Description: Caption reads "CHAMPAIGN CO., Urbana, O. April 28, 1937. URBANA JUNIOR COLLEGE, S.W. part of Urbana, at intersection of College Way & Mad River Pike." On March 7, 1850, the Swedenborgian Church founded Urbana University (aka Urbana Junior College) in Urbana, Ohio. Swedenborgian John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, convinced local landowner John James to donate land to establish the college. Urbana University was only the second college in Ohio to admit women into classes with men. Urbana University grew slowly. In 1905, the institution employed only eight professors. In 2006, over 1,500 students enrolled at Urbana University. During the first years of the twenty-first century, the college experienced one of the fastest-growing student-enrollment rates in the United States. The institution also offered two dozen degree programs. Urbana University remains affiliated with the Swedenborgian General Convention of the Church of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F09_007_1
Subjects: Urbana University (Urbana, Ohio). Johnny Appleseed Society; Urbana (Ohio)--History; Urbana, Ohio. Junior College--History. [from old catalog]
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a white horse attached to a harness with a man sitting in the seat in front of a horse stable. Another man is leaning against the horse stable entrance in the background. Leaning against the barn appears to be some sort of racing harness, but with smaller wheels--perhaps a training harness. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_005_001
Subjects: Harness racing--Pictorial works; Harness racing--Ohio--History; Urbana (Ohio)--History; Horses
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the cover illustration for a publication titled" Urbana and Champaign County." The note on the reverse of the photograph reads "Cover Cut. Size to Size. To be printed in dark green on green cloth above center on front cover." 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_B02F09_003_1
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Champaign County (Ohio); Urbana (Ohio); Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: caption reads: "Urbana Junior College, S.W. part of Urbana, at intersection of College Way and the Mad River Pike" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_018_1
Subjects: Urbana, Ohio. Junior College--History. [from old catalog]; Urbana University (Urbana, Ohio). Johnny Appleseed Society; Champaign County (Ohio)--History.
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Picture of horse stable in Urbana, Ohio. The photo features two men. The man in the foreground in wearing a winter coat and hat and appears to be holding a camera in his hand. The man in the background is holding a bucket and is getting ready to dump it out. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_003_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Horse boarding stables
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Aerial view of the town of Urbana, Ohio, in Champaign County, as it appeared in 1872. During the period, Urbana was growing in population, thanks to the completion of three railroads (visible at the top of the image) which helped link it to the rest of Ohio. At the center of the image can be seen Monument Square, located in downtown Urbana at the intersection of Scioto and Main Streets. Established in 1805, the town became the county seat with Champaign County's creation in 1805. Town founder William Ward named Urbana after the word urbanity. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_042_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Champaign County (Ohio)--History; Aerial views
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: A native of Urbana, Ohio, Brand Whitlock (1869-1934) served four terms as mayor of Toledo, from 1905 to 1913, and was a strong supporter of his predecessor, Samuel "Golden Rule" Jones. He was then appointed by President Wilson as the United States ambassador to Belgium. He became known as "Le Ministre Protecteur" because of his appeals to Germany in the early days of World War I on behalf of those condemned to prison or death. Whitlock died in Cannes, France, in 1934. By the time of his death, he had written a total of eighteen books, including his autobiography, "Forty Years of It", published in 1914, and "Belgium: A Personal Narrative" in 1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04080
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Toledo (Ohio); Portrait photography
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio); Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Grave of Simon Kenton, spy, frontiersman, and militia commander. The grave and monument is in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00323
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the intersection of Miami Street (route 36) and Main Street (route 68) taken from the south side. At the center of the town is the statue, "Man on the Monument." Viewable in the photo are cars passing along the main drag. Businesses in the photograph include The Citizens National Bank, Urbana Dry Goods Company, and Family Shoe Store View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_001_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments;
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of two black horses in front of a barn. One horse is pulling a harness carrying a man holding a whip. The other horse is being lead by the man in the harness. Three on-lookers watch from in front of the barn. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_002_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Harness racing--Ohio--History; Harness racing--Pictorial works
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph depicting harness racing. Photograph shows a dark colored horse pulling a harness by the front of a large white barn, as a man looks on. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulkies, although racing under saddle (trot monté in French) is also conducted in Europe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_017_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Harness racing--Ohio--History; Harness racing--Pictorial works
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph depicting harness racing. This photograph shows a dark colored horse pulling a harness by the front of a large white barn, as a man looks on. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_024
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio)--History; Harness racing--Ohio--History; Harness racing--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)