Description: Caption reads: "Greene County - Yellow Springs, Ohio Oct 13, 1936. State 14-29-193 WPS 4036 Installing Sewer System" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F09_004_1
Subjects: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a group portrait of the first graduating class of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, ca. 1855-1860. The Christian Church founded Antioch College in 1852. The college admitted its first students (both male and female) the following year. Antioch's first president was Horace Mann, a nationally-known expert on education in the nineteenth century. Although the Christian Church was instrumental in the college's start, Antioch soon became known for providing a nonsectarian education. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00147
Subjects: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; College students--United States; Universities and colleges
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Color illustration of the historic Antioch Hall at Antioch College, taken from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion," ca. 1852-1854. Antioch College was founded in Yellow Springs, Ohio, by the Christian Church in 1852. Antioch's first president was Horace Mann, a nationally-known expert on education in the nineteenth century. Although the Christian Church was instrumental in the college's start, Antioch soon became known for providing a nonsectarian education, and was one of the first co-educational institutions of higher education. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04095
Subjects: Education--Ohio; College buildings; Universities and colleges
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Map of Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1855. In 1825, one hundred Owenite families arrived in the area, hoping to create a utopian community based on socialism, where all of the residents owned the property communally and worked together for the common good of all people. With the Owenites' arrival the community grew quickly, although the utopian vision for it never truly developed. Yellow Springs received its name from a nearby spring, whose water left yellow deposits on surrounding rocks due to the high iron content. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04151
Subjects: Maps--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Cities and towns--Ohio
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 1937, this photograph shows Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boys working on a new parking area in John Bryan State Park near Yellow Springs, Ohio. A note on its reverse reads "Camp Bryan - S.P. 16 - Co. 553. Yellow Springs, Ohio. September 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boys working on new parking area in John Bryan State Park near Yellow Springs. Work includes grading, draining, seeding, planting, and building roads. Photo by Federal Writers' Project Office Copy" The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 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_B10F11_002_001
Subjects: Road construction; Road construction workers; State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works. & reserves--Ohio--1930-1940
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Greene Co, Yellow Springs, O. Horace Mann Statue" Horace Mann (May 4, 1796- Aug 2, 1859) was an American education reformer. He was from Massachusetts and served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Senate and the Board of Education. Later he was elected to the U S Senate. His belief was that unruly children could be turned into disciplined, judicious citizens through education. He became the first president of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F09_005_1
Subjects: Antioch College; Statues; Mann, Horace, 1796-1859; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 1937, this photograph shows barracks #1 and #2, end of the mess hall, and end of the recreation hall at Camp Bryan. Camp Bryan is now John Bryan State Park near Yellow Springs, Ohio, in Greene County. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "Camp Bryan, S.P. 16 - C. 553.Yellow Springs September 1937 Ohio Left to right: Barracks #2, #1, End of Mess Hall, End of Recreation Hall. Enlargement from negative loaned by C. T. Clifton, Educ. Director. Office copy." Camp Bryan was occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 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_012_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows barracks numbers 1 and 2, end of the mess hall, and end of the recreation hall at Camp Bryan, a camp near Yellow Springs, Ohio, now John Bryan State Park, that was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on June 12, 1935. The typed caption reads "Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camps. Camp Bryan,S.P. 16 - Co. 553. Yellow Springs, Ohio. Left to right: Barracks #2, #1, End of Mess Hall, End of Recreation Hall. Enlargement by Federal Writers' Project from negative loaned by C. T. Clifton, Educational Director." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 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_046_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Soil Conservation Service; United States Flags
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows (left to right) end of the mess hall, John Bryan Barn, barracks #5, and the front of the recreation hall at Camp Bryan in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in Greene County. The camp was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on June 12, 1935. The types note attached to the photograph reads ""Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camps. Camp Bryan, S.P. 16 - Co. 553. John Bryan State Park, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Left to right: End of Mess Hall, John Bryan Barn, (largest in State of Ohio), Barracks #5, Front of Recreation Hall. Enlargement by Federal Writers' Project from negative loaned by C. T. Clifton, Educational Director." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 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_050_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Barns; New Deal
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a group of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) members outside a building at Camp Bryan near Yellow Springs, Ohio. A note on its reverse reads "Camp Bryan - S.P. 16 - Co. 553. Yellow Springs, Ohio. The noon work call. After dinner the bugle is sounded for roll call before leaving for work. Photo by Federal Writers' Project." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) first occupied the land on June 12, 1935, at which tme the land was already owned by the state of Ohio as a state forest preserve. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 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_049_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; New Deal
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows the end of the mess hall, John Bryan Barn, barracks #5, and front of the recreation hall at Camp Bryan at john Bryan State Park in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Camp Bryan was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on June 12, 1935. The caption attached to the photograph reads "Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camps. Camp Bryan, S.P. 16 - Co. 553. John Bryan State Park, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Left to right: End of Mess Hall, John Bryan Barn, (largest in State of Ohio), Barracks #5, Front of Recreation Hall. Enlargement by Federal Writers' Project from negative loaned by C. T. Clifton, Educational Director." The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 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_051_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Cafeterias
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a building, located a mile from Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, along the "River Road" that was used to conceal fugitive slaves. This photograph was taken by Mrs. Charles B. Vance. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03186
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Yellow Springs (Ohio)
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)