Description: Portrait of Major General Robert C. Schenck in uniform. Robert Cumming Schenck (October 4, 1809 – March 23, 1890) was born in Franklin, Ohio and graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1827. He was a professor of that university between 1827 and 1829. He began studying law and was admitted to the bar in 1833, commencing practice in Dayton, Ohio. He was a member of the State house of representatives (1843-1851, 1863-1871) as well as a Union Army general in the American Civil War and an American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run, took part in Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862 and in the Battle of Cross Keys. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07540
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio Government; Generals--United States; Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--History
Places: Franklin (Ohio); Oxford (Ohio); Dayton (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Room in Library Building Oxford, Ohio-1936." The Alumni Library opened in April of 1910 and was funded by the Alumni Centennial Fund and the Andrew Carnegie Foundation for the total amount of the $80,000 it cost to build. When the library opened, it featured a 70 ft. high rotunda, in addition to reading rooms and stacks. In 1924, an east wing was added to the building, which offered a main reference and reading room. A west wing was added to the building in 1952 in addition to the stacks that were added onto the building in 1930, 1949, and 1958. The Alumni Library was the main library of the university until the King Library was constructed in 1972. Miami University is one of the oldest and best-known universities in the State of Ohio. Miami University was founded in 1809. Although chartered in 1809, Miami University did not open its doors to students until 1823. It became known as the "Yale of the West." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F02_006_001
Subjects: Library buildings--Ohio--Oxford; Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: The entrance to the library at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Miami University was founded in 1809, the 10th university to be founded in the United States. It was the second one in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06209
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--History; Universities and colleges Ohio
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Hepburn and McGuffy Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. 1936." Hepburn Hall was named for Andrew Dousa Hepburn, Miami University's Seventh President from 1871 to 1873. The original Hepburn Hall (pictured) was the first women's residence hall. The building has since been demolished and the name was given to another building. McGuffey Hall is named for William Holmes McGuffey a professor at Miami University from 1826 to 1836. Between 1836 and 1845 he served as president of three Ohio institutions. He is best known as the author of the popular series of children's textbooks called McGuffey's Readers. The building was completed in 1925 and cost $364,000 to build. The architects that designed the building were Robert S. Harsh and F. L. Packard. Miami University is one of the oldest and best-known universities in the State of Ohio. Miami University was founded in 1809. Although chartered in 1809, Miami University did not open its doors to students until 1823. It became known as the "Yale of the West." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F02_001_001
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--History; Architecture--Ohio; College buildings
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Miami University, Library Entrance, Oxford, Ohio, Butler County. 1936." The Alumni Library opened in April of 1910 and was funded by the Alumni Centennial Fund and the Andrew Carnegie Foundation for the total amount of the $80,000 it cost to build. When the library opened, it featured a 70 ft. high rotunda, in addition to reading rooms and stacks. In 1924, an east wing was added to the building, which offered a main reference and reading room. A west wing was added to the building in 1952 in addition to the stacks that were added onto the building in 1930, 1949, and 1958. The Alumni Library was the main library of the university until the King Library was constructed in 1972. Miami University is one of the oldest and best-known universities in the State of Ohio. Miami University was founded in 1809. Although chartered in 1809, Miami University did not open its doors to students until 1823. It became known as the "Yale of the West." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F02_002_001
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--History; Architecture--Ohio; Academic libraries--Ohio; College buildings
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Building at Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, Butler Co." This may be a rear view of Swing Hall, a residence hall on Tallawanda Road. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F02_004_001
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a view of serious erosion to a farm land near Oxford, Ohio, in Butler County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F02_032_1
Subjects: Farms; Erosion; Agriculture--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 19, 1936, this photograph shows young ladies who are students of the Butler County Emergency School's homemaking class. Butler County Emergency School was a Works Progress Administration program, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Butler County Emergency Schools. Elm St., Oxford, Ohio, Mrs. Viola Smith, Teacher. Class in Homemaking- Cooking, Food Values, Meal Planning, Sewing, Quilting, Basketry. This class wrote a play and dramatized it in Stewart High School. From the proceeds they purchased materials to make aprons and dresses so they might learn more about sewing, designing and finishing garments." The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. 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_B02F04_006_1
Subjects: African Americans; Home economics--Ohio; Schools--Ohio; Works Progress Administration; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 19, 1936, this photograph shows children playing at Butler County Emergency School, a Works Progress Administration program, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Butler County Emergency Schools. Cor. Elm & Withrow, Oxford, Ohio. Gwendolyn Bolden, Head Teacher, 26 children enrolled." The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. 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_B02F04_004_1
Subjects: Children; Education; African Americans; Schools--Ohio; Classrooms
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 19, 1936, this photograph shows children playing at Butler County Emergency School, a Works Progress Administration program, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Butler County Emergency Schools. Cor. Elm & Withrow, Oxford, Ohio. Gwendolyn Bolden, Head Teacher. 26 children enrolled." The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. 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_B02F04_005_1
Subjects: Children; Education; Schools--Ohio; Classrooms; African Americans
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows Butler County Emergency School, a Works Progress Administration program, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. 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_B02F04_008_1
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--Buildings; Education; Universities and colleges; College campuses--Ohio; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 19, 1936, this photograph shows women sewing and quilting as part of the Butler County Emergency School sewing and quilting project. Butler County Emergency School was a Works Progress Administration program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Butler Count Emergency Schools. Elm St., Oxford, Ohio. Sewing and Quilting, Mrs. Viola Smith, Teacher." The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. 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_B02F04_002_1
Subjects: Quilts; Crocheting; African Americans; Schools--Ohio; Works Progress Administration
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)