Description: This photograph shows Zane Grey after having successfully hunted a bear. The description on the back of the photograph reads: "Zane Grey with large bear shot in Hell Gate country, Tonto Basin, Arizona, probably 1919." The photograph belongs to the Zane Grey Photograph Collection. Zane Grey was a popular and widely read novelist of the American West. Grey was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on January 31, 1872. His parents were Lewis Grey and Alice Josephine Zane Grey. As a teenager, Grey was an excellent baseball player. He won a baseball scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied to become a dentist. Once he left school and began his dental practice in New York, Grey realized that he was not happy. He decided to leave dentistry behind and become a writer. Grey's first novel, "Betty Zane," drew inspiration from the stories he had heard about frontier Ohio when he was growing up. He wrote "Betty Zane" in 1904 but was not able to find a publisher at first. Refusing to give up, Grey traveled west and continued writing. In 1910, he had his first success when Harper's Magazine published "The Heritage of the Desert." Two years later, Harper's published "Riders of the Purple Sage." Grey died unexpectedly of a heart attack on October 23, 1939. By the time of his death, he had written almost ninety books. Most of his books were Westerns, but he also wrote nine books that had a fishing theme. Grey also published many short stories, a biography of George Washington as a young man, and several stories for children. Some of Grey's other popular Western novels included "Spirit of the Border," "Desert Gold," "The Last Trail," "The Call of the Canyon," and "The Thundering Herd." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P49_B02F07_003_001
Subjects: Authors; Books; Grey, Zane, 1872-1939; Education; National parks & reserves
Places: Arizona
 

Description: Myers Hall was the first building constructed on the campus of Wittenberg College (now Wittenberg University), with construction beginning in 1846 and additional wings added in 1850-1851. It served as the home of the college for 40 years, and was later converted to a men's dormitory and eventually a co-ed dormitory, which it remains today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F06_027_001
Subjects: Springfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Education; Universities and colleges; Wittenberg College--Buildings; Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic postcard of Harrison Township High School, Kirkersville, Ohio, ca. 1905-1915. Photographic postcards are photographs developed on postcard paper. Whedon S. Harriman, who operated a wholesale postcard business in Columbus between 1905 and 1915, produced this photographic postcard. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03764
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; Schools
Places: Kirkersville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mouton Hall is one of Kent State's original halls. It is named after Edwin F. Moulton, who was the first president of the Board of Trustees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_023_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Kent State University; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Charles William Braun pictured with his class in Oriental costumes, 1922. He was the son of German immigrants, Carl August Braun and Hilda Anna Malvina Labinski Braun, who immigrated to the United States from Germany as children. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03766
Subjects: Children of immigrants; Cultural Ohio--Education
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Charles William Braun pictured with his class at East View School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1920. He was the son of German immigrants, Carl August Braun and Hilda Anna Malvina Labinski Braun, who immigrated to the United States from Germany as children. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03767
Subjects: Children of immigrants; Cultural Ohio--Education; School children United States
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: caption reads: "Antioch College-The Photosynthesis Labratory, C. F. Kettering Foundation. Here students have the opportunity to take part in important scientific research into the nature of chlorophyll" View on Ohio Memory.
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Subjects: Education; Science and Technology; Universties and colleges; Antioch College; Laboratories
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Delaware County Delaware Co Willis Hi School" This photograph shows Frank B. Willis High School located in Delaware, Ohio, ca. 1935. The Willis School was named after Frank B. Willis, who was born in Delaware County and died in the City of Delaware on March 30, 1928. Willis served the citizens of Delaware and the State of Ohio in the Ohio House of Representatives (1900-1904), the U.S. House of Representatives (1911-1915), as Governor of Ohio (1915-1917), and as Ohio’s senator in the U.S. Senate from 1920 until his death in 1928. Willis School, which housed grades 7-12, opened in 1932 and was named to honor Delaware's native son. The first graduating class was in 1933; the last was in 1962. From 1962 until the present, Willis School housed a middle school for the City of Delaware. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_021_001
Subjects: School buildings--Ohio; Education--Ohio; Governors--Ohio
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: 3" x 4" photograph of a Merrimac replica from the collection of models for the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Merrimac, an iron-clad warship, is famous for its duel with the Monitor, in the American Civil War. The Battle of Hampton Roads, often called the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac, received worldwide publicity as the first fight between two iron-clad ships. In the summer of 1861, Washington officials were informed that the Confederates had raised the sunken federal ship, Merrimac, from the bottom of the Elizabeth River,where it had been scuttled, and were restoring and outfitting it as an iron-clad warship. The wooden ship was cut down to its water line, then four inch thick iron plates of sloping structure were placed over the hull. An iron pilot house, barely a yard high, was built near the rear of the ship.Extending from the sides of the sloping main structure were 10 cannons. While a powerful ram of cast iron, wedge-shaped and 1,500 pounds was added to the prow. Neither ship was materially damaged in the battle, but a lucky shot by the Merrimac through a sight-hole blinded the commanding officer of the Monitor. The inconclusive battle ended when the Monitor withdrew, as did the Merrimac shortly after. Model dimensions: length 23", width 6", height 8.5". Photographs and descriptions of models were included in the book "Models for the Blind," compiled by workers of the Ohio Writers' Program. The book was meant as a guide, to be used in the building and study of models, and as documentation of the achievements at the Ohio State School for the Blind. The models were a result of research, design and construction by employees of the Works Projects Administration. Models were made of durable materials to withstand regular usage. The average cost of labor for larger models was $45. A special room was built to store the models where teachers could borrow them to be used in classroom instruction. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_037_001
Subjects: United States. Work Projects Administration; Blind--Education--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Warships Models
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photo depicts a student standing on a chair, reaching for a book on the top shelf of a bookshelf in the stacks at the OSU Main Library. The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, anchoring the western end of The Oval, is the Ohio State University’s main branch and single largest repository. Also called the Main Library, it was named after the university’s fifth president. The Thompson Library, designed by the Boston firm of Allen and Collens in the Italianate Renaissance Revival style was opened January 6, 1913. Its placement on the Oval was suggested by the Olmsted brothers who had designed New York City's Central Park. The library has been renovated or expanded three times since its original date of construction. The first addition, a massive extension of the original three-floor structure, the addition of a 10-story tower, as well as single story extensions to the north and south ends of the east entrance. This first renovation was completed on June 2, 1951. The second expansion added an unadorned modern extension to the west wing, finished on January 5, 1977. In July 2006, the library closed to begin the $108 million dollar renovation of the building started on January 10, 2007. The 2007-09 renovation included hazardous materials abatement, replacement and expansion of the 1977 addition, and restoration of the building's original east facade. The library reopened on August 3, 2009, and it was officially dedicated on September 24, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04_010_1
Subjects: Education; Universities & colleges--United States--1890-1940; Ohio State University. Library; Ohio State University. William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library; William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library; Ohio State University; Thompson, W. O. (William Oxley), 1855-1933
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)