Lycoming College - Lycoming County Women's History

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Williamsport Women: Voices, Images, Actions-Source material related to the history of women in Lycoming County from Lycoming College, the Lycoming County Historical Society, and the J.V. Brown Library. Documents selected highlight the history of local women in volunteer and reform organizations, education, the arts, the workplace, and private lives. The first part of the collection will cover the time period 1875-1925. "This material will have national, perhaps international, significance as it relates to women's history and studies during a time period when there is a scarcity of materials about women's contributions to local communities. All three cooperating facilities are very limited in staffing and available hours, so the materials will reach users who either cannot physically come to the collections or did not previously know of their existence. This collaborative project is funded through an LSTA grant.

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"Mother" (Mrs. J. L.) Mussina

Mussina, Jerusha Bailey, Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Williamsport, Pa.), Social reform, Work

Jerusha Mussina was the first president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Williamsport, PA Chapter. Mrs. Mussina was born in 1813 and died in 1886.

Alberta Kaseman, Shindel's Silk Mills, Interview

Textile mill workers, Work, Shindel's Silk Mill (Williamsport, Pa.)

Interview with Alberta Kaseman. Kaseman began working at Shindel's Silk Mill, in Hughesville, Pa., in 1929 when she was 14. This is a transcript of the interview which took place on March 23, 1995.

Anonymous group of nursing students

Education, Work, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport

Photograph of group of nursing students in classroom

Anonymous nurse

Work, Nurses--Pennsylvania--Williamsport

Photograph of young woman in World War I nurse's uniform. She is standing in the middle of a group of flags which were displayed in the front foyer of the James V. Brown Library

Anonymous woman with cow

Farmers' spouses, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport, Private Lives, Work, Cows

Farm woman with cow and milking bucket

Application of Lula Thompson for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses

Thompson, Lula, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Applications

Application of Lula Thompson for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated Jan. 13, 1897. Mrs. Thompson was a widow with children aged three and five, who, as she indicated in response to a question on the application, would be cared for by their grandparents. She listed Roman Catholic as her religion and gave as recommendations Dr. S.O Goldman, of New York, and L.O. LaBelle, with whom she apparently boarded.

Application of Martha Washington Redfern for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses

Redfern, Martha Washington, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Applications

Application of Martha Washington Redfern for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated July 24, 1896. "This is to be filled out in the Candidate's own handwriting, and sent to Miss Virginia Loomis, Superintendent of the Williamsport Training School for Nurses. A letter from a clergyman or teacher, relating to the moral character of the applicant, and a certificate of good health from a physician, must accompany this application. The physician must make a through physical examination of the candidate before issuing the certificate." Martha Redfern, born in Philadelphia on February 22, 1873, was in good health and a member of the Cumberland Street M.E. Church in Philadelphia. She was recommended by the Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association of Harrisburg and by Mr. Wm. B. Threapleton, hosiery mfg., of Philadelphia, probably her previous employer.

Application of Nelle B. Mitchell for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses

Mitchell, Nellie, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Applications

Application of Nelle B. Mitchell for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated 1898. Nelle was born in Newberry, "educated in the public schools of city", and a Presbyterian. Her recommendations were G.D. Nutt, a physician, and Rev. Baker.

Aunt Jane Ross

Blacks in Williamsport, Pa., Ross, Jane, Slaves - Biography, Private lives, Social reform, Work

Newspaper article on an elderly Williamsport woman who was once a slave and was over 100 years old.

"Aunt" Mary Haist Blair

Work, Blair,

Portrait, head and shoulders of "Aunt" Mary Haist Blair. On reverse: "Mary Blair was Christ Haist's sister. She and her husband operated store in Duboistown at Valley & Brook (site of laundromat) during lumbering days." Christ Haist was a lumberman and a superintendent of the Susquehanna Boom Company. Mary and John Blair were the parents of Jessie Blair.

Business & Professional Women's Club, of Williamsport, Pa. at Portland, Maine (July 1925)

Private Lives, Work, Women--Pennsylvania--Williamsport

Photograph of approximately fifty women of various ages, many of whom are carrying "Williamsport" banners.

Camp life in the black forest

Lumber camps, Lumber trade, Lumber-yards, Private lives, Work, Logging--Pennsylvania--Williamsport

Photograph of camp life in the black forest depicts a number of men, women and children in a lumber camp.

Diploma of Debbie Louise King

King, Debbie Louise, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Diplomas

Diploma of Debbie Louise King, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses on January 21, 1895.

Diploma of Elizabeth Marian Kuyck

Huyck, Elizabeth Marian, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Diplomas

Diploma of Elizabeth Marian Kuyck, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses on November 12, 1928.

Diploma of Emiline Stafford, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing on September 5, 1934

Stafford, Emaline, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Diplomas

Diploma from The Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. "This certifies that Emiline Stafford has completed the full three years Course of Instruction and practical Training in this School, and having passed satisfactorily the required examinations, is entitled to the degree of GRADUATE NURSE. In Testimony Whereof, the signatures of the officers of the School of Nursing and the Seal of the Hospital are hereunto affixed this 13th day of Sept. Nineteen Hundred thirty four."

Diploma of Fay Marie Little

Little, Fay Marie, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Diplomas

Diploma of Fay Marie Little, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses on December 3, 1916.

Diploma of Helen Mary Ranck

Ranck, Helen Mary, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Diplomas

Diploma of Helen Mary Ranck, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses on July 22, 1927.

Diploma of Mary Carole Lowe

Lowe, Mary Carole, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Diplomas

Diploma of Mary Carole Love, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses on April 7, 1928.

Diploma of Mary Gladys Updegrove, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing on September 13, 1937

Updegrove, Mary Gladys, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Diplomas

Diploma from The Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. "This certifies that Mary Gladys Updegrove has completed the full three years Course of Instruction and practical Training in this School, and having passed satisfactorily the required examinations, is entitled to the degree of GRADUATE NURSE. In Testimony Whereof, the signatures of the officers of the School of Nursing and the Seal of the Hospital are hereunto affixed this 13th day of Sept. Nineteen Hundred thirty-seven. (Signed) Seth R. McCormick, President; Anna C. McTeague, Secretary; Lulu M. Hipple, R.N., Superintendent of Nurses; Anna C. McTeague, Superintendent."

Diploma of Miss Alta J. King

Merritt, Alta King, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Diplomas

Diploma of Miss Alta J. King, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses on February 19, 1884.

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