Description: A building at the site of a coal mine in Athens County. Coal mining was once a major part of the economy in Athens County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06847
Subjects: Coal mines and mining--Ohio; Athens County (Ohio)
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: A monument to the Coonskin Library in Amesville. The library was founded in 1803 and books were bought with proceeds from animal skins, hence the name "Coonskin Library." The inscription on the monument reads: "This tablet commemorates the Coonskin Library housed in the home of Ephraim Culter - two miles north - in 1804. Placed by the Nabby Lee Ames chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Athens Ohio 1929" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06874
Subjects: Libraries--Ohio--History; Athens County (Ohio); Books and reading
Places: Amesville (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a sundial at Ohio Uniuversity in Athens, Ohio. Ohio University was founded as a public research university in 1804. It is located on 1,850 acres in Athens, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06482
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the facade of a building and trees at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Ohio University was founded in 1804 as a public research university. It is located on 1,850 acres in Athens, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06483
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows an aerial view of the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Ohio University was founded as a public research university in 1804. It is located on 1,850 acres in Athens, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06485
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts one of the greens on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Ohio University was founded as a public research university in 1804. It is located on 1,850 acres in Athens, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06487
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Shown in this photograph is the First Christian Church in Athens, Ohio, although the caption reads: "Athens views, First Church of Christ." The Athens First Christian Church is located at 24 West State Street, close to the Ohio University campus. Athens is the county seat of Athens County, Ohio. It was established in 1798 by settlers sent to the area by the Ohio Company of Associates, land grant holders of the region. Athens became the county seat in 1805. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F14_007_001
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Churches; Athens (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the McGuffey Elms at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. The elms were planted by William Holmes McGuffey, the 4th President of Ohio University. They were planted during his tenure as President, between 1839 and 1842. Seven of the trees were removed in 1954, a victim of the Dutch elm disease. The parts that could be salvaged were made into plaques, gavels and other mementos. Some of the logs were made into benches which sat in the portico of the University Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06486
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: “Farm Life. Athens Co., Ohio. Ducks at Athens State Hospital. Photo copied by Federal Writers’ Project, Dayton, Ohio. July 6, 1938. Please give following credit line – Courtesy of the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio. Prints sent to Cincinnati 7-12-38.” Originally, the hospital's grounds consisted of a park-like setting, with ponds, gardens, and fountains. Doctors hoped that the beautiful surroundings would assist patients in recovering their mental health. Patients worked in the gardens, the greenhouse, the orchards, or the dairy, helped to tend livestock, or found employment in the asylum's carriage shop. The asylum also boasted a physical plant that heated the various buildings with steam heat. Many of the patients were never released from the hospital. Most of these people were buried in the asylum's cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F02_041_1
Subjects: State Hospitals--History--Ohio; Ducks; Athens Hospital for the Insane (Athens, Ohio)
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows Athens High School in Athens County, Ohio. Athens High School graduated its first senior class in 1859 and the current building opened in 1968 in The Plains, which now consists of a merger of The Plains High School, Chauncey-Dover High School, and Athens High School. 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_B01F14_002_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Education; School buildings--Ohio; Schools; Athens (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a drawing by Henry Howe depicting Ohio University at Athens, Ohio in 1846. Ohio University, founded in 1804, was the first institution of higher education established west of the Allegheny Mountains. This photographic reproduction of Howe's drawing dates ca. 1970-1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00219
Subjects: Athens County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Athens State Hospital from Reservoir Hill in Athens, Ohio. In 1868, construction began on the Athens Asylum. Levi T. Scofield, a Cleveland architect designed the building and it formally opened on January 9, 1874. Within two years of opening, administrators renamed the Athens Asylum the Athens Hospital for the Insane. Over its history, the hospital underwent several name changes, including the Athens State Hospital, the Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center, the Athens Mental Health Center, the Athens Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, and the Athens Mental Health and Developmental Center. The Athens Asylum was one of several hospitals for the mentally ill operated by the State of Ohio. The asylum closed as a mental hospital in 1993. Ohio University eventually purchased the grounds and renamed the site The Ridges. The hospital is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally, the hospital's grounds consisted of a park-like setting, with ponds, gardens, and fountains. Doctors hoped that the beautiful surroundings would assist patients in recovering their mental health. Patients worked in the gardens, the greenhouse, the orchards, or the dairy, helped to tend livestock, or found employment in the asylum's carriage shop. The asylum also boasted a physical plant that heated the various buildings with steam heat. Many of the patients were never released from the hospital and were buried in the asylum's cemetery. 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_B01F14_003_001
Subjects: Mental health; State Hospitals--History--Ohio; Science and Technology; Medicine; Athens Hospital for the Insane (Athens, Ohio)
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)