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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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.
Business student study group
Business student study group
Business Students, Vocational Education, Education, Women
Business students studying together.
Camp life in the black forest
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.
Capping ceremony, class of 1961
Capping ceremony, class of 1961
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photograph of capping ceremony. Handwritten notes on the reverse list, "Capping, 3-13-59, class of 1961. M.E. Maynard, Williamsport Hospital."
Capping - Class of 1958
Capping - Class of 1958
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of capping ceremony of class of 1958. The directory lists the following members of this class: Grace Abramo, Emma Beierle, Barbara Bower, Joan Brosious, Betty Burfield, Jacqueline Burns, Bertha Clark, Nancy Clouser, Lucille Daugherty, Suzanne Hancock, Fay Harman, Joanne Hart, Elaine Justice, Joanna Kling, Juanita Oliver, Sally Lehman, Mary Messinger, Betty Neff, Joyce O'Donnell, Catherine Plotts, Shirley Ricker, Virginia Schmohl, Beverly Schriner, Nancy Selders, Andrea Wagner, and Doris Winkleblech.
Cast of "The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter" (1938)
Cast of "The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter" (1938)
Social reform, Williamsport YWCA (Williamsport, Pa.)
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."
Cast of YWCA Williamsport 1938 play
Cast of YWCA Williamsport 1938 play
Social reform, Williamsport YWCA (Williamsport, Pa.)
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.
Chemistry lab
Chemistry lab
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of six students in chemistry lab. Although undated, their uniforms appear to be from the 1930's or 1940's.
Chemistry lab, 1/12/1941
Chemistry lab, 1/12/1941
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of 3 students in chemistry lab. Dated 1/12/1941. Students are demonstrating laboratory equipment for visiting observers.
Children in isolation ward
Children in isolation ward
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of children in several cubicles in what appears to be a children's isolation ward. The calendar page displayed on the wall is April 1931.
Children in shared bathroom, Home for the Friendless.
Children in shared bathroom, Home for the Friendless.
Women in charitable work., Social reform, Home for the Friendless (Williamsport, Pa.).
Children sharing the bathroom, washing or brushing teeth.
Class of 1903
Class of 1903
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo identified on p. 38 of 100 years of tradition as class of 1903. "Top row: Margaret Hensler, Elizabeth Rodkey, Carrie Ritter, Anna Young; row 2: Catherine Murrelle, Nellie Bower, Jennie Hayes, Miss Mann, Grace Beck, Olive Gebhart; bottom: Maude Pensyl, Anna Longsdorf."
Class of 1920
Class of 1920
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of class of 1920. As identified in handwritten note on reverse: "top row: Bertha Ahn, D. Grace DeLaney, Miss Mann, Mary Regel, Olive Hilliard. Bottom row: Frederica Myers, Emma Morris, Floy Reinbold, Elizabeth Thompson."
Class of 1926
Class of 1926
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of class of 1926. As identified in hand-written note on reverse: "front row: Mabel Grove, Margaret Blaker, Adessa Furst, Nellie Harkness, Aletha Riggs, Flora Johnson, Gertrude Smith. 2nd row: Mary Lindsay, Josephine Smith, Margaret Bryson, Miss Eckman - Instructor, Miss Hipple - Director of Nursing, Evelyn Richter, Caroline Guiser, Mary Louise Koch, Pauline Smith, Hazel Cleaver, Muriel Portmore, Madge Eberenz, Alice Heylmun. Picture donated by F. Jones."
Class of 1931
Class of 1931
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of class of 1931, probably taken in 1929. From 100 years of tradition, p. 51: "Front: Mary Merrill, Thelma McCaslin, Alice Eckman, Ceil Sanders, Margaret Waltz; 2nd: Nellie Mahoney, Lillian Larson, Elinor Spotts, Elizabeth Stitzer; 3rd: Elizabeth Waring, Doris Smead, Louise Welty, Blanche Heim, Elverda Sharritts; top: Kathryn McMahon, Charlotte Crandall; absent - Alice Bahr, Thelma Ault, Marjorie Ditzler, Gertrude Barto." From verso of photo: "Elizabeth Stitzer Finkele; Mary Merrell Linaberry Finney (Dec.); Thelma McCaslin (Dec.); Alice Eckman Bastian; Ceil Sanders Welliver; Margaret Waltz Williams. Corner Rural Ave. & Campbell facing Campbell, on a "break" between classes. Probably 1929."
Class of 1934, Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing
Class of 1934, Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of class of 1934. Stamped on verso: "Published May 6, 1934." Attached is a clipping from the Williamsport Grit of that date: "Members of Hospital Graduating Class: First row, left to right: Blanche Phyllis Mason, of Canton; Elizabeth Helen Stoetzel, Emaline R. Winner, of this city; Geraldine C. Smithgall, of Montoursville; Sara A. Miller, of Montgomery, and Annabelle I. Fisher, of Allenwood. Second row: Ellen B. Linn, of Renovo; Margaret A. Wilson, Helen K. May, of this city; Phoebe O. Renn, of Muncy; Martha T. Gray, of this city, and Naomi E. Meckley, of Montoursville. Third row: Miss Lulu M. Hipple, director of nurses; Onalee Mae Renells, of this city; Dorothy A. Bedford, of Montoursville; Ruth Helen Tietbohl, of South Williamsport; Winifred M. Raker, of Liberty; Iva Ellen Carr, of Calvert, and Emma E. Johnson, of Houtzdale. Last row: Angelina C. Caprio, of Lock Haven; Louise M. Beer, of DuBois; Katherine L. Kerstetter, of Muncy; Frieda A. Cox, of Dushore; Maxine Deise, of this city; Emiline Stafford, of Ralston, and C. Louise DeWitt, of Falls."
