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Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (Hiram College) Faculty Photographs

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Title	Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (Hiram College) Faculty Photographs
Subject	Education Religion in Ohio Ohio Women Universities and colleges Church colleges
Place	Hiram (Ohio) Portage County (Ohio)
Description	An 8" x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) photograph of the first faculty of the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College) shows (left to right): Principal Amos Sutton Hayden, Thomas Munnell, Charles Wilber, and Almeda A. Booth. Amos Sutton Hayden (1813-1880) of Youngstown was the first principal and served from 1850 until 1857. Thomas Munnell (1823-1898) taught history. Charles Wilbur (d. 1891) taught natural sciences and left Hiram to attend Williams College with James A. Garfield in 1854. Wilbur graduated and became a geologist. Almeda A. Booth (1823-1875) of Nelson, Ohio, was an English teacher and principal of the Ladies' Department from 1851 until 1866. She taught James A. Garfield and remained close friends with him until her death. A second 8" x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) photograph shows the faculty and their wives in 1858. Pictured are (left to right): James A. Garfield, Mrs. Everest, Harvey W. Everest, Hannah S. Morton, J. Harrison Rhodes, John M. Atwater, and Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. Lucretia Rudolph (1832-1918) married James A. Garfield in 1858. She was the daughter of Hiram founder Zeb Rudolph and enrolled as a student in 1851. J. Harrison Rhodes (d. 1891) of Massillon, Ohio taught English, mathematics, and modern languages at the institute from 1854-1863. The Disciples of Christ founded the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute as a nonsectarian, coeducational preparatory school in 1849. Once the denomination's fellowship in the Western Reserve decided to establish the institution, a contentious debate over its location arose. After thirteen rounds of voting, Hiram was chosen as the site of the institution. The school opened on November 27, 1850 despite the fact that the building was not yet completed. Many of the students came from the surrounding farms and villages of the Western Reserve, but Hiram soon gained a national reputation and students began arriving from other states. The school attained collegiate rank in 1867 and changed its name to Hiram College.
Date of Original	1851; 1858
Source	Audiovisual material Fac #1, Fac #2
Submitting Institution	Hiram College
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om131_593607_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om131_593607_001.tif
Image Height	3057
Image Width	3929
File Size	2444.757 KB

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