Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of Western Reserve College and Academy. Western Reserve College opened in 1826. It was the first institution of higher education in what had been the Connecticut Western Reserve in northeast Ohio. Western Reserve College was closely affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Religious groups operated many early colleges in Ohio. They hoped to instill good moral values in their students and create missionaries to seek and convert new members. Originally established at Hudson, Ohio, Western Reserve College moved to Cleveland in 1882. It was one of the first colleges in Ohio to admit African-American students.This image shows an aerial view of Western Reserve College and Academy in Hudson, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06415
Subjects: Education, Higher--Ohio--History; Hudson (Ohio); Universities and colleges; Works Progress Administration
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph (ca. 1935-1947) is a detailed view of the steeple of Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson, Ohio. The first church was built in 1846. In 1930, the old building was torn down and replaced. The original bell, pews and baptismal were preserved in the new building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_019
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Methodist Episcopal Church in Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio--Hudson--Pictorial works; Hudson (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works.
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads " Seymour Hall. Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio." This is a photograph of the Western Reserve Academy campus in Hudson, Ohio. The academy was a private co-educational boarding and day school for grades 9-12 and was founded in 1826. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_047_1
Subjects: Western Reserve Academy; Hudson (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Education; Schools; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Buildings; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows the chapel at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, in Summit County. Built in 1836 in the Yale College architectural style, the chapel visually dominates the campus. Western Reserve Academy was originally called "The Yale of the West," as all of its professors and initial presidents were graduates of Yale. 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_B05F02_052_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Chapels; Education; Schools; Western Reserve Academy (Hudson, Ohio)
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Chapel on the campus of Western Reserve College in Hudson, Ohio, ca. 1920-1945. Religious groups operated many early colleges in Ohio--Western Reserve College was closely affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. They hoped to instill good moral values in their students and create missionaries to seek and convert new members. Originally established at Hudson, Ohio, Western Reserve College moved to Cleveland in 1882. It was one of the first colleges in Ohio to admit African-American students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03457
Subjects: Schools--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Universities and colleges Ohio
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows a house built in 1834 by Frederick Baldwin in Hudson, Ohio, in Summit County. His daughter, Caroline Baldwin Babcock, established Hudson's first free library, located in this house. The house was attached to the Hudson Library and Historical Society until 2005, when the organization moved to a new location. 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_B01F11_025_001
Subjects: Architecture; Baldwin, Frederick, 1794-1880; Houses; Libraries; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "The observatory at Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio. This is the second oldest in the United States and the instruments were brought here from Europe in 1837 by Professor Elias Loomis. Number 1 on the key map." The Loomis Observatory still stands today and houses the original equatorial telescope, transit telescope and sidereal clock. Established in 1826 as the Western Reserve College and Preparatory School, the college portion of the institution moved to Cleveland in 1882 and is now known as Case Western Reserve University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_051_1
Subjects: Education; Schools; Science and technology; Astronomical observatories; Telescopes
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Key map of Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, explanation in book on Western Reserve Academy." Birds-eye view picture of Western Reserve Academy. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_050_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Maps; Aerial Photography
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a portrait photograph of William M. Beebe, who served as 2nd lieutenant of Company I and 1st lieutenant of Company K in the 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. William Babcock Hazen (1830-1887) organized the regiment in Cleveland in 1861. Hazen recruited men from Cuyahoga, Trumbull, and Geauga counties. The 41st saw action at many battles, including Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Atlanta, and Nashville. It mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, in November 1865. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03713
Subjects: Hudson (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio; 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Civil War 1861-1865; Military Ohio
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. Pictured is farm equipment on the farm of W. I. Chamberlain, located one mile north of Hudson, Ohio, in Summit County. Chamberlain (1837-1920) served at one time as Secretary of the Ohio Board of Agriculture. At the time of this photograph in 1910, Chamberlain had 113 acres, including 15 acres in old orchard and 10 acres in young orchard, 12 acres of potatoes, 400 maple trees and a sugar camp. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F35_005_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Rural life; Farm equipment
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. Pictured are two farmhands spraying potatoes on the farm of W. I. Chamberlain, located one mile north of Hudson, Ohio, in Summit County. Chamberlain (1837-1920) served at one time as Secretary of the Ohio Board of Agriculture. At the time of this photograph in 1910, Chamberlain had 113 acres, including 15 acres in old orchard and 10 acres in young orchard, 12 acres of potatoes, 400 maple trees and a sugar camp. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F35_004_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Rural life; Agricultural laborers; Crops; Food production
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a part of a series of photographs taken by the Ohio Department of Agriculture documenting farms in Ohio. Pictured is the sugar camp on the farm of W. I. Chamberlain, located one mile north of Hudson, Ohio, in Summit County. Chamberlain (1837-1920) served at one time as Secretary of the Ohio Board of Agriculture. At the time of this photograph in 1910, Chamberlain had 113 acres, including 15 acres in old orchard and 10 acres in young orchard and 12 acres of potatoes. In addition, Chamberlain had 400 maple trees and the sugar camp seen here, used for processing maple sap into syrup during the late winter and early spring. Notes accompanying the photograph indicate that Chamberlain's farm had produced 280 gallons of syrup the previous year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA726AV_B01F35_003_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Farming; Rural life; Food production
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)