Description: This image depicts the main building on the campus of Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. Wilmington College was established by Quakers in 1870 as a private career oriented, liberal arts college. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06418
Subjects: Wilmington (Ohio); Education, Higher--Ohio--History; Universities and colleges; Works Progress Administration
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts three different buildings on the campus of Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. Wilmington College was founded in 1870 by Quakers, as a private career oriented, liberal arts college. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06419
Subjects: Wilmington (Ohio); Education, Higher--Ohio--History; Universities and colleges; Works Progress Administration
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Looking down South Street in Wilmington, Ohio decorated with flags and bunting for the Wilmington and Clinton County Centennial Home-Coming held August 25-28, 1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01132
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Ohio History
Places: Wilmington (Ohio)
 

Description: Businesses on the west side of South Street in Wilmington, Ohio decorated with flags and bunting for the Wilmington and Clinton County Centennial Home-Coming held August 25-28, 1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01133
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Ohio History
Places: Wilmington (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Main Building, Wilmington College." Wilmington College was founded by the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers in 1870. It first offered classes in 1871 and about 150 students were enrolled. It is located in Wilmington, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_004_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio); Religion in Ohio; Quakers; Society of Friends
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Float built by the Sprinkle Piano Dealer of Hillsboro, Ohio for the Wilmington and Clinton County Centennial Home-Coming parade held on August 26, 1910. The Ladies Orchestra rode on the float and played "Home Sweet Home." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01134
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Floats (Parades); Celebrations
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hay Stack Rock, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, ca. 1930-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00448
Subjects: Wilmington (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows examples of wood turning and carving by members of Camp Clinton, in Wilmington, Ohio, a Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) camp. The photograph's caption reads "Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) Camps. Camp Clinton - S.C.S. & - Co. 3502. Wilmington, Ohio. Examples of wood turning and carving by members of Clinton camp. Photo by Federal Writers' Project." Camp Clinton may have been on the site of what is today Cowan Lake State Park. The state park was dedicated in 1968. Camp Clinton was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps on July 22, 1939. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_029_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Carpentry; New Deal; Woodcarving; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three dormitories; Bailey Hall, Irvin Ash Dormitory, and the Denver Memorial Dorm. Bailey Hall was dedicated in 1909. The Denver Memorial Dorm was dedicated in 1925, and was named in the memory of a girl who was killed by a train in 1918. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_005_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio); Religion in Ohio; Quakers; Society of Friends; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Horse drawn float built by the Sabina Flour Mill for the Wilmington and Clinton County Centennial Home-Coming parade held on August 26, 1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01135
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Floats (Parades)
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Bicentennial barn-painting program was an inexpensive, grassroots marketing campaign that painted the official logo of the Ohio Bicentennial on a highly visible historic barn in each of Ohio's 88 counties. Over 2,000 farmers and landowners submitted their barn descriptions to the committee for consideration. Beginning in 1998, artist Scott Hagan spent five years painting the logos, tailored to every barn's unique character. Typically, the barn owners hosted a celebration at the completion of their barn painting. This photograph is an exterior view of Barn #29, located at 901 New Oglesbee Road in Wilmington, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08616
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Barns; Ohio Bicentennial, 2003
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pony cart of Charlotte Martin decorated with flowers for a contest held during the Wilmington and Clinton County Centennial Home-Coming celebration held August 25-28, 1910. Charlotte's pony cart took first prize in the contest. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01136
Subjects: Horse-drawn vehicles--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Celebrations
Places: Wilmington (Ohio)