Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor with her parents Bishop Ormonde Walker and mother Eva Walker with an unidentified group of individuals. All are seated or standing around a table, after dessert was served. Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker became the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B06F02_Z3
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators; African American Children
 

Description: Portrait of an elderly woman seated in front of a hanging backdrop. She wears a short, dark cape and round eyeglasses. Handwriting on the negative includes the name "Sam Lamp" and the location of Shawnee, possibly in Perry County, Ohio. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was taken in the region of southeastern Ohio and central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B27_F2561
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History; Elderly women;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Lois K. Ide (1920-2010) titled her hand quilted work Origami Cranes. Made in 1986, she designed the quilt in horizontal stripes of solid red, solid white, blue and white polka-dots, and screen printed birds. Appliquéd origami cranes of different sizes are scattered across the quilt. The crane, a symbol of peace in Japan, is one of the Japanese’s favorite subjects for the paper folding technique of origami. This piece measures 78cm x 78cm (31 inches x 31 inches). Lois was a native Ohioan and resident of Bucyrus, who began sewing at the early age of four. She learned appliqué and patchwork from her mother and embroidery from her aunt. After years of mastering her craft, she became a master quilter and an internationally known teacher with students worldwide. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3698_6643385_017
Subjects: Ohio Women; Quilts;
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Food conveyors made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the National Pure Food Company, location unknown, 1901. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01635
Subjects: Women--Employment; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Female employees working on the Ivory soap production line at the Procter & Gamble Company based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Procter & Gamble was founded by William Procter and James Gamble in 1837. The company began producing Ivory in 1879, and still manufactures it today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02678
Subjects: Women--Employment; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of nine female students at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African Americans access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States, and was named by its founders after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. In 1863, the African Methodist Episcopal Church acquired ownership of the university. Under the direction of Daniel Payne, a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, John Mitchell, the principal of a school in Cincinnati, and James Shorter, an African Methodist Episcopal pastor from Zanesville, Ohio, Wilberforce reopened its doors. The institution operated as a private university serving the African American community for the next twenty-four years. In 1887, the State of Ohio began to provide Wilberforce with funds to help finance the institution, which brought to an end the university's exclusively private status. The state also helped the university create a Normal and Industrial Department that eventually evolved into Central State University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03805
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Students -- Ohio; African American women -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads in print and script: "IDENTIFICATION Hill people of southern Ohio LOCATION Bell Hollow, Highland and Pike Counties CREDIT LINE By O. Turner DATE TAKEN 1938, spring of DATE PRINTED 1939, spring of SUGGESTED CAPTION Midwife of the Hollow" The photograph shows a woman in a long fur coat standing outside of a wooden building. She is wearing a winter hat and winter boots. A sawhorse and wooden logs are between the woman and the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F01_001_1
Subjects: Highland County (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Women & history;
Places: Highland County (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a woman in a long dress standing by a creek, taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_b09_f504
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Women;
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Teacher Cordelia Hazelton preparing her kindergarten class for the Columbus Centennial pageant with the help of her sister Mary Hazelton, Columbus, Ohio, 1912. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01054
Subjects: Women--Employment; Cultural Ohio--Education
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor’s cousin Grace Lyttle at graduation. Lyttle received a Master's degree in psychology from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. Walker-Taylor became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_T_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; African American women; Wilberforce University; African American Educators
 

Description: Newspaper clipping about Yvonne Walker-Taylor’s cousin Grace Lyttle receiving a five hundred dollar scholarship from the National Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Walker-Taylor became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_T_2
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; African American women; Wilberforce University; African American Educators
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor with an unidentified young man. Walker-Taylor became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_V
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women