Description: Elminie Holland Rickman, founder of Rick's Child Guidance Center, passing out diplomas to students during a kindergarten graduation ceremony, ca. 1953 - 1969. The school for African-American children was located in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00665
Subjects: African American women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker who became the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s and father of Walker Walker-Taylor became 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_Z2
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
 

Description: Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a middle-aged woman sitting in a chair with her hands in her lap, posing against a solid backdrop. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or 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 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_b15_f935
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States--History; Women
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

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 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: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor’s mother; Eva Walker and maternal grandmother Emma Revallion with an unidentified woman in the middle. Walker-Taylor became 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_B06F05_A
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor as a youth and her maternal grandmother Emma Revallion. Walker-Taylor became 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_B06F05_B
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
 

Description: Picture of Charlotte Reeve Conover, who was born in 1855 to parents John Charles Reeve and Emma Barlow (Reeve) in Dayton, Ohio. She was an author whose works include “On Being Eighty,” “Concerning Our Forefathers,” “The Story of Dayton,” “An Intimate History,” and many other books and articles which were often about the history and people of Dayton, Ohio. She was known for her wit and lively writings. She also worked as a teacher and lecturer. In 1879, Conover married Frank K. Conover, an attorney educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They had four children: Emily Dickson Conover, John Charles Reeve Conover, Wilbur Dickson Conover, and Charlotte Mary Conover. She died in 1940 at the age of 85. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07657
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio)--Authors; Ohio authors; Ohio Women
 

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