Description: Members gathered around a table during a meeting of the Central Ohio Green Party, taken for the Columbus Free Press. The group appears to be in a church basement or similar space--a donation box labeled "TLCW Stewardship Box" is visible along the back wall and an altar is seen on a low stage to the right. The Green Party operates at local, state and national levels in support of the environmental movement and a variety of other progressive causes. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B02F12_05
Subjects: Political parties; Political clubs; Environmental movement; Social movements;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Keith Gowdy, Treasurer for the Central Ohio Green Party, speaks to fellow party members during a meeting in this photograph from the Columbus Free Press. The Green Party operates at local, state and national levels in support of the environmental movement and a variety of other progressive causes. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B02F12_04
Subjects: Political parties; Political clubs; Environmental movement; Social movements;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A woman drinks from a glass bottle as she passes Yee Chee Hand Laundry at 1567 North High Street in the University District of Columbus, Ohio. Posters for political and musical events are visible on a wooden panel near the laundry's door. The University District includes the small neighborhoods to the east and south of The Ohio State University campus on either side of the High Street corridor. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B10F272_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Street photography; University District (Columbus, Ohio); Laundry; Concerts; Political clubs;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows director of the Republican Glee Club Karl H. Hoenig. He also served as director of The Ohio State Univeristy Men's Glee Club from 1919-1928. The Republican Glee Club formed in Columbus, Ohio, when a group of men who enjoyed singing formed a group to campaign for presidential candidate Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election against Horace Greeley. The group of singers originally called themselves the Grant and Wilson Glee Club, always changing their name to support the candidate the group was endorsing. By 1885, the Glee Club supported state and local races too, and in 1895 permanently changed the club's name to the Republican Glee Club. The Republican Glee Club Collection includes sheet music and songbooks, organizational records, historical information, event programs, and photographs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1441AV_B13_F07
Subjects: Republican Glee Club; Republican Party; Political campaigns; Political clubs; Portrait photography; Choirs (Music)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated June 30, 1912, this Billy Ireland cartoon page from the Columbus Dispatch advertises and praises the Republican Glee Club of Columbus, Ohio. The large caricature featured is that of Glee Club Director Karl Hoenig. The scene in the lower right corner highlights prominent individuals of the time who would be amazed by the Club's performance, such as Simon Guggenheim, Princess Alice, and Richard Harding Davis. The Republican Glee Club formed in Columbus, Ohio, when a group of men who enjoyed singing formed a group to campaign for presidential candidate Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election against Horace Greeley. The group of singers originally called themselves the Grant and Wilson Glee Club, always changing their name to support the candidate the group was endorsing. By 1885, the Glee Club supported state and local races too, and in 1895 permanently changed the club's name to the Republican Glee Club. The Republican Glee Club Collection includes sheet music and songbooks, organizational records, historical information, event programs, and photographs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1441AV_B13_F12_1
Subjects: Republican Glee Club; Republican Party; Political clubs; Choirs (Music); Ireland, Billy, 1880-1935; Newspapers; Cartoons
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated March 1929, this photograph shows members of the Republican Glee Club of Columbus, Ohio, outside the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Arizona. The Glee Club performed there as part of the inaugural celebrations for President Herbert Hoover. The Republican Glee Club formed in Columbus when a group of men who enjoyed singing formed a group to campaign for presidential candidate Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 presidential election against Horace Greeley. The group of singers originally called themselves the Grant and Wilson Glee Club, always changing their name to support the candidate the group was endorsing. By 1885, the Glee Club supported state and local races too, and in 1895 permanently changed the club's name to the Republican Glee Club. The Republican Glee Club Collection includes sheet music and songbooks, organizational records, historical information, event programs, and photographs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1441AV_B13_F13_1
Subjects: Republican Glee Club; Republican Party; Political campaigns; Political clubs; Portrait photography; Choirs (Music)
Places: Tucson (Arizona)
 

Description: Roxie Chambers leading Buckeye Women's Republican Glee Club members in "Ohio, My Ohio," January 1952. A singer and director of the South Methodist Church choir in Columbus, Chambers also directed the Buckeye Women's Republican Glee Club. Attending all the G.O.P. national conventions between 1932 and 1954, Chambers later became Republican State Central Committeewoman. When Chambers died in 1954, her pallbearers included Chalmers Wylie, James Rhodes, and other Republican dignitaries. This photograph appeared in the February 11, 1952, issue of Life Magazine, illustrating a report of the Franklin County Republican pre-primary convention held the month before. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06311
Subjects: Political parties; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Women in the performing arts; Women--Societies and clubs--Ohio; Political culture--Ohio--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)