Description: Photograph of David Wilborn, an ex-slave who lived at 220 Fair Street in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_04_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American men--Ohio; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of William Emmons, an ex-slave who lived at 1588 Charles Street in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, District 6. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_06_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American men--Ohio; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Henry Bedford, an ex-slave who lived at 709 South Center Street in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, District 6. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_07_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American men--Ohio; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Green, an ex-slave who lived at 231 Buxton Avenue in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, District 1. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_09_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American men--Ohio; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Samuel Diberts, an ex-slave who lived at 726 Dibert Street in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, District 6. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_10_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American men--Ohio; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Julia Gurdner, an ex-slave who lived in Allen County, Ohio, District 1. Mrs. Gurdner resided at the home of her daughter at 1222 South Main Street, Lima, Ohio in Allen County. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_01_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American women--Ohio--Photographs; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Lima (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Julia Ann James, an ex-slave who lived at 232 Buxton Avenue in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, District 6. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photoprint of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_03_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American women--Ohio--Photographs; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Lucy Ann Warfield, an ex-slave who lived at 1874 South Limestone Street, in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_08_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American women--Ohio--Photographs; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Virginia Washington, an ex-slave who lived at 913 West State Street in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, District 6. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_12_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American women--Ohio--Photographs; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Angeline Lester, an ex-slave who lived at 836 West Federal Street in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, District 5. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_14_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American women--Ohio--Photographs; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Tap and Susie Hawkins, married ex-slaves who lived at 809 Dibert Avenue in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. The photo is from the African American Small Picture Collection, SC 1495. The photographs were taken by staff of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. On April 1, 1937, the FWP received formal approval and instructions to conduct interviews of surviving ex-slaves in Ohio. Most of the narratives were compiled in 1937 and 1938 and gathered from around the state. After the termination of the Federal Writer's Project, most narratives were transferred to the Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress. However, an additional twenty-eight narratives were discovered in the State Archives holdings. The collection contains a photo of three "very efficient members of the WPA group on project of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1936-1937: B[sic.] Williams, Carl G. Beason, and Margaret Clark Oakfield". There are also portraits of male and female ex-slaves of Springfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio; the backs of the photographs contain street addresses, county names and district numbers of each of the former slaves' residences. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc1495_13_01
Subjects: African Americans--Photographs; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen--Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of Top and Susan Hawkins, two ex-slaves who lived at 809 Sebert Street in Springfield, Ohio, standing in front of their home. 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_B13F05_011_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; African Americans--Photographs; African American women--Ohio--Photographs; African American Ohioans; Slavery; Freedmen; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)