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: 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: 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: 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);
 

Description: Portrait of Lyman Beecher, born in 1775, in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1797 and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1799. Beecher served as the president of Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati from 1832 to 1850. Beecher was the father of two prominent anti-slavery advocates, Harriet Beech Stowe, the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and Henry Ward Beecher, a firebrand preacher who sent guns to "Bleeding Kansas" and equipped Union regiments during the American Civil War. Lyman Beecher died in 1863. The portrait is taken from "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio," 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04100
Subjects: Lane Theological Seminary (Cincinnati, Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio);
 

Description: An image of the Cleveland Female Seminary taken from "Historical Sketches of the Higher Educational Institutions, and also of Benevolent and Reformatory Institutions of the State of Ohio," 1876. A forerunner of modern women's colleges, the seminary was founded for the daughters of Cleveland's wealthy citizens by Reverend Eli N. Sawtell. It opened on May 3, 1854. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04107
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Cleveland (Ohio); Education, Higher--Ohio--History
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Monument to first Protestant sermon in the Northwest Territory by Reverend David Zeisberger, March 14, 1771, Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00416
Subjects: Memorials--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: Newcomerstown (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Women's Christian Temperance Union Headquarters, Lancaster Camp Ground, ca. 1900-1909. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. From the mid 1870s to the early 1890s, the Women's Christian Temperance Union was the major organization within the United States seeking Prohibition. Its members utilized rather extreme tactics to convince Americans to abstain from alcohol. Members picketed bars and saloons, prayed for the souls of the bar patrons, and also tried to block the entryways of establishments that sold liquor. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00038
Subjects: Fairfield County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Chapel on the campus of Western Reserve College in Hudson, Ohio, ca. 1920-1945. Religious groups operated many early colleges in Ohio--Western Reserve College was closely affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. They hoped to instill good moral values in their students and create missionaries to seek and convert new members. Originally established at Hudson, Ohio, Western Reserve College moved to Cleveland in 1882. It was one of the first colleges in Ohio to admit African-American students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03457
Subjects: Schools--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Universities and colleges Ohio
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraved print depicting Denison Baptist University in Granville, Ohio, as the campus appeared in 1890. This print was an illustration in the 1907 edition of "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04112
Subjects: Denison University; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works; College buildings; Ohio--Religion; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)