Description: Broadside notifying the public that Embury Camp Ground will remain open one week longer despite water levels following heavy rains, and inviting people to attend meetings and hear the church celebrities' sermons. Camp meetings like those described here were held in a large tent or outdoors and often lasted several days. Embury Park Campground was a site located along the Miami River just outside of Dayton, Ohio, which was often used for events like this camp meeting during the 19th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1826
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Religious services; Meetings and conventions;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this is a photograph of a framed clipping that reads "Champaign Fire Company! The members of the Champaign Fire Company will meet at the Court House, this Monday evening July 24 at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing the Company. A full attendance is desirable. Urbana, July 2 [?], 1833." 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_B14F04_008_001
Subjects: Champaign County (Ohio); Fire departments--Ohio; Meetings
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows people leaving a Sunday meeting at Linworth Methodist Episcopal Church, likely in Worthington, 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_B13F08_020_001
Subjects: Meetings; Worthington (Ohio)--History; Churches; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Old West Branch Quaker Church 3 miles N. of Union, Ohio, on the Garland Road." The Society of Friends, more commonly known as the Quakers, came to Ohio in the late 1700s and the early 1800s. The first Quaker to arrive in Ohio was George Harlan in 1795. By 1800, approximately eight hundred Quaker families were living in Ohio. The number of families had more than doubled by 1814. The Friends originally settled in eastern and southern Ohio and established Mt. Pleasant, Alliance, Salem, Lisbon, and several other communities in the state. The Ohio Quakers' yearly meeting took place in Mt. Pleasant. There, the Friends built a meeting house that could hold approximately two thousand people. The Quakers played a major role in nineteenth-century reform efforts including the temperance, women's rights, and abolition movements. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_014_1
Subjects: Quaker church buildings; Quakers--Political activity; Churches--Ohio; Quaker meetings
Places: Union (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)