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Title	Alumni Gateway Unveiling Photographs
Subject	Architecture Education Universities and colleges Gates Alumni & alumnae Dedications Rites & ceremonies
Place	Athens (Ohio) Athens County (Ohio)
Description	Two photographs from the Athena show the dedication of the Alumni Gateway at Ohio University in 1915. The first photograph shows Governor Frank Willis at the dedication ceremony, while the second shows the unveiling of the gateway. The photographs are 3.25" x 2.5" (8.26 x 6.35 cm). The university erected the gateway In 1915 to commemorate the centennial of the first diplomas granted in the Northwest Territory. It stands at the corner of campus opposite downtown Athens. Ohio University was founded in 1804, one year after Ohio became a state. Revolutionary War veterans from New England conceived the idea for a university in 1786, when they purchased land in the Northwest Territory through the Ohio Company of Associates. The Northwest Ordinance, passed in 1787, also encouraged "schools and the means of education." Funding for a university came from revenue earned from leases in two townships in the Ohio Company Purchase. Ohio University opened in 1808 with three students. The school granted its first diplomas in 1815. Enrollment remained small and the university graduated only about 145 students in its first six decades. Its fortunes gradually began to improve late in the 19th century, particularly after it started receiving state support in the early 1880s.
Creator	Athena
Date of Original	1915
Collection	Alumni Gateway Collection
Source	Audiovisual material VFM Buildings - Alumni Gateway
Submitting Institution	Ohio University, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om1603_2667386_002
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	Om1603_2667386_002.tif
Image Height	913
Image Width	1337
File Size	354.768 KB

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