Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ohio's premier urban research university, the University of Cincinnati traces its origins to 1819. In that year, the Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were chartered. In 1870, the City of Cincinnati established the University of Cincinnati, which later absorbed the earlier institutions. For many years, the University of Cincinnati was the second oldest and second largest municipal university in the country. In 1968, the University of Cincinnati became a “municipally sponsored, state affiliated” institution, entering a transitional period culminating on July 1, 1977 when the University of Cincinnati joined the University System of Ohio. The University of Cincinnati is classified as a Research University (Very High Research Activity) by the Carnegie Commission and is ranked as one of America’s top public research universities by the National Science Foundation. 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_B04F04_09_01
Subjects: Aerial photography; College campuses--Cincinnati (Ohio); Architecture; University of Cincinnati; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci., O., 1937. Stadium, Univ. of Cinci." This photograph show the south end of Nippert Stadium, with Schmidlapp Hall behind. Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000. Schmidlapp Hall was completed in 1910 at a cost of $97,000 by architects Tietig Lee and Garber & Woodward. It was the university’s gymnasium, home of UC’s Bearcats basketball team, and athletic facility as well as housing the University of Cincinnati ROTC unit for a time. In 1995 it was renamed the Dieterle Vocal Arts Center (DVAC) and is the center of nearly all choral and vocal activity for the university’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) with many studios and rehearsal rooms View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_03_01
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works; University of Cincinnati. Bearcat
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Campus scene, Univ. of Cincinnati. Univ. library of left, 1937." In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. Local benefactors such as Dr. Daniel Drake and William Lytle of the Lytle family suggested and funded these institutions. In 1870, the estate of Charles McMicken willed funds to the City of Cincinnati to establish the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College. While the Medical College of Ohio was loosely affiliated with UC from about 1896, it joined with a splinter medical school, Miami Medical College, to form the Ohio-Miami Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati in 1909. UC would again add another independent organization to its roster of colleges when it absorbed the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1962. UC became a "municipally-sponsored, state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this time, UC was the second-oldest and second-largest municipal university in the country. It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F14_015_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati. Library
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci., O., Sept 1937. McMicken Hall." McMicken Hall Built in 1895, McMicken Hall was the first structure erected on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Up until 1910, there were only five buildings on campus, but as the university continued to grow, more buildings were needed. Three of those, McMicken Hall, Hanna Hall (1896) and Cunningham Hall housed the McMicken College of Liberal Arts. Designed by Hannaford & Sons of brick and stone and having three ivy-covered stories each, these modified Renaissance structures were joined with one another to form a single unit. The twin Hoffner lions that guard the entrance are copies of those at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, Italy, and were originally on Jacob Hoffner’s estate. When he died in 1894, he donated them to the City of Cincinnati, who in turn donated them to them to the university in 1904. The original McMicken Hall (along with Cunningham and Hanna Hall) was demolished in 1948 to make way for a new building. The new McMicken Hall was designed by Hake & Hake and cost $2 million to build. The stone lions Mick and Mack were preserved and returned to their posts at the entrance, and have been adopted by the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association at their mascot. University of Cincinnati In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. Local benefactors such as Dr. Daniel Drake and William Lytle of the Lytle family suggested and funded these institutions. In 1870, the estate of Charles McMicken willed funds to the City of Cincinnati to establish the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College. While the Medical College of Ohio was loosely affiliated with UC from about 1896, it joined with a splinter medical school, Miami Medical College, to form the Ohio-Miami Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati in 1909. UC would again add another independent organization to its roster of colleges when it absorbed the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1962. UC became a "municipally-sponsored, state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this time, UC was the second-oldest and second-largest municipal university in the country. It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_02_01
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: McMicken Hall Built in 1895, McMicken Hall was the first structure erected on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Up until 1910, there were only five buildings on campus, but as the university continued to grow, more buildings were needed. Three of those, McMicken Hall, Hanna Hall (1896) and Cunningham Hall housed the McMicken College of Liberal Arts. Designed by Hannaford & Sons of brick and stone and having three ivy-covered stories each, these modified Renaissance structures were joined with one another to form a single unit. The twin Hoffner lions that guard the entrance are copies of those at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, Italy, and were originally on Jacob Hoffner’s estate. When he died in 1894, he donated them to the City of Cincinnati, who in turn donated them to them to the university in 1904. The original McMicken Hall (along with Cunningham and Hanna Hall) was demolished in 1948 to make way for a new building. The new McMicken Hall was designed by Hake & Hake and cost $2 million to build. The stone lions Mick