Lycoming College - Lycoming County Women's History

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About This Collection

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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Aunt Sarah Speaker
Aunt Sarah Speaker
Private Lives, Speaker, Sarah
Photograph of an elderly woman. Various sources describe a Sarah Speaker (1812-1901), wife of a prominent judge in Sullivan County, who had many connections to Lycoming County.
"Aunt" Susan Steck
"Aunt" Susan Steck
Private Lives, Steck, Susan
Photograph of an elderly woman. A Susan Steck was the wife of Hughesville blacksmith Henry Dieffenderfer.
"Auntie" Pierson
"Auntie" Pierson
Private Lives, Pierson,
Head-and-shoulders portrait of elderly woman.
Avis Ann Rouse Cochran
Avis Ann Rouse Cochran
Cochran, Avis Rouse, Private Lives
Photograph of Avis Cochran, wife of State Senator J. Henry Cochran.
Beryl M. King (Dec. 9, 1886)
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)
Beryl May King (c. 1905)
Beryl May King (c. 1905)
Private Lives, Work, King, Beryl May (Beryl M.)
"daughter of/ Wm. Clarence King/ Born 12-9-1885/ 20 years old/ Dress pine apple/ cloth brought by/father from Philippines" (on reverse). Other photos present of subject at age 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, & 12. According to the 1920 census, Beryl M. King was an assistant librarian at the public library.
Business & Professional Women's Club, of Williamsport, Pa. at Peaks Island, Maine, Clam Bake, Wednesday, 15 July, 1925
Business & Professional Women's Club, of Williamsport, Pa. at Peaks Island, Maine, Clam Bake, Wednesday, 15 July, 1925
Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport, Private Lives, Work, Business and Professional Women's Club (Williamsport, Pa.)
Photograph of smaller group of women from the Business & Professional Women's Club at a clam bake.
Business & Professional Women's Club, of Williamsport, Pa. at Portland, Maine (July 1925)
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.
Clara Strailey
Clara Strailey
Private Lives, Strailey, Clara
Photograph of Clara Strailey in her late teens. According to the April 8, 1902, edition of the Williamsport Daily Gazette & Bulletin, Clara Strailey of Wolf Township was one of a number of students approved to receive high school diplomas by the County Teachers' Exchange.
Edith Arnold's party, May 20, 1916
Edith Arnold's party, May 20, 1916
Private Lives, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport
Photograph of sixteen girls of varying ages seated outdoors at a table topped with an American flag.
Edith Michaels (at Renovo, [Pa.], with bicycle) (21 Aug., 1897)
Edith Michaels (at Renovo, [Pa.], with bicycle) (21 Aug., 1897)
Bicycles, Private Lives, Michaels, Edith
Outdoor photograph of young woman standing behind bicycle on a wooden porch or step.
Elizabeth Howell Middaugh (1885)
Elizabeth Howell Middaugh (1885)
Private Lives, Middaugh, Elizabeth Howell
Wedding portrait. "in her wedding gown/1885/ Her husband/ Mr. Jacob Stocker Middaugh/ a member of the firm/ The Bush & Bull Co. of/ Williamsport, Pa." (on reverse)
Elizabeth Kelly "after measles"
Elizabeth Kelly "after measles"
Private Lives, Kelly, Elizabeth
Young woman in late teens or early twenties. Appears to be a carte de visite.
Ella Fague, Dec. 25, 1883
Ella Fague, Dec. 25, 1883
Fague, Ella, Private Lives
Photograph of Ella Fague, Dec. 25, 1883; Gift of California (State) Genealogical Society. Aged 25 in 1880, Ella lived with her sister and brother in Hughesville.
Elvira Fuller (Campbell) King
Elvira Fuller (Campbell) King
Private Lives, King, Elvira Fuller (Campbell)
"Born 12-24-1858/ Aunt Ellie/ Wife Wm. Clarence/ King/ Mother of/ Beryl King" (on reverse)
Emma LaMonte, c. 1881
Emma LaMonte, c. 1881
Private Lives, LaMonte, Emma L
Photograph of infant in white dress and cap, seated in overstuffed chair.
Encie Maynard Herdic
Encie Maynard Herdic
Private Lives, Herdic, Encie Maynard
Oval portrait of Encie Maynard Herdic, the second wife of Peter Herdic.
Ethel Gray, Louise Seaman, Cleo Gilbert, Ida Wallis
Ethel Gray, Louise Seaman, Cleo Gilbert, Ida Wallis
Gray, Ethel, Seaman, Louisa, Wallis, Ida, Private Lives, Gilbert, Cleo
Photograph of four young women in traveling clothes standing on a bridge. The 1900 census shows Anna L. Seaman, Cleopatra C. Gilbert, and Ida Honora Wallis as students at Dickinson Seminary, while Ethel Gray, at an address very near the Seminary, was listed as an inmate, and may perhaps have lived at an orphanage.
Five women in white dresses
Five women in white dresses
Private Lives, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport
Photograph of five young women in white dresses, gloves and veiled hats
Florence Van Fleet (later Mrs. Moses Lyman) c. 1879
Florence Van Fleet (later Mrs. Moses Lyman) c. 1879
Private Lives, Van Fleet, Florence
Full-length studio portrait. "Sister of Dr. Walter Van Fleet" (on reverse) Gift of Marion B. (Mrs. L.P.) Maynard. The Van Fleet-Lyman marriage took place in August 1892; Dr. Van Fleet was a prominent breeder of roses.