Aerial View of Marietta College photograph   Save
Ohio Guide Photographs
Description: Caption reads; "Air View of Marietta Campus." Reverend Luther Bingham established the Institute for education in 1830, and in 1835, it became known as Marietta College. At first, Marietta College included a preparatory school as well as a traditional college. The institution grew quickly and by 1846 there were sixty undergraduates and 117 preparatory students enrolled. Throughout its history, Marietta College has emphasized a commitment to a liberal arts education. In 2009, the enrollment was 1,400 students. 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_B05F03_010
Subjects: Marietta (Ohio); Education; Universities and colleges; Aerial photography; Marietta College; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)