Class of 1937
Class of 1937
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of class of 1937. Students are dressed in their everyday uniforms, rather than the attire of the official graduation photo on p. 54 of 100 years of tradition. The directory lists class members as Emily Albright, Mildred Brickley, Jane Culver, Ada Deppe, Alice Dieffenbach, Aris Drumm, Juanita Heyler, Sarah Hoag, Mable Hopkins, Helen Junod, Lois Kackenmeister, Viola King, Louise Konkle, Mary B. Kriner, Anna Kyler, Frances McCormick, Alice Miller, Pauline Phillips, Florence Probst, Elizabeth Sander, Mary Snyder, Gladys Updegrove, and Pauline Wertman.
Class of 1939
Class of 1939
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of class of 1939. From p. 55, 100 years of tradition: "Front: Thressa Worthington, Martha Emert, Frances Leeser, Betty Culver, Ada Schultz, Miriam Schultz; 2nd: Jamella Bell, Edna Martz, Martha Hoffman, Marjorie Parker, Marjorie Tenney; 3rd: Martha Hopkins, Bertha Hackenberg, Jane Bricker, Sarah McGinnis, Betty Schwoerer, Violet Wettlaufer; 4th: Jennie Wise, Ann Burgess, Elsie Watkins, Vera Kramer, Margaret Benson; Top: Mary Lowe - Class advisor, Miss Evans, Miss Erdman, Miss Hipple."
Class of 1940
Class of 1940
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of class of 1940. Stamped on verso: "Published Apr. 28, 1940." Attached is a clipping from the Williamsport Grit of that date: "First row, left to right: Dorothy Strayer, Anna Treese, Mary Bacchieri, Dora High, Rosemary Laidacker, Helen Heim, Eleanor Heckart. Second row: Lucille Keller, Genevieve Rizzo, Martha Albright, Claire Harris, Almeda Laudenslager, Eleanor Askey. Third row: Olga Larson, Helen Louise Penman, Martha Katzmaier, Sara Reeder, Dorothy Schultz, Martha McNearney. Fourth row: Laura Hayes, Beth Harbach, Anastasia Wiggins, Helen Waltz, Lily Iona Albert, Alyce Harris, Betty Snoody. Back row: Miss Winifred Evans, Miss Anna Erdmann; Miss Lulu M. Hipple, director of the school of nursing, and Miss Anna C. McKeague, superintendent of the hospital. This class of 27 nurses will be graduated at the forty-fifth annual commencement of the school of nursing of the Williamsport Hospital this Friday evening, May 3. The exercises will be held at the Lycoming Hotel at 8 p.m. Seth T. McCormick, Jr., president of the Williamsport Hospital Board of Managers, will preside. The program is to include an address by the Rev. J. Ray Houser, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church."
Class of 1941
Class of 1941
Education, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing.
Photo of class of 1941. Stamped on verso: "Published May 4, 1941." Attached is a clipping from the Williamsport Grit of that date: "Pictured here are members of the senior class in the Nurses' Training School at the Williamsport Hospital who will be graduated at exercises to be held at the Lycoming May 9. ... Twenty-nine students will receive their pins and diplomas in the school's forty-sixth commencement exercises. Honor student and recipient of the McCormick Award will not be announced until fall, when members of the class will have completed their work. ... The class will be entertained Tuesday evening at the annual alumnae banquet and dance at the Lycoming, of which event Miss Carmen Larson is chairman. ... Members of the class are: First row, left to right - Norma Jean Murphy, Lewisburg; Geraldine Knaus, Wellsboro; Dorothy Fornof, Lock Haven; Emmabelle Gloeckler, Williamsport; Beatrice Bottorf, Lock Haven; Annis Lundy, Williamsport; Betty Beach, Williamsport. ... Second row - Mary Hall, Hublersburg; Beatrice Craw, Williamsport; Rita Mayes, Mill Hall; June Wertz, Williamsport; Mary Calvert, Bodines; Agnes Peters, Unityville; Mary Gladewitz, Williamsport. ... Third row - Jane Mix, Williamsport; Margaret Carter, Jersey Shore; Ruth Day, Picture Rocks; Bettibel Wurster, Williamsport; Doris Thomas, Jersey Shorte; Eleanor Stutzman, Williamsport. ... Fourth row - Jean Kramer, Williamsport; Jane Trick, Watsontown; Margaret Quigley, Williamsport; Lorraine Rimert, Williamsport; Vera Robinson, Jersey Shore; Thelma Biddle, Turbotville. ... Fifth row - Miss Lulu M. Tipple [sic], director of the school; Ruth Elizabeth Neece, Williamsport; Miss Ethel DeWald, supervisor; Betty Gilbert, Montoursville; Betty Swartz, Williamsport."