Description: Caption reads; "Air View of Marietta Campus." Reverend Luther Bingham established the Institute for education in 1830, and in 1835, it became known as Marietta College. At first, Marietta College included a preparatory school as well as a traditional college. The institution grew quickly and by 1846 there were sixty undergraduates and 117 preparatory students enrolled. Throughout its history, Marietta College has emphasized a commitment to a liberal arts education. In 2009, the enrollment was 1,400 students. 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_B05F03_010_1
Subjects: Marietta (Ohio); Education; Universities and colleges; Aerial photography; Marietta College; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photo taken between 1935-1943, original date unknown. Marietta College is one of Ohio's oldest continually operating institutions of higher education. In 1830 the Reverend Luther Bingham, a pastor in the Congregationalist Church, established the Institute for Education. Local citizens in Marietta then created the Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary, a non-denominational institution. In 1835, this college became known simply as Marietta College. Throughout its history, Marietta College has emphasized a commitment to a liberal arts education. The institution has desired to create a well-rounded student, knowledgeable in a wide variety of subjects. Marietta was the first permanent settlement of the United States of America in the territory north and west of the Ohio River. Originally known as Adelphia, meaning "brotherhood," Marietta was the first settlement founded by the Ohio Company of Associates in the Northwest Territory in 1788. The company's investors renamed the community after Queen Marie Antoinette of France, in honor of France's contributions to the American victory in the American Revolution. The first settlers were led by Rufus Putnam, who was one of the Ohio Company's early investors. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_068
Subjects: Marietta (Ohio); Universities and colleges; College buildings; Education, Higher--Ohio--History
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Marietta College, originally called Muskingum Academy, was founded in 1797. It is one of 37 Revolutionary Colleges which are colleges founded before the 18th century. It became Marietta College in 1835. The college is located in Marietta, Ohio, along the Ohio River, at the confluence of the Muskingum River. Marietta, the first city established in the Northwest Territory, was founded in 1788. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F06_001_001
Subjects: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio); Marietta College; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)