Description: Male and female students in class, 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03806
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Students -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Male and female students in typing class at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Wilberforce University was founded in 1856 by the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church to further the education of black youth. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03801
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Male and female students in typing class at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Wilberforce University was founded in 1856 by the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church to further education for black youth. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03799
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Male and female students in typing class 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03803
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Students -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Male and female students on stage with organ and other musical instruments 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: AL03809
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio -- African American Ohioans; Wilberforce University; Students -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Stone pestle is bell-shaped and elongated, tapering to a point. The sides flare out to the wide, roughly circular base. The base is rounded. It is olive gray, light olive gray and white in color. Item was found in Green County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07114
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology
Places: Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 30-inch Malleable bucket elevator, made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, was used by the Springfield Coal and Ice Company in Osborn, Ohio, 1911. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01292
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Osborn (Ohio)
 

Description: A conveying system built by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Kavy Canning Company, Xenia, Ohio, 1912. Machinery was powered by belts driven from overhead transmission shafts and pulleys. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01314
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Xenia (Ohio)
 

Description: This corn conveying system was made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. It was installed at the Kavy Canning Company of Xenia, Ohio. Women workers on the right are feeding corn in to husking machines while those on the left remove and discard defective ears of corn. An overhead transmission shaft used belts and pulleys to power the machinery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00979
Subjects: Greene County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Xenia (Ohio)