Description: This image depicts Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. Ashland University was founded in 1878 by the German Baptist Brethren Church. The doors opened on September 11, 1879 with approximately 60 students and 8 faculty members. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06424
Subjects: Ashland County (Ohio); Universities and colleges Ohio; Education, Higher--Ohio--History
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Ashland County Fairgrounds, located on Claremont Avenue in Ashland, Ohio, which is home to the annual Ashland County Fair in September. Ashland County formed on February 24, 1846, and is located in the north-central portion of Ohio. The county seat and the largest population center is Ashland, with just over twenty-one thousand residents in 2000. The county is heavily rural, with farms comprising over sixty percent of Ashland County's 424 square miles. Ashland farmers rank fifth in oat production in Ohio and fourth in sheep raising. The next largest occupation is manufacturing, employing twenty-five percent of the county's work force. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F13_010_001
Subjects: Expositions and fairs; Agriculture; Ashland County (Ohio)--History.
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial to "Johnny Appleseed" born John Chapman, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00308
Subjects: Ashland County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845; Apples
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Grant Street entrance at Ashland College in the winter. The building to the right is the campus library. The United Brethren Church opened Ashland College, the predecessor of Ashland University, in 1879, in Ashland, Ohio. The school originally enrolled seventy-five students and had eight faculty members. The institution struggled during its first years, eventually filing for bankruptcy in 1888, and the court ordered the school's sale. In 1888, the United Brethren Church purchased Ashland College's buildings from the court and established Ashland University. The next year, Ashland University founded a theological seminary. The institution continued to struggle financially, closing its doors in both 1896 and 1897. In 1898, Ashland University reopened its doors and returned to its original name of Ashland College. Within four years, the institution had eliminated its previous debts and established a sizable endowment, allowing the school to construct new buildings and expand its faculty. 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_B10F02_014_001
Subjects: Ashland College (Ashland, Ohio)--History; College campuses; Universities and colleges; Winter; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows young boys playing a ball game in gym class at Ashland Grade School in Ashland Ohio. 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_B01F13_001_001
Subjects: Education; Gymnasiums; Sports; Ashland (Ohio)--History; Physical education and training--Ohio
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of an illustration depicting John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, published in "A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County From the Earliest to the Present Date" by H. S. Knapp, 1863. Johnny Appleseed started nurseries in Mansfield, Lucas, Perrysville, and Loudonville in North-Central Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02697
Subjects: Ashland County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845; Apples
Places: Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, Memorial in park, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00289
Subjects: Ashland County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845; Apples
Places: Mansfield (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Erie Lagoon, The Lagoons, Vermilion, Ohio. News Photo." A summer housing community in the Vermilion Lagoons was established in 1928 by Louis A. Wells. The residents were active in boating, sailing, racing, fishing, and other water activities. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F01A_010_1
Subjects: Vermilion (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Vermilion (Ashland County, Ohio; Vermilion (Ohio)--History.)
Places: Vermilion (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships located in Ashland County, Ohio. The Montgomery Township School was built in 1939. In 1959 it was added to the Ashland City School district, and is currently serving as an elementary school. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F13_003_001
Subjects: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio); School buildings; Architecture; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Pitman, Benn, 1822-1910; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Register of Historic Places; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)