Description: Reverse reads: "One of the physics labs. Hiram College." This is a photograph of one of the physics labs at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio. There are several students gathered around a lab experiment called "The Gyroscope." A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation. Hiram College is a private liberal arts college founded by Amos Sutton Hayden of the Disciples of Christ Church in 1850. Today the College is known for its unique academic calendar and for its study abroad programs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F13_003_001
Subjects: Gyroscopes; College students; Physics; Laboratories; Physics--Experiments; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Hiram (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, wife of United State President James A. Garfield, ca. 1881-1885. She became First Lady of the United States in 1881. Born in Hiram, Ohio, in 1832, she met the future president Garfield while they were students at Geauga Seminary in Chester, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07884
Subjects: Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Presidents' spouses--United States
Places: Hiram (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lithograph portrait of Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, wife of United State President James A. Garfield. She became First Lady of the United States in 1881. Born in Hiram, Ohio, in 1832, she met the future president Garfield while they were students at Geauga Seminary in Chester, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07885
Subjects: Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Presidents' spouses--United States
Places: Hiram (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Captain Hiram F. Devol, who served with the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f13_05_01
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865)
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Carte de visite of Captain Hiram F. Devol, who served with the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f13_05_02
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865)
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Newspaper article on a commandment of Mormonism, written by Symonds Ryder in the Ohio Star, January 5, 1832. The Ohio Star was published in Ravenna, Ohio. Ryder was a Vermont native who settled in Hiram, Ohio, in 1815, and took up the Mormon faith around 1830. He eventually left the religion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06772
Subjects: Newspapers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Religion in Ohio
Places: Ravenna (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hiram College Eclectic Institute, from "History of Hiram College, 1850-1900," by F.M. Green. The college, originally called Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, was founded by Amos Sutton Hayden of the Disciples of Christ Church. However, it was always nonsectarian and coeducational. Future U.S. President James A. Garfield attended the institute as a student from 1851 to 1853, and after attending Williams College, returned to the institute. He taught classical languages, mathematics, and geology, and served as principal between 1856 and 1861. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04128
Subjects: Education--Ohio; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Places: Hiram (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs depict the small frame cabin in which Ulysses S. Grant was born in 1822. The first image shows the front of the house and the second view is of the house and the surrounding area, including the Grant Memorial Church on the right. The photographs measure 5" by 7" (12.7 by 17.8 cm). The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888. It was paced aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Columbus's Goodale Park as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus, where it remained until 1936 when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant Ohio, Grant entered West Point in 1839, where a roster mistakenly listed his name as Ulysses Simpson. He was known as Ulysses S. Grant for the rest of his life. Grant served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864, Grant was made lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. Grant served as president from 1869-1877. Southern reconstruction was one of the major issues of Grant's presidency. He occasionally encouraged the process with the force of federal troops. Although Grant is considered to have been honest himself, he was surrounded by dishonest men, causing his administration to be marred with scandal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3225_3832051_001
Subjects: Architecture; Presidents and Politics; Houses; Churches; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Presidents
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Pvt. Hiram Lady, who served with Company D of the 63rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Company D was recruited from Morgan, Noble, & Washington Counties, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f15_02
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 63rd (1861-1865) Company D
Places: Morgan County (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 2.5 by 4-inch (6.35 by 10.16 cm) carte de visite depicts Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the eighteenth president of the United States and the second president from Ohio. Born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant Ohio, in 1839 Grant entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, where a roster mistakenly listed his name as Ulysses Simpson. He was known as Ulysses S. Grant for the rest of his life. Grant served in the Mexican War, but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. After unsuccessful attempts at farming and real estate, Grant moved to Galena, Illinois, where he worked in his father's leather shop. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. Grant came to national attention by capturing the Confederate Forts Henry and Donelson, the first major Union victories of the war. In spite of a devastating defeat at Shiloh, Grant won major victories at Vicksburg and Chattanooga. In 1864, Grant was made lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. In this position, Grant devised a concerted plan of action for all the Union armies. Although Grant lost to Confederate General Robert E. Lee in battle, other Northern armies were successful and weakened the Confederacy. He presided over General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. Grant served as president from 1869-1877. Southern reconstruction was one of the major issues of Grant's presidency. He occasionally encouraged the process with the force of federal troops. Although Grant is considered to have been honest himself, he was surrounded by dishonest men, causing his administration to be marred with scandal. He was re-elected in 1872 and ran for a third time in 1880 but was unsuccessful. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00540
Subjects: Military Ohio; Presidents and Politics; Civil War; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: Brown County (Ohio); St. Louis (Missouri)
 

Description: Document written by Colonel Hiram Du Puy granting Private James Dem(m)ing of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry a leave of absence from Camp Dennison, June 1861. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03561
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers--Ohio; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Camp Dennison (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Garfield Monument, a 180-ft tall cylindrical building, was designed by George Keller. It was built in 1890, two years after the President's death. It sits on a hill over looking Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. The exterior is decorated with five bas-relief panels depicting scenes from Garfield's life. The interior is decorated with elaborate mosaic tiles, marble columns and colorful leaded glass windows. In the center of the main level is a larger than life statute of President Garfield. James A Garfield, the 20th President, was born on November 19, 1831 in a log cabin in what is now Moreland Hills, Ohio. He was educated at what is now Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio. On November 11, 1858, he married Lucretia Randolph. They had seven children, five sons and two daughters. Garfield was elected President in 1880 and served only four months. He was assassinated on July 2, 1881 and died September 19, 1881. He served a mere 200 days as president. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_055
Subjects: Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Monuments.
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)