Description: This photograph is a bird's-eye view of a teacher and his students in front of their schoolhouse. A small building that is likely the outhouse is seen in the background. An etching in the emulsion of the negative reads: "Our school '07." This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed “Ewing Brothers” and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06701
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Children; Cultural Ohio--Education; Schools--Ohio; Education--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Girls' Industrial School inmates in the classroom, ca. 1910-1919. 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: AL00210
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women--Education - Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

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 a display of posters about the Ohio School Lunch Program. It is emphasizing the lunch programs in Ohio, lunch programs in operating and nutrition services by the WPA in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_028_001
Subjects: Posters Pictorial works; School lunches; School children--Food--Ohio; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "St. John's School Lima Lima Allen Co" Construction on this building began in 1901 and it was razed in 1959. It is unclear if the school is still in operation in a new building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_023_001
Subjects: School buildings--Pictorial works; High Schools--Ohio; Lima (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: Children of various ages huddled around a stove in the center of their school room for warmth in a one room schoolhouse in eastern Ohio, ca. 1906-1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01126
Subjects: Schools--Ohio; Education; Photography--Ohio
 

Description: Reverse reads: "IRONTON, O. IRONTON HIGH SCHOOL; Ident. - B-10 to Illinois National Picture Book 1/9/41; Location - Ironton, Ohio; Credit - courtesy of Gene Wyatt; Caption - School Lets Out, Ironton High School. This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project, 8 E. Chestnut Street, Col. Ohio." Ironton High School was constructed in 1922 and demolished in 2007. The new school reuses parts of the old school, most notably preserving the arched entrance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_001_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; School buildings--Ohio; Students; Lawrence County (Ohio)--History; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Arches; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Jeff. Co.. New Jefferson Union High School. Between Knoxville, Ohio + Richmond, O. Miller and Son 436 Market St., Steubenville, Ohio." This photograph was taken shortly after completion of the building. The area in front of the school has recently been prepared for grass seed. Jefferson Union High School is located about 2 miles north of Richmond, Ohio in the 9890 State Route 152 North (Lisben Street), just south of County Road 56. The Art Deco style, 3-story, light-colored brick building was built in 1938. Due to the economy, the public schools districts have consolidated, and JUHS became Edison South High School for a time, then Edison High School. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_030_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; School buildings--Ohio; Jefferson County (Ohio)--History; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Jefferson (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows Holy Name High School, although the photograph's caption identifies this as Catholic Central High School, in Steubenville, Ohio, located at 436 Market Street. There is a cross over the door and another at the top of the building. 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_B08F06_033_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Education; School buildings--Ohio; Catholic schools; Steubenville (Ohio)
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sketch of the Worthington Female Seminary in 1846. The seminary was run by the Ohio Methodist Conference and was located in downtown Worthington, Ohio. In the 1850s, more women chose to go to the new Ohio Wesleyan Female College in Delaware and the seminary was closed. In the 1870s, it became a "Normal School" that trained teachers, as Ohio realized the need to have better trained teachers in the state. This image is from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04060
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Worthington (Ohio); Education, Higher; Teachers--Training of
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a postcard. The picture depicts a school building at the base of a hill. In front of the school is a sign that reads "Mineral City School" Mineral City School was built in 1935. It still stands today as a grade and high school. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_036_001
Subjects: School buildings--Pictorial works; Schools--Ohio; Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--History; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Mineral City (Ohio); Tuscarawas (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "High School. Mt. Pleasant, O. Miller and Sons 436 Market St. Steubenville, Ohio." The village of Mount Pleasant is located about 20 miles southwest of Steubenville, Ohio. Most of the village has been designated a National Historic Landmark. More information is needed as to the status of this building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_035_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; School buildings--Ohio; Jefferson County (Ohio)--History; National Historic Landmarks Program (U.S.); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)