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Title
Wilberforce
University
road
construction
Subject
Road construction
Wilberforce University
Central State University (Wilberforce, Ohio)
Ohio--History--Pictorial works
Federal Writers' Project.
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Wilberforce (Ohio)
Greene County (Ohio)
Description
Reverse
reads
: "
Greene
County
,
Oct
.
13
,
1936
.
State
14-29-478-
WPA
5181
.
Wilberforce
University
near
Xenia
,
Ohio
.
View
of
portion
of
3/4
mile
road
under
construction.
" This
photograph
depicts
two
men
working
on
road
construction
outside
Wilberforce
University
in
Wilberforce
,
Ohio
.
Wilberforce
University
is
located
on US
42
,
three
miles
from
Xenia
,
Ohio
on
land
that at
one
time
occupied
the
Tawawa
Springs
summer
resort
. In
1856
, the
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
established
Wilberforce
University
near
Xenia
,
Ohio
, to
provide
African
American
access
to a
college
education
. The
university
was the
first
private
black
college
in the
United
States
. Its
founders
named
the
institution
after
William
Wilberforce
, a
prominent
eighteenth-century
abolitionist
. A
number
of
African-American
Ohioans
attended
the
school
during
its
early
years
.
During
the
American
Civil
War
,
attendance
declined
as
many
students
enlisted
in the
Union
army
.
Wilberforce
University
closed
in
1862
. In
1863
, the
African
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
acquired
ownership
of the
university
.
Under
the
direction
of
Daniel
Payne
, a
bishop
in the
African
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
,
John
Mitchell
, the
principal
of a
school
in
Cincinnati
, and
James
Shorter
, an
African
Methodist
Episcopal
pastor
from
Zanesville
,
Ohio
,
Wilberforce
reopened
its
doors
. The
institution
operated
as a
private
university
serving
the
African-American
community
for the
next
twenty-four
years
. In
1887
, the
State
of
Ohio
began
to
provide
Wilberforce
with
funds
to
help
finance
the
institution
,
brought
to an
end
the
university's
exclusively
private
status
. The
state
also
helped
the
university
create
a
Normal
and
Industrial
Department
that
eventually
evolved
into
Central
State
University
.
Wilberforce
University
has
experienced
steady
growth
throughout
the
twentieth
century
.
During
the
last
decades
of the
twentieth
century
, the
institution
built
a
new
residence
hall
, a
student
health
center
, a
recreation
and
sports
facility
, and an
administrative
center
. The
university
offers
more
than
twenty
degree
programs
and has
exchange
programs
with
universities
around
the
world
. In
2003
,
enrollment
was
more
than
1
,
200
students
.
Creator
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Collection
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
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Image Width
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File Size
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Display File Type
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Format
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Date created
2011-05-19
Date modified
2011-05-19
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