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Title	Rio Grande College Founders Portraits
Subject	Education Religion in Ohio Ohio Women Universities and colleges
Place	Rio Grande (Ohio) Gallia County (Ohio)
Description	Three 8 by 10-inch (20.32 by 25.40 cm) portraits document the founders of Rio Grande College, Reverend Ira Z. Haning, Nehemiah Atwood, and Permelia Atwood. A 4 by 6-inch image depicts Reverend Ransom Dunn, the first president of the college. In December 1875, the college was legally organized. It was dedicated on August 29, 1876 and classes began a month later. The first graduation ceremony took place in 1883. It is now known as University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College. Haning was licensed to preach in 1846 and through a series of revivals founded several congregations in Athens, Gallia, Meigs, and Vinton counties. He baptized husband and wife Nehemiah and Permelia Atwood to the Free Will Baptist faith in 1851. Nehemiah desired to found a Baptist college, but he died before he could accomplish his goal. In his memory Permelia provided funds to build Atwood Hall and a dormitory for the school, called Rio Grande College, in the town of the same name. Her portrait is a photograph taken just before her death. Dunn was a leader in the Free Will Baptist Church who was affiliated with the Baptist Academy in Chester, Meigs County, Ohio and Hillsdale College in Michigan. He served as college president from 1876 until 1879. Rio Grande was one of the first institutions of higher learning established by a woman. From the beginning, it has had a non-discriminatory admission policy, welcoming students of both genders and all races.
Date of Original	1874 - 1899
Collection	Jean Lloyd Cooper Archives
Source	Audiovisual material AA01-74 AA02-74 AA03-74 CC01-74
Submitting Institution	University of Rio Grande
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om1179_882482_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	Om1179_882482_001.tif
Image Height	894
Image Width	743
File Size	67.72 KB

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