Description: Dated November 12, 1936, this photograph shows the Cameron Methodist Church entrance in Cincinnati, Ohio. Erected in 1818, Cameron Methodist Church had a congregation of deaf and mute parishioners. On October 10, 1910, a church for the deaf was organized at Trinity which moved into Asbury Chapel on Sycamore Street. Due to a fire, the Cameron congregation moved into the Walnut Hills/Avondale Church in 1982 where it continues to serve a deaf congregation. 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_B02F16_028_1
Subjects: Methodist Church; Deaf community; Cincinnati (Ohio); Religion in Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Old Mission Church in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The Wyandot Indians first encountered Methodism around 1816 when John Stewart came to the area of the present day Upper Sandusky. Stewart was a mulatto, probably of African and East Indian descent, with a beautiful singing voice. Word of his success came to the general Methodist church in 1819 and they formed a Methodist Missionary to support Stewart's work among the Wyandot Indians. This Wyandot Mission became the first church wide mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church. James B. Finley came to the mission in 1821. The following year, he and some Indian chiefs traveled to Washington to request government funds to build a church. This requested was granted and in 1827, the Old Mission Church was built for just over $1,000. The limestone meeting house was dedicated in 1824. The dimensions were thirty by forty feet and it was plainly furnished. The mission continued until 1843 when the Wyandot were forced to move to Kansas. The two acres of land where the church and cemetery stood were deeded to "the Methodists." The church was abandoned for about forty years and deteriorated badly. In 1889, using the original stones, it was rebuilt on the original site. In 1983 additional renovations were done. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F01_041
Subjects: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio); Methodist Church
Places: Upper Sandusky (ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the John Stewart Methodist Church in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, ca. 1937. John Stewart founded the Wyandot Indian Mission in 1816 and the local American Indians worshiped at the old Mission Church until 1843. The cornerstone of the new church was positioned on October 8, 1899. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05387
Subjects: Wyandot County (Ohio); Churches--Ohio; Methodist Episcopal Church;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait drawing of Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835-1923), known as a pastor, author, bishop and educator. Tanner (1835-1923) had a long career in the African Methodist Episcopal Church as a minister, school principal, bishop, and editor of the Christian Recorder and A.M.E. Church Review. In 1867, he published "An Apology for African Methodism," which traces the history of the denomination and defends both its split from the Methodist Church and its theology. In 1901, he became dean of Payne Theological Seminary at Wilberforce University. Wilberforce was established in 1856 in Greene County under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named for William Wilberforce (1759-1833), an English abolitionist. The African Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the university in 1863, making it the first to be owned and run by African Americans. Payne Theological Seminary was named for Daniel A. Payne, who in 1863 became first African American president of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_781234_125
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Religion in Ohio; Universities and colleges; Education; Wilberforce University; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Wesley Chapel, Fifth Street between Broadway and Sycamore, demolished 1972. Red brick Georgian revival structure in imitation of John Wesley's original chapel in London. Once the largest meeting place west of the Allegheny Mountains, chapel held the funeral of William Henry Harrison. Marker in pediment reads: "Methodist Episcopal Church erected 18-1" Sign at right reads: "The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her lord 10:45 7:45" Reverse reads: "Cinci., O. Sept. 1937 Methodist Episcopal Church Wesley Chapel." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F15_033_1
Subjects: Methodist Episcopal Church; Church buildings--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Edward DuBois Washington, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and husband to Felma Harper Washington. This photograph is part of the Felma Harper Washington Collection. Felma Harper Washington was a leader, minister, musician, writer and historian in Bellfontaine, Ohio. Born in Bellefontaine in 1903, she traveled the country working with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and married Reverend Edward Washington. She founded the Harper Memorial Library and the Museum of African-American Historical Research. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2034_aaeo_90-18_020
Subjects: African Americans; Clergy; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
 

Description: Dated 1937, this photograph shows the Allen Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, located on the southeast corner of Sixth and Broadway Streets. The Allen Temple was built by Robert Alexander Love from 1851-1853 for Cincinnati's oldest Jewish congregation, Bene Israel. The structure was sold in 1868 to the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cincinnati's oldest African American congregation. In 1979, the building was razed for the Procter and Gamble offices there today. The English inscription below the Hebrew reads "Ye shall make me a sanctuary that I may dwell in the midst of Beni Israel, nor will I ever forsake my people Israel saith the Lord. Erected A.M. 5612." 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_B02F15_030_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Synagogues--Ohio--Cincinnati; Love, Robert Alexander, 1814-1876
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Reverend George F. Woodson during his tenure as dean of Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio. Between 1902 and 1937, he expanded the curriculum diversity. This photograph is part of the T.J. Askew Collection, which contains correspondence, photographs and other personal papers of Dr. Flora Isabel Askew and her parents Irene Askew and Reverend Tony J. (T.J.) Askew. Materials related to Rev. Askew’s work with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and Dr. Askew’s work as a teacher at the Wilberforce University High School. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2017_B04_F05
Subjects: African Americans; Religion; Religious education; African Methodist Episcopal Church
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio);
 

Description: This headshot portrait photograph is of Reverend Benjamin W. Roberts (1852-1904). Roberts was a minister with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church), graduate of Wilberforce University and Paul Quinn College. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_aaeo_allen_005
Subjects: African Americans; Clergy; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
 

Description: This headshot portrait is of Reverend John T. Jenifer (1835-1919). He was a teacher and minister with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church). Jenifer had pastorates in California and at Little Rock and Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; and Baltimore Maryland. He was a graduate of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_aaeo_allen_001
Subjects: African Americans; Clergy; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
 

Description: This headshot portrait phtoograph is of Reverend John W. Norris. He was born in 1842, death date unknown. Norris was a minister in the Philadelphia and Baltimore conferences of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_aaeo_allen_003
Subjects: African Americans; Clergy; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
 

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)