Description: Reverse reads: “Farm Life. Athens Co., Ohio. Ducks at Athens State Hospital. Photo copied by Federal Writers’ Project, Dayton, Ohio. July 6, 1938. Please give following credit line – Courtesy of the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio. Prints sent to Cincinnati 7-12-38.” Originally, the hospital's grounds consisted of a park-like setting, with ponds, gardens, and fountains. Doctors hoped that the beautiful surroundings would assist patients in recovering their mental health. Patients worked in the gardens, the greenhouse, the orchards, or the dairy, helped to tend livestock, or found employment in the asylum's carriage shop. The asylum also boasted a physical plant that heated the various buildings with steam heat. Many of the patients were never released from the hospital. Most of these people were buried in the asylum's cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F02_041_1
Subjects: State Hospitals--History--Ohio; Ducks; Athens Hospital for the Insane (Athens, Ohio)
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio National Guardsmen marching in Athens, Ohio, Athens County, during student riots at Ohio University, May, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00597
Subjects: Ohio National Guard; Revolution, Reaction, and Reform; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows Athens High School in Athens County, Ohio. Athens High School graduated its first senior class in 1859 and the current building opened in 1968 in The Plains, which now consists of a merger of The Plains High School, Chauncey-Dover High School, and Athens High School. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F14_002_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Education; School buildings--Ohio; Schools; Athens (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a drawing by Henry Howe depicting Ohio University at Athens, Ohio in 1846. Ohio University, founded in 1804, was the first institution of higher education established west of the Allegheny Mountains. This photographic reproduction of Howe's drawing dates ca. 1970-1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00219
Subjects: Athens County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Athens State Hospital from Reservoir Hill in Athens, Ohio. In 1868, construction began on the Athens Asylum. Levi T. Scofield, a Cleveland architect designed the building and it formally opened on January 9, 1874. Within two years of opening, administrators renamed the Athens Asylum the Athens Hospital for the Insane. Over its history, the hospital underwent several name changes, including the Athens State Hospital, the Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center, the Athens Mental Health Center, the Athens Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, and the Athens Mental Health and Developmental Center. The Athens Asylum was one of several hospitals for the mentally ill operated by the State of Ohio. The asylum closed as a mental hospital in 1993. Ohio University eventually purchased the grounds and renamed the site The Ridges. The hospital is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally, the hospital's grounds consisted of a park-like setting, with ponds, gardens, and fountains. Doctors hoped that the beautiful surroundings would assist patients in recovering their mental health. Patients worked in the gardens, the greenhouse, the orchards, or the dairy, helped to tend livestock, or found employment in the asylum's carriage shop. The asylum also boasted a physical plant that heated the various buildings with steam heat. Many of the patients were never released from the hospital and were buried in the asylum's cemetery. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F14_003_001
Subjects: Mental health; State Hospitals--History--Ohio; Science and Technology; Medicine; Athens Hospital for the Insane (Athens, Ohio)
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: The inscription above the gate reads: "So enter that daily thou mayest grow in knowledge wisdom and love." This gate is at the intersection of Court and Union Streets in Athens, Ohio. It is the Alumni Gift of the Class of 1915, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first graduation class from Ohio University. This was also the first graduation of the old Northwest Territory. This quotation greeting those entering the campus was taken from a Latin inscription over the main portal of the University of Padua, Italy. The quotation for those departing the campus is "So depart that thou mayest better serve thy fellowmen thy country and thy God." It was also taken form the same source. This gate is where Ohio University and the City of Athens meet. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F09_009_001
Subjects: Ohio University--Alumni and alumnae--Exhibitions.; Athens (Ohio)
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jacob Lindley was born in 1774 in Pennsylvania. At the age of eighteen he attended Jefferson College, Pennsylvania and later Princeton University, New Jersey, studying theology. In 1803 Lindley moved to Ohio, becoming the pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Waterford. He moved to Athens, Ohio in 1808 after being selected by the first board of trustees of Ohio University to head the university. As the first president of Ohio University he served from 1809-1822. The fireplace mantel pictured in the photograph is from the Lindley House in Athens, Ohio. It is consistent with the Greek revival style that was popular in American architecture during the early 19th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F07_002
Subjects: Architecture; Athens (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Interiors; Fireplaces; Lindley, Jacob, 1744-1814
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jacob Lindley was born in 1774 in Pennsylvania. At the age of eighteen he attended Jefferson College, Pennsylvania and later Princeton University, New Jersey, studying theology. In 1803 Lindley moved to Ohio, becoming the pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Waterford. He moved to Athens, Ohio in 1808 after being selected by the first board of trustees of Ohio University to head the university. As the first president of Ohio University he served from 1809-1822. The fireplace mantel pictured in the photograph is from the Lindley House in Athens, Ohio. It is consistent with the Greek revival style that was popular in American architecture during the early 19th century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F08_030
Subjects: Architecture; Athens (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Interiors; Fireplaces; Lindley, Jacob, 1744-1814
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph of Ohio National Guardsmen marching in Athens, Ohio was taken in May 1970. Ohio University closed on May 15, 1970. Anti-Vietnam War protests increased in Ohio after President Richard Nixon announced that United States troops had entered Cambodia on April 30, 1970. Riots erupted at many college campuses, including Kent State University, where four students were killed on May 4, 1970. By the end of May, all of Ohio's public universities except Bowling Green State University were closed. The photograph measures 4" x 6" (10.16 x 15.24 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3106_3675644_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Military Ohio; Civil Liberties; Education; Vietnam War; Students; Universities and colleges; Kent State University Riot, 1970 (May 4); Ohio National Guard
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: A creek running along side a coal mining site in Athens County. Coal mining was once a major part of the economy of Athens County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06846
Subjects: Athens County (Ohio); Streams; Coal mines and mining--Ohio
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the President's residence at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, taken in 1931. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05132
Subjects: Ohio University--History; College buildings; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of Lindley Hall at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, taken in 1931. The building was constructed in 1913 and originally used as a women's dormitory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05133
Subjects: Ohio University--History; College buildings; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)