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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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.
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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.
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Band performing at the State Industrial Home for Women, Muncy, Pa.
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Band, most likely of community members, performing at the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA
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Canned fruits and vegetables 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
Canned goods prepared by the inmates at the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA. Inmates canned 47 varieties of fruits and vegetables. In 1926, they processed 15,000 quarts of fruits, vegetables, jams, and sauces.
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Chicken houses 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
Chicken houses. These were built in the early years of the Home. Inmates raised