Description: Elevated view of the campus of the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1910-1919. The University of Cincinnati originated in 1819 with the founding of Cincinnati College, but survived only six years before financial difficulties forced it to close. In 1835, Daniel Drake reestablished the institution, which eventually joined with the Cincinnati Law School. Cincinnati College continued to operate until 1918, when it formally merged with the University of Cincinnati, which had been chartered in 1870. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05225
Subjects: Education--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; College buildings; Universities and colleges
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Greene Co., Yellow Springs, O. April. 26, 1937. Horace Mann Memorial." The memorial reads: "Horace Mann. 1796 - 1859. First President and Founder of Antioch College. This memorial is erected to perpetuate the memory of an able lawyer, a great statesman and a pioneer in education. May his life and example ever inspire and exalt the students of Antioch College. Hugh Taylor Birch, Donor - 1936." The Christian Church, a Protestant denomination, founded Antioch College in 1852 as a coeducational, nonsectarian college. A congressman, abolitionist, and reformer, Horace Mann became the first president of Antioch College in 1852. Under Mann, Antioch College adopted a radical new curriculum including study of sciences in addition to liberal arts and classroom discussion. The college also adopted many of Mann's social ideals. It was one of the first to allow women students to study the same curriculum as white men. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_005_1
Subjects: Education; Universities and colleges; Statues; Mann, Horace, 1796-1859; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Yellow Springs (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor with several unidentified people while vacationing in the West Indies, the birth place of her father, Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker. Bishop Walker was the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th president of Wilberforce University. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F09_D_5
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; African American women; African American men; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; Religion in Ohio
Places: West Indies
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker, Bishop Reverdy C. Ransom and wife Emma Ransom with unidentified individuals attending a child’s christening. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. Ransom was the 28th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. A graduate of Wilberforce University, he also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F07_P_1
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators; Religion in Ohio
 

Description: Class photograph showing the student body sitting in front of Bundy Hall on the campus of Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F08_P
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators; Students -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Beacom Gymnasium at Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio. The builiding was built in 1919 and was the main center for sports and social gatherings. Here it is being used by a group of students taking an exam. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F08_O
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators; Students -- Ohio
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Walker-Taylor, Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker and various unidentified men. Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker was the 66th Bishop appointed to the African Methodist Episcopal church and the 10th president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F06_H
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Howard University; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American women; African American men; Religion in Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker and Eva Walker with an unidentified man. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_C
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American men; African American women; Religion in Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of Bishop dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker with his daughter Yvonne Walker-Taylor at an unknown venue. Walker was the 66th Bishop of the the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the 10th President of Wilberforce University. Walker-Taylor later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named president of Wilberforce in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F01_G
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American Educators; African American men; African American women; Religion in Ohio