Description: Illustration of "The crusading women of New Vienna," from Henry Howe's "Historical Collection of Ohio," 1909. This illustration shows an organized protest held by women in support of Temperance outside of an unidentified New Vienna saloon, likely during the ca. 1870 Whiskey Crusade. The Temperance movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04044
Subjects: Temperance--United States--1870-1880; Alcohol; Women--Societies and clubs--Ohio
Places: New Vienna (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Main Building, Wilmington College." Wilmington College was founded by the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers in 1870. It first offered classes in 1871 and about 150 students were enrolled. It is located in Wilmington, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_004_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio); Religion in Ohio; Quakers; Society of Friends
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Bicentennial barn-painting program was an inexpensive, grassroots marketing campaign that painted the official logo of the Ohio Bicentennial on a highly visible historic barn in each of Ohio's 88 counties. Over 2,000 farmers and landowners submitted their barn descriptions to the committee for consideration. Beginning in 1998, artist Scott Hagan spent five years painting the logos, tailored to every barn's unique character. Typically, the barn owners hosted a celebration at the completion of their barn painting. This photograph is an exterior view of Barn #29, located at 901 New Oglesbee Road in Wilmington, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08616
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Barns; Ohio Bicentennial, 2003
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts the main building on the campus of Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. Wilmington College was established by Quakers in 1870 as a private career oriented, liberal arts college. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06418
Subjects: Wilmington (Ohio); Education, Higher--Ohio--History; Universities and colleges; Works Progress Administration
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts three different buildings on the campus of Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. Wilmington College was founded in 1870 by Quakers, as a private career oriented, liberal arts college. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06419
Subjects: Wilmington (Ohio); Education, Higher--Ohio--History; Universities and colleges; Works Progress Administration
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Lew and Ben Snowden playing banjo and fiddle from the second-story gable of the Snowden House in Clinton, Knox County, Ohio. This photograph was probably taken in the 1890s. Together with other family members--their sisters Sophia, Phebe, Martha, Elsie, and Annie--the brothers performed popular songs for both African American and white audiences throughout rural central Ohio between 1850 and 1900. According to local legend, Daniel D. Emmett learned the song "Dixie" from the Snowdens. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC3964_02
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Arts and Entertainment; Musicians; Musical instruments; Musical performance;
Places: Clinton (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three dormitories; Bailey Hall, Irvin Ash Dormitory, and the Denver Memorial Dorm. Bailey Hall was dedicated in 1909. The Denver Memorial Dorm was dedicated in 1925, and was named in the memory of a girl who was killed by a train in 1918. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_005_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio); Religion in Ohio; Quakers; Society of Friends; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the campus of Wilmington College. The college was formed by Quakers in 1870 as a private career oriented liberal arts college. The building in the photograph is College Hall, built in 1870. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1973. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06548
Subjects: Universities and colleges Ohio; Education, Higher--Ohio--History; National Register of Historic Places; Quakers
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Camp Clinton - S.C.S. & Co. 3502. Wilmington, Ohio. Sept. 1937 Interior view of wood working shop, showing camp boys operating lathes and saw. Photo by Federal Writers' Project. Office copy." This is a photo of three men practicing their woodworking. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F11_006_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Carpentry; Lathes; Saws
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 15, 1937, this photograph shows examples of wood turning and carving by members of Camp Clinton, in Wilmington, Ohio, a Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) camp. The photograph's caption reads "Federal Writers' Project Dayton, Ohio. September 15, 1937. Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) Camps. Camp Clinton - S.C.S. & - Co. 3502. Wilmington, Ohio. Examples of wood turning and carving by members of Clinton camp. Photo by Federal Writers' Project." Camp Clinton may have been on the site of what is today Cowan Lake State Park. The state park was dedicated in 1968. Camp Clinton was first occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps on July 22, 1939. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_029_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Carpentry; New Deal; Woodcarving; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Snowden House in Clinton, Knox County, Ohio. Together with other family members--their sisters Sophia, Phebe, Martha, Elsie, and Annie--Ben and Lew (the Snowden Brothers) performed popular songs for both African American and white audiences throughout rural central Ohio between 1850 and 1900. According to local legend, Daniel D. Emmett learned the song "Dixie" from the Snowdens. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC3964_01
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Arts and Entertainment; Musicians; Musical performance;
Places: Clinton (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio)
 

Description: Poster publicizing Harmount's production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at the Wilmington, Ohio, Opera House on Monday, September 27 (year unknown). Harmount's Uncle Tom's Cabin Company was a theatrical road show company which operated from 1903-1929, and was based in Williamsport, Ohio. The original novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe of Cincinnati, Ohio. The anti-slavery novel depicted the harsh realities of slavery and helped fuel the abolitionist cause in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1509_01
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad; Abolition movement; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Theater--Ohio;
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)