City, Nebraska. 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: AL03030
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Iowa; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Tabor (Iowa); Fremont County (Iowa)
 

Description: A close-up of an ear of corn with the leaves partially removed, photographed by Joe Munroe in Nebraska, ca. 1960. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05903
Subjects: Corn; Munroe, Joe, 1917-; Agriculture; Crops
Places: Nebraska
 

Description: 1955 calendar advertising and themed around Ohio author and conservation advocate Louis Bromfield's famed Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio. The full-color twelve-month calendar includes color photographs by Joe Munroe and short caption essays by Louis Bromfield. Calendar verso pages feature longer essays on the history and rehabilitation of Malabar and vignettes of farm life also written by Bromfield. The Friends of the Land Collection (1930-1960) contains the papers of the Friends of the Land (1940-1959), a prominent national soil conservation education organization headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. FOTL produced an international literary arts quarterly, THE LAND (edited by New Deal agriculture writer Russell Lord) in addition to several members' only publications (LAND LETTER) and informational pamphlets. They also hosted annual conferences; ran conservation tours, teacher training labs, and workshops; and operated as a national clearinghouse for conservation information. Ohio farmer and novelist Louis Bromfield was active in the organization. Much of the collection reflects the career and interests of FOTL Executive Secretary Ollie Fink, who was a prominent conservation education pioneer in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Conservation education; Bromfield, Louis (1896-1956); Agriculture; Soil science; Malabar Farm
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 1974 photograph by Joe Munroe shows a lone windmill on the Nebraska plains. Windmills were a great help to advancing settlers as they crossed the Great Plains region of the United States. In addition to grinding grains, they were adapted to help pump water from the ground. This was useful in a variety of ways, including providing drinking water for herds as they roamed across the plains. This practice also served as a form of irrigation to help pump out fields that were flooded with water, thereby making them useful for growing. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B33_F2418_JPG107
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Wind pumps; Windmills; Irrigation;
Places: Nebraska
 

Description: This headshot portrait photograph is of Reverend Henry Blanton Parks (1859-1936). Parks had pastorates at Sugar Hill, Georgia; New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Greenville and Vicksburg, Mississippi; Topeka, Kansas; Omaha, Nebraska; and Kansas City, Kansas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_aaeo_allen_004
Subjects: African Americans; Clergy; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
 

Description: Four farmers stand in a field in Illinois, photographed by Joe Munroe ca. 1940. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05904
Subjects: Farmers; Agriculture; Agricultural laborers; Rural life
Places: Nebraska
 

Description: A certificate remembering, honoring, and recognizing Colonel Charles Young for his military service by Senator Robin L. Webb and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F04_H
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Kentucky
 

Description: A resolution recognizing the contributions of Colonel Charles Young and designating June 1, 2010 as Colonel Charles Young day in the District of Columbia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F04_C
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: District of Columbia
 

Description: An acclamation paying tribute to Charles D. Young for his service by Matthew G. Bevin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F05_D
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Frankfort (Kentucky)
 

Description: The postwar era brought about great advancements in farming technology, including the corn combine seen here, photographed by Joe Munroe in 1975. These technologies led to greater yields from the land and increased production. Thanks to these advancements, corn production grew from 3 million bushels a year in the 1940s to 6 million bushels a year by 1975 . Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B11_F01_001
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Corn; Agricultural technologies; Corn harvesting machinery; Farm equipment
Places: Grand Island (Nebraska)