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.

100th Anniversary Song (1896-1996)

Daughters of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania. Lycoming Chapter., Private lives

Text for a poem put to music. By Ann Guinter Leidhecker, Assistant Registrar dedicated to her mother Mae Ada Guinter, Registrar. Music by Louise Stryker, Honorary Past Regent and Mary Russell, Honorary Past Regent.

1897 WCTU Convention

Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Social reform

Extensive newspaper coverage of the 1897 State Convention of the Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union, held in Williamsport.

1958 - nurses with Miss America

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

Photograph of three nurses and Miss America. "L to R: Emily Mausteller, Bev Schriner, Peggy McKee. Marilyn Van Derbur (Miss America)"

Account book (June 1920 - February 1925)

Women in charitable work, Social reform, Home for the Friendless (Williamsport, Pa.)

Contains records of the financial transactions of the Home for the Friendless

Administration Building at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.)

State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

Administration Building at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.)

Administrative building at the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy. PA

State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

Main administrative building at the State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, PA), now the State Correctional Institution (Muncy). Photograph was most likely taken in the 1940s.

Aerial view of the State Correctional Institution for Women at Muncy, PA

State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

Area view of the campus of the State Correctional Institution at Muncy. Most likely taken in the 1980s.

African American inmates in sewing class at the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA.

State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

Sewing class for African-American inmates at the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA.

African American inmates working the the laundry of the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA

State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy,Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

African American inmates working the the laundry of the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA. Prison facilities were segregated in the early years of the prison.

Agnes Lydia Loring (Mrs. Benson Bulkeley) Priest, 1907

Loring, Agnes Lydia, Priest, Agnes Lydia Loring (Mrs. Benson Bulkeley), Private Lives, Wedding costume

Young woman in wedding dress. Dress, shoes, glove & veil are part of the Textiles Collection - Lycoming County Historical Society, 81.188

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.

ALMOST NINETY-FIVE. Mrs. Margaret Harris [Death notice]

English, John, Harris, Abraham, Harris, Margaret, Obituaries., Private lives

Newspaper article announcing the death of Mrs. Margaret Harris and describing her life in the West Branch Valley. Her father was John English, a soldier in the Revolution, and she was born outside of Jersey Shore, PA, where she married Abraham Harris and raised her family of eleven children. The article provides a glimpse into life in the early days of the county.

Amanda Taylor Herdic

Herdic, Amanda Taylor, Private lives

Photograph of Amanda Taylor Herdic, first wife of Peter Herdic and mother of Florence Louise Herdic

Anatomy lesson

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

Two students wearing "probie" ties examining a skeleton with their instructor.

Anna Hinaman, U.S. Cadet Corps student nurse

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

Snapshot. Note on reverse of photo identifies "Anna Hinaman as a U.S. Cadet Corps student nurse (summer uniform, raincoat and hat, approx 1943-44) Maried while in training. Entered training Feb. 1942; Married Sept. 23, 1943; Graduated 1945. (First Cadet Corps class; First February class; First class allowed to marry while in training)"

Anna L. Ziegler

Private Lives, Ziegler, Anna L.

Full-length photograph of a young woman, possibly in graduation dress. "Men succeed less by their talents that by their character." The 1900 census records an Anna Ziegler as the 16-year-old daughter of a farmer in Cascade Twp., Lycoming County.

[Annie Hughes]

Private Lives, Hughes, Annie Rotch (Mrs. Daniel)

[Annie Hughes]

The anniversary magazine, conducted by the Ladies' Tripartite Union, and the Gamma Epsilon Society, of Dickinson Seminary. Devoted to literary, art, and science.

Short stories, Arts, Education, Poetry

The anniversary magazine, conducted by the Ladies' Tripartite Union, and the Gamma Epsilon Society, of Dickinson Seminary. Devoted to literature, art, and science, edited by Miss M. M. Yocum, Miss M. V. Monroe, Mr. C. T. Alexander, Williamsport, Pa., June 1853, On cover. "The path of Thought is thro' the Universe. It lingers amid the fragrance of flowers, and entwines with the orbits of a myriad of suns." Contains essays, stories, and poems on various topics, each signed with a pseudonym.

Annual entertainment of the Tripartite Union Society

Student organizations, Arts, Education, Programs

Program for the Annual Entertainment of the Tripartite Union Society, in the Seminary Chapel, Saturday Evening, March 2, 1889 at 7:30 o'clock. Includes vocal and instrumental music, recitation, orations, and debate. Also lists names of active members.

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