Description: Charles Sallee was the artist of the Outhwaite Homes Mural Cartoon. He was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1911, the eldest of fourteen children. All his life, he only wanted to be an artist. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F09_024_001
Subjects: Ohio; Mural painting and decoration--United States.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This engraved images is a portrait of General Francis Bates Pond (1825-1883), a Republican state legislator and Ohio attorney general. Pond was born in Jefferson County, New York, and came to Ohio in 1841 to attend Oberlin College. He graduated with honors in 1846 and spent the next three years in Kent, Ohio, working as a teacher and a bookkeeper. In 1850 he moved to Harmar, Ohio, and taught classics at Harmar Academy. He studied law and was admitted to the bar 1852 at Malta, Ohio. Three years later was elected prosecuting attorney of Morgan County. In 1861 he enlisted in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1864 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel with the newly formed 62nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In August 1864 he was wounded at the Battle of Deep River and lost vision in one eye. He resigned his commission in November 1864 due to ill health. He was made brigadier general by brevet in 1864. After returning to Ohio, Pond resumed his law practice and political career. In 1867 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served one term. In 1869 he was elected Ohio’s attorney general and served two terms. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1873. In 1879 Pond was elected to the Ohio Senate and served two terms. While a state senator he introduced the so-called "Pond Bill," which created a tax on intoxicating liquors in order to restrict buying and selling of the products. Pond died November 2, 1883, at his home in Malta, Ohio. His death was linked to the wound he received during the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05988
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Republican Party; Lawyers
 

Description: Mary A. Ball Bickerdyke, known as "Mother" Bickerdyke, was a nurse and healthcare provider for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was born on July 19, 1817, near Mount Vernon, Ohio. After attending Oberlin College, she studied nursing in Cincinnati. During the Civil War, Bickerdyke traveled with the armies of Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman, treating wounded soldiers, setting up field hospitals, and working as an agent for the United States Sanitary Commission. After the war was over, she assisted Union veterans with legal issues and helped them secure their pensions. Bickerdyke died on November 8, 1901, in Bunker Hill, Kansas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07064
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Nurses--Ohio; Nurses and nursing--Ohio; Women--Ohio--History
Places: Mount Vernon (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio);
 

Description: Portrait of Charles M. Hall (1863-1914), ca. 1890. A graduate of Oberlin College, Hall discovered the electrolytic method of producing aluminum cheaply for commercial use in 1886. He began working for the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, later known as the Aluminum Company of America, and became vice president in 1890. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03886
Subjects: Oberlin College; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Inventors--Ohio
 

Description: This is a portrait of William Leon Dawson (1873-1928), from "The Condor," (March/April 1913). Dawson was born in Iowa but lived in Ohio for part of his childhood, going on to attend Oberlin College and later Oberlin Theological Seminary. He was a famous American ornithologist and was well-known for his 1903 work "Birds of Ohio." The portrait seen here appears in "The Condor," an international journal on ornithology that has been in publication since 1899. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02780
Subjects: Ornithologists; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Scientists
 

Description: General Jacob D. Cox served as governor of Ohio from 1866 to 1868. From "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1907. Cox also served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Originally from Montreal, Canada, Cox emigrated to the United States, and attended Oberlin College. After several pre-war political positions in Ohio, he joined the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Cox fought at Antietam, South Mountain, and Atlanta, and eventually became military supervisor for the District of Ohio and the District of Michigan. He went on to become the 28th Governor of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04231
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio History--Military Ohio, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900) in military uniform, taken by Warner & Elliott of Columbus, Ohio. Originally from Montreal, Canada, Cox emigrated to the United States, and attended Oberlin College. After several pre-war political positions in Ohio, he joined the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Cox fought at Antietam, South Mountain, and Atlanta, and eventually became military supervisor for the District of Ohio and the District of Michigan. He went on to become the 28th governor of Ohio from 1866 to 1868, and served as Secretary of the Interior from 1869 through 1870 in the presidential cabinet of fellow Ohioan Ulysses S. Grant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2288_001_01
Subjects: Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Generals--United States; Governors--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Wayne B. Wheeler (1869-1927) was an Ohio native and advocate of prohibition. He played an active role in the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, serving as their principle lawyer and eventually heading the whole national organization by 1919. Wheeler died on September 5, 1927. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03900
Subjects: Westerville (Ohio); Other--Social Welfare; Prohibition; Oberlin College; Social movements
Places: Westerville (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Memorial Building at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County, on April 13, 1937. Originally named Baldwin College, this institution of higher learning was founded in 1845 by John Baldwin. Like Oberlin College, Baldwin was one of the first colleges in Ohio to admit women and African Americans. Baldwin-Wallace is associated with the Methodist Church. In 1913, Baldwin College merged with nearby Wallace College, uniting the two schools' resources. 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_B05F04_026_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture; Universities and colleges; College campuses; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Berea (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Jacob Dolson Cox, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Originally from Montreal, Canada, Cox emigrated to the United States, and attended Oberlin College. After several pre-war political positions in Ohio, he joined the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Cox fought at Antietam, South Mountain, and Atlanta, and eventually became military supervisor for the District of Ohio and the District of Michigan. He went on to become the 28th Governor of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_22
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Warren (Ohio); Montreal (Canada)
 

Description: Frank L. Oberlin identification photograph from the files of the Republic Steel Corporation, Central Alloy District. The Central Alloy District consisted of two plants: one in Canton, Ohio, and one in Massillon, Ohio. Identification photographs were taken over a period of time and logged into the files as one batch on June 3, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F077_05
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Republic Steel Corporation -- Employees
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Tubular pipe of highly-polished gray pipestone is slightly tapered at the mouthpiece end. There a small chip missing from the edge of the bowl end. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07365
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society; Pipes (Smoking)