Description: Illustration of the First Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1847. The caption accompanying the illustration reads in part:"The engraving represents the first Presbyterian Church as it appeared in February, 1847. In the following spring it was taken down and the materials used for the construction of several dwellings in the western part of Cincinnati then called Texas. The greater proportion of the timber was found to be perfectly sound. The site was on Vine street just above where now is the Arcade. In 1791 a number of the inhabitants formed themselves into a company to escort the Rev. James Kemper from beyond the Kentucky River to Cincinnatl and, after his arrival, a subscription was set on foot to build this church, which was erected in 1792." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04030
Subjects: Hamilton County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Church buildings--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph of women at a blood drive sponsored by the B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation, Ohio State University, February 3, 1944. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03776
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; World War II
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reconstructed buildings and garden at Schoenbrunn Village near New Philadelphia, Ohio. The word Schoenbrunn means "beautiful spring" in German. The purpose of this community, founded in 1772, was to provide Moravian missionaries a place to teach Christianity to Native Americans residing in Ohio. At its greatest size, Schoenbrunn had a population of four hundred Christian natives, mostly Delaware Indians, and more than sixty buildings, including the first school and Christian church built in Ohio. The community was abandoned in 1778 during the American Revolution, due to opposition from both sides of the war, but has since been rebuilt and is administered as an historic site by the Ohio Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02774
Subjects: Schoenbrunn (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Moravian Church--Missions--Ohio
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph captioned "Rev. Billy Sunday and His Party. Upper row from left to right--Dr. L.K. Peacock, Mrs. William Asher, Miss Grace Saxe, Rev. William Asher, B.D. Ackley. Lower row--Fred Seibert, Miss Frances Miller, Billy Sunday, Miss Annie McLaren, Homer A. Rodeheaver, W.H. Collison." William "Billy" Sunday was born in Iowa in 1862. He was a major-league baseball player in the 1880s before becoming an itinerant evangelical preacher. He visited large cities, giving talks for young men on Christian living and Prohibition under the employment of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). He was an avid supporter of Prohibition and strongly in opposition to scientific advancement which he saw as disproving the Bible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC4316_001
Subjects: Ohio--Religion; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Baseball players; YMCA of the USA--History; Prohibition;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Marker commemorating Union Chapel, also known as the "Free Speech" Chapel. Civil rights and suffrage speeches were given there and the speakers included Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Louisa May Alcott. The chapel is located in South Newbury, Geauga County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00348
Subjects: Chapels--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: South Newbury (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Program for a Shaker concert given at E. Meyers Hall in Fairfield County, Ohio, on October 20, 1848. The performers were from the Society of Shakers in New Gloucester, Maine. The program included lectures, singing and dancing, as well as appearances by Miss L.A. Palmer, Mr. William Palmer, and Mr. J. Adams. The Shakers were a religious group that originated in Great Britain around 1750, and who believed in celibacy, community, equality of the sexes, simplicity, and humility. They were originally known as "Shaking Quakers" because they commonly trembled in religious fervor during their services. Shakers arrived in America during the 1770s, and reached Ohio in 1805. They established several communities in the state, with the most successful ones at Lebanon and North Union (modern-day Shaker Heights). By 1846, more than four hundred Shakers called Lebanon home. The Shakers established typical communities in Ohio, making productive livings from their orchards, livestock, and other farming activities, as well as from their furniture-making endeavors. By 1900, Ohio's Shakers had virtually disappeared, mainly due to the lack of new converts. As their numbers declined, many Ohio Shakers moved to Shaker communities in other states. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02700
Subjects: Fairfield County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Dance--Religious aspects--Shakers; Concerts--United States--History--19th century
Places: Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait depicting Rev. James P. Poindexter (1819-1907), an abolitionist, pastor and politician. He moved to Columbus in 1838 with his wife Adelia Atkinson, where he lived until his death in 1907. Poindexter served as pastor of the Second Baptist Church, assisted escaping slaves traveling through Columbus, founded the Colored Soldiers Relief Society during the Civil War, and served in political positions at the state and municipal level. In 1880 he became the first African American elected to the Columbus City Council. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02703
Subjects: African Americans--Civil rights--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Poindexter, James Preston, 1819-1907; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Columbus (Ohio). City Council; American Baptist Church--Clergy
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the home of popular composer Benjamin R. Hanby, in Westerville, Ohio, April 2001. The house was built in 1846 and occupied by the Hanby family from 1853 to 1870. Hanby (1833-1867) was a famous composer from Westerville who attended Otterbein College and became a minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A music composer, he wrote "Darling Nellie Gray," (1856) which depicted some of the evils of slavery. He also wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Who is He in Yonder Stall?" The Hanby House has been open to the public since 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01011
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Composers; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Music; Arts and Entertainment
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is portrait of William "Billy" Sunday. Sunday was born in Iowa in 1862. He was a major-league baseball player in the 1880s before becoming an itinerant evangelical preacher. He visited large cities, giving talks for young men on Christian living and prohibition under the employment of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). He was an avid supporter of prohibition and opposition toward scientific advancement, which he saw as disproving the Bible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04077
Subjects: Ohio--Religion; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Baseball players; YMCA of the USA--History; Prohibition
 

Description: Tree of Heaven drawing by James Mott, a member of the Shaker community at North Union, Ohio, 1848. The drawing consists of a geometric design with extensive handwritten detailing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04486
Subjects: North Union (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Shakers--History
Places: North Union (Ohio); Shaker Heights (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Interior view of St. Pauls Church, Put-In-Bay, South Bass Island, Ohio. St Paul's' Episcopal Church was established in the fall of 1864. The building was built on land donated by Jay Cooke and was completed in October 1865. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05435
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Lake Erie; Historic Buildings--Ohio
Places: South Bass Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photo of Herbert Bigelow, born in Elkhart, Indiana, on January 4, 1870. He attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, and Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, before graduating from the latter institution in 1894. He then enrolled at Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his supporters founded the Direct Legislation League, which lobbied the state legislature for passage of the initiative and referendum. Ultimately these issues were addressed in Ohio's Constitutional Convention in 1912. Afterward he was elected to the state house of representatives for one term. He was opposed to America's entry into the First World War and was once kidnapped in Newport, Kentucky, shortly before he was to address a Socialist antiwar meeting there. In addition he served as a US Representative and on the Cincinnati City Council. Bigelow died in Cincinnati on November 11, 1951. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04090
Subjects: Ohio--Religion; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Lane Theological Seminary (Cincinnati, Ohio); Ohio--Politics and government
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio);