Lycoming College - Lycoming County Women's History

Photograph of group of young women and girls on the steps of the Williamsport YWCA. No further information is available about the event known as "Camp Tri-Merri Day".

Photograph of the cast of "The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter" (1938). Handwritten note on reverse: "Left to right (1938) Louise Niemeyer; Mrs. Bannen; [Mrs.] Jackson; [Mrs.] Gillett; [Mrs.] Manson; [Mrs.] Williamson." The 1940 census gives further information about some of the women: Louise Niemeyer was 63, a college graduate, and a lodger with a physician's family; Janet Bannen, 52 and widowed, resided with her sister and brother-in-law; and Doris Gillett, 29, was the wife of Harold, an aircraft machinist, probably at what is now the Lycoming Engines division of Avco Corporation. An article in the Feb. 1, 1938, Gazette & Bulletin, also reported that the play was to take place the next day at the Women's Club, starring "Mrs. Phil Gillette, as the heroine, in the title role; Miss Louise Niemeyer the lighthouse keeper and Mrs. R.G. Bannen his wife; Mrs. Frederic E. Manson the villain and Mrs. R.W. Jackson the hero."

Photograph of the cast of YWCA Williamsport 1938 play. Handwritten on reverse: "Left to right, Louise Niemeyer, Mrs. Taggert, Mrs. Van Antwerp, Mrs. Peaslee, Mrs. Laird, Mrs. Walton, Mrs. Walton, Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs. Hicks." More information is available, however, from the February 1, 1938, Gazette & Bulletin, which actually describes the event as part of the next day's Clio Club annual business meeting at the Women's Club, as follows: "A Floradora chorus, directed by Mrs. J. Frank Budd, will appear on the program in gowns they themselves wore at the turn of the century. The chorus includes Mrs. Clarence L. Peaslee, Mrs. H.W. Taggert, Mrs. H.W. Whitehead, Miss Louise Niemeyer, Mrs. H.R. Laird, Mrs. T.M.B. Hicks, Mrs. L.L. Walton, Mrs. J.G. Rhoads, and Mrs. G.F. Welliver." The handwritten notes above indicate that apparently some cast changes were made following the article's publication.

Pamphlet for new members living at the Williamsport YWCA; includes a list of services provided and house rules.

Listing of the number of girls involved in the various activities offered by the Y.W.C.A.

The pamphlet gives general information, titles, short descriptions, and instructors' names

Pamphlet listing classes offered, short descriptions, times, and instructors' names.

Letter to potential donors describing the need for funds, campaign plans, and dates of solicitation