and Mack were preserved and returned to their posts at the entrance, and have been adopted by the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association at their mascot. University of Cincinnati In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. Local benefactors such as Dr. Daniel Drake and William Lytle of the Lytle family suggested and funded these institutions. In 1870, the estate of Charles McMicken willed funds to the City of Cincinnati to establish the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College. While the Medical College of Ohio was loosely affiliated with UC from about 1896, it joined with a splinter medical school, Miami Medical College, to form the Ohio-Miami Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati in 1909. UC would again add another independent organization to its roster of colleges when it absorbed the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1962. UC became a "municipally-sponsored, state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this time, UC was the second-oldest and second-largest municipal university in the country. It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_013_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci., O., Oct II[2], 1937. Nippert Stadium. University of Cincinnati. Ohio." This photograph shows a stone memorial at Nippert Stadium, with The Union in the background. Nippert Stadium Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000 The Student Union Building The “Union”, originally called the Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Cincinnati is a large Georgian Colonial structure with a tall clock tower and was built in 1937. It’s four column Greek Revival façade faces McMicken Hall. Student activities take place in this building, and originally had a restaurant called the Great Hall, a student’s co-op book store, recreation rooms, and business quarters. In 1965, the building was expanded, adding a south wing and bridge, at the cost of $3 million dollars. A third of this money was donated by Mrs. Walter Tangeman and in honor of her gift, the entire facility was named Donald Core Tangeman, who had been killed in action during World War II. Starting in 2001, the facility was moderized, during which time, the south wing and bridge were leveled to make way for a new south wing, and the north wing completely renovated. The south wing reopened in 2003 and the north wing in 2004. About half of the new Tangeman University Center (TUC)remains visible from the outside. The building’s iconic clock tower rises through a glass roof, supported by 90 feet of web-like structural pieces. The new building remains a center of the student communities activities, with a food hall, the Catskeller game room, a 200 seat movie theater, and breakout rooms. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_05_01
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Stadium, University of Cincinnati." Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F13_022_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Nippert Stadium at University of Cincinnati, Ohio 1932." Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F13_023_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Cinci., O., Sept 1937. University of Cinci. Student Union Bldg." The Student Union Building The “Union”, originally called the Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Cincinnati is a large Georgian Colonial structure with a tall clock tower and was built in 1937. It’s four column Greek Revival façade faces McMicken Hall. Student activities take place in this building, and originally had a restaurant called the Great Hall, a student’s co-op book store, recreation rooms, and business quarters. In 1965, the building was expanded, adding a south wing and bridge, at the cost of $3 million dollars. A third of this money was donated by Mrs. Walter Tangeman and in honor of her gift, the entire facility was named Donald Core Tangeman, who had been killed in action during World War II. Starting in 2001, the facility was moderized, during which time, the south wing and bridge were leveled to make way for a new south wing, and the north wing completely renovated. The south wing reopened in 2003 and the north wing in 2004. About half of the new Tangeman University Center remains visible from the outside. The building’s iconic clock tower rises through a glass roof, supported by 90 feet of web-like structural pieces. The new building remains a center of the student communities activities, with a food hall, the Catskeller game room, a 200 seat movie theater, and breakout rooms. University of Cincinnati In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. Local benefactors such as Dr. Daniel Drake and William Lytle of the Lytle family suggested and funded these institutions. In 1870, the estate of Charles McMicken willed funds to the City of Cincinnati to establish the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College. While the Medical College of Ohio was loosely affiliated with UC from about 1896, it joined with a splinter medical school, Miami Medical College, to form the Ohio-Miami Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati in 1909. UC would again add another independent organization to its roster of colleges when it absorbed the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1962. UC became a "municipally-sponsored, state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this time, UC was the second-oldest and second-largest municipal university in the country. It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_01_01
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Buildings; College campuses--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Student Union Building The “Union”, originally called the Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Cincinnati is a large Georgian Colonial structure with a tall clock tower and was built in 1937. It’s four column Greek Revival façade faces McMicken Hall. Student activities take place in this building, and originally had a restaurant called the Great Hall, a student’s co-op book store, recreation rooms, and business quarters. In 1965, the building was expanded, adding a south wing and bridge, at the cost of $3 million dollars. A third of this money was donated by Mrs. Walter Tangeman and in honor of her gift, the entire facility was named Donald Core Tangeman, who had been killed in action during World War II. Starting in 2001, the facility was moderized, during which time, the south wing and bridge were leveled to make way for a new south wing, and the