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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Anonymous woman with cow

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

Farm woman with cow and milking bucket

Anti-Suffrage Organization is Effected in City

Women - Suffrage, Social reform

Newspaper article concerning the formation of an anti women's suffrage organization in Williamsport

Application for charter is filed [Woman's Club]

Woman's Club (Williamsport, Pa.), Arts, Private lives, Social reform

Newspaper story on the application of local women to form a Woman's Club.

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.

Architectural drawing of new residence.

Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.

Architectural drawing of new residence. A partial label reads, "Architectur(?) Lawrie & . Harrisburg, Pen(?)". The Pennsylvania State Archives holds the manuscript collection, including architectural drawings, of Lawrie & Green, 1922-1960, although this Harrisburg architectural firm was in business 1922-1972.

Art Class (1899)

Arts, Education, Dickinson Seminary

Photo of young women in art class at Dickinson Seminary, now Lycoming College, in 1899.

AT REST IN WILDWOOD: Funeral of Mrs. Emeline Bentley Yesterday Afternoon.

Bentley, Emeline G., Obituaries, Private Lives

Newspaper article announcing the death and funeral arrangements for Mrs. Emeline Bentley, widow of the late Benjamin S. Bentley

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.

"Auntie" Pierson

Private Lives, Pierson,

Head-and-shoulders portrait of elderly woman.

Avis Ann Rouse Cochran

Cochran, Avis Rouse, Private Lives

Photograph of Avis Cochran, wife of State Senator J. Henry Cochran.

Avis Ann Rouse Cochran

Cochran, Avis Ann Rouse, Private lives

Photograph of Avis Ann Rouse Cochran, the wife of J. Henry Cochran.

Bertha Mary Heiney (Mrs. Gibson Garfield) Antes, on her wedding day, 23 June 1909

Heiney, Bertha Mary, Private lives, Antes, Bertha Mary Heiney (Mrs. Gibson Garfield) Antes

Wedding portrait taken upon a staircase. Long diaphanous train is pooled at the bride's feet. Gibson Antes, a bookkeeper, and his wife Bertha lived on Park Avenue, according to the 1910 census.

Beryl M. King (Dec. 9, 1886)

Private Lives, King, Beryl May (Beryl M.)

Infant possibly in christening gown. "Dec. 9/86 - 1 yr. old" handwritten on photo. "daughter of Wm. Clarence King)

BOONE, MISS SARAH [Deaths]

Boone, Sarah, Obituaries, Private lives

Newspaper article announcing the death of Miss Sarah Boone. She was a distant relative of the scout and hunter, Daniel Boone.

Brief history of Y.W.C.A..

Social reform, Williamsport YWCA (Williamsport, Pa.)

History, including a discussion of various aspects of the Williamsport Y.W.C.A.; addresses first home, early classes, fundraising, and progress.

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.

Business student study group

Business Students, Vocational Education, Education, Women

Business students studying together.

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