Description: This photograph shows two female students with a female teacher engaged in a classroom activity at the Ohio State School for the Blind, ca. 1960-1970. The students are working with sewing machines; the instructor is standing next to one student helping her guide fabric through the machine. Sheets of paper and images are pinned to a bulletin board hanging on a wall next to the students. Also visible in the background are a window with striped curtains and a radiator. In 1837 the Ohio government established the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, the predecessor to the Ohio State School for the Blind. It was the first public school for the blind in the United States. Located in downtown Columbus, the school opened its doors in 1839. Any blind children residing in Ohio could attend the institution. Eleven students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind this first year. The school initially had a maximum capacity of sixty students, but a move to a new building in 1874 increased the capacity to than three hundred students at a time. Between 1839 and 1901, a total of 2,058 students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, with 339 attending in 1901 alone. In the early 1900s the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind became known as the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education assumed control of the school. In 1953 the school moved ten miles north of its original location to its present home. In 2005, 126 students enrolled in the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students as young as three and as old as twenty-one years of age attended the school. Students could receive their entire education—kindergarten through high school—at the institution. The Ohio State School for the Blind also offers vocational training for its students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06649
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education; Sewing; Education; Students
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a young man making a broom at the Ohio School for the Blind, ca. 1960-1970. An adult male in a business suit stands next to the student, who is using a machine to tie the broom's bristles. In 1837 the Ohio government established the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, the predecessor to the Ohio State School for the Blind. It was the first public school for the blind in the United States. Located in downtown Columbus, the school opened its doors in 1839. Any blind children residing in Ohio could attend the institution. Eleven students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind this first year. The school initially had a maximum capacity of sixty students, but a move to a new building in 1874 increased the capacity to than three hundred students at a time. Between 1839 and 1901, a total of 2,058 students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, with 339 attending in 1901 alone. In the early 1900s the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind became known as the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education assumed control of the school. In 1953 the school moved ten miles north of its original location to its present home. In 2005, 126 students enrolled in the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students as young as three and as old as twenty-one years of age attended the school. Students could receive their entire education—kindergarten through high school—at the institution. The Ohio State School for the Blind also offers vocational training for its students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06650
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education; Education; Students; Men
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows two adults, a man and a woman, observing a young man playing the organ at the Ohio School for the Blind, Columbus, ca. 1960-1970. In 1837 the Ohio government established the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, the predecessor to the Ohio State School for the Blind. It was the first public school for the blind in the United States. Located in downtown Columbus, the school opened its doors in 1839. Any blind children residing in Ohio could attend the institution. Eleven students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind this first year. The school initially had a maximum capacity of sixty students, but a move to a new building in 1874 increased the capacity to than three hundred students at a time. Between 1839 and 1901, a total of 2,058 students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, with 339 attending in 1901 alone. In the early 1900s the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind became known as the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education assumed control of the school. In 1953 the school moved ten miles north of its original location to its present home. In 2005, 126 students enrolled in the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students as young as three and as old as twenty-one years of age attended the school. Students could receive their entire education—kindergarten through high school—at the institution. The Ohio State School for the Blind also offers vocational training for its students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06651
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education; Musical instruments; Organ (Musical instrument); Education; Students
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial marker for the four students killed at Kent State University as it appeared in May 1979. The four students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, were killed on May 4, 1970 when Ohio National Guard troops fired on students during a protest against the military conflict in Vietnam. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01172
Subjects: Students--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; Demonstrations; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the students and teachers of East Youngstown's Penhale High School, 1925. Many of these students would have a life-long relationship with the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, dimly visible in the background through the smoke and haze. Many of these students were the children of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company steelworkers, lived in Youngstown Sheet and Tube housing, and would work for the company themselves after finishing school. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05571
Subjects: Campbell (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; Students--Ohio; School photography; Schools--Ohio;
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Students protesting at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1970. The students were protesting the American invasion of Cambodia after the announcement by President Richard Nixon on April 30, 1970. The protests started on May 1 on the Kent State Campus, ending on May 4th with the killing of four students and wounding of nine others. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03734
Subjects: Students--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: This most likely a photo of students at Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio State Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in April of 1837 and by July of 1837 began instruction in rented rooms. The first school building was built in 1839, and could accommodate sixty students.This photograph, ca. 1935-1943 shows the four story sandstone structure in the Second Roman style of architeture with a Mansard roof. It is located on the corner of Parsons Avenue, and East Main Street in Columbus, Ohio and first opened it's doors on May 21, 1874. The building has undergone several renovations, and once had a central tower reached an additional three stories, and pointed spires on the north and south ends. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_36_001
Subjects: Blind--Education--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Schools--Ohio; Students; Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of nine female students at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African Americans access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States, and was named by its founders after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. In 1863, the African Methodist Episcopal Church acquired ownership of the university. Under the direction of Daniel Payne, a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, John Mitchell, the principal of a school in Cincinnati, and James Shorter, an African Methodist Episcopal pastor from Zanesville, Ohio, Wilberforce reopened its doors. The institution operated as a private university serving the African American community for the next twenty-four years. In 1887, the State of Ohio began to provide Wilberforce with funds to help finance the institution, which brought to an end the university's exclusively private status. The state also helped the university create a Normal and Industrial Department that eventually evolved into Central State University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03805
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Students -- Ohio; African American women -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of male students or faculty outside a brick building at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. The portrait depicts three rows of men (one standing, one seated on chairs and the third on the ground in foreground) in front of a building. The image has been damaged making it hard to see the seated figures. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African Americans access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States, and was named by its founders after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03810
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Wilberforce University; Students -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of 17 male and female students, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African Americans access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States, and was named by its founders after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03807
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Students -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Male and female students in class, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African Americans access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States, and was named by its founders after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03806
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Students -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Male and female students in typing class at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African Americans access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States, and was named by its founders after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03803
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Students -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)