north wing completely renovated. The south wing reopened in 2003 and the north wing in 2004. About half of the new Tangeman University Center remains visible from the outside. The building’s iconic clock tower rises through a glass roof, supported by 90 feet of web-like structural pieces. The new building remains a center of the student communities activities, with a food hall, the Catskeller game room, a 200 seat movie theater, and breakout rooms. University of Cincinnati In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. Local benefactors such as Dr. Daniel Drake and William Lytle of the Lytle family suggested and funded these institutions. In 1870, the estate of Charles McMicken willed funds to the City of Cincinnati to establish the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College. While the Medical College of Ohio was loosely affiliated with UC from about 1896, it joined with a splinter medical school, Miami Medical College, to form the Ohio-Miami Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati in 1909. UC would again add another independent organization to its roster of colleges when it absorbed the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1962. UC became a "municipally-sponsored, state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this time, UC was the second-oldest and second-largest municipal university in the country. It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_007_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Buildings; College campuses--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamiltion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci., O., Sept. 1937. University of Cinci. Rear of Students Union." The Student Union Building The “Union”, originally called the Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Cincinnati is a large Georgian Colonial structure with a tall clock tower and was built in 1937. It’s four column Greek Revival façade faces McMicken Hall. Student activities take place in this building, and originally had a restaurant called the Great Hall, a student’s co-op book store, recreation rooms, and business quarters. In 1965, the building was expanded, adding a south wing and bridge, at the cost of $3 million dollars. A third of this money was donated by Mrs. Walter Tangeman and in honor of her gift, the entire facility was named Donald Core Tangeman, who had been killed in action during World War II. Starting in 2001, the facility was moderized, during which time, the south wing and bridge were leveled to make way for a new south wing, and the north wing completely renovated. The south wing reopened in 2003 and the north wing in 2004. About half of the new Tangeman University Center remains visible from the outside. The building’s iconic clock tower rises through a glass roof, supported by 90 feet of web-like structural pieces. The new building remains a center of the student communities activities, with a food hall, the Catskeller game room, a 200 seat movie theater, and breakout rooms. University of Cincinnati In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. Local benefactors such as Dr. Daniel Drake and William Lytle of the Lytle family suggested and funded these institutions. In 1870, the estate of Charles McMicken willed funds to the City of Cincinnati to establish the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College. While the Medical College of Ohio was loosely affiliated with UC from about 1896, it joined with a splinter medical school, Miami Medical College, to form the Ohio-Miami Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati in 1909. UC would again add another independent organization to its roster of colleges when it absorbed the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1962. UC became a "municipally-sponsored, state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this time, UC was the second-oldest and second-largest municipal university in the country. It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F14_006_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Buildings; College campuses--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Student Union Building The “Union”, originally called the Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Cincinnati is a large Georgian Colonial structure with a tall clock tower and was built in 1937. It’s four column Greek Revival façade faces McMicken Hall. Student activities take place in this building, and originally had a restaurant called the Great Hall, a student’s co-op book store, recreation rooms, and business quarters. In 1965, the building was expanded, adding a south wing and bridge, at the cost of $3 million dollars. A third of this money was donated by Mrs. Walter Tangeman and in honor of her gift, the entire facility was named Donald Core Tangeman, who had been killed in action during World War II. Starting in 2001, the facility was moderized, during which time, the south wing and bridge were leveled to make way for a new south wing, and the north wing completely renovated. The south wing reopened in 2003 and the north wing in 2004. About half of the new Tangeman University Center remains visible from the outside. The building’s iconic clock tower rises through a glass roof, supported by 90 feet of web-like structural pieces. The new building remains a center of the student communities activities, with a food hall, the Catskeller game room, a 200 seat movie theater, and breakout rooms. University of Cincinnati In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. Local benefactors such as Dr. Daniel Drake and William Lytle of the Lytle family suggested and funded these institutions. In 1870, the estate of Charles McMicken willed funds to the City of Cincinnati to establish the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College. While the Medical College of Ohio was loosely affiliated with UC from about 1896, it joined with a splinter medical school, Miami Medical College, to form the Ohio-Miami Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati in 1909. UC would again add another independent organization to its roster of colleges when it absorbed the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1962. UC became a "municipally-sponsored, state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this time, UC was the second-oldest and second-largest municipal university in the country. It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_018_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Buildings; College campuses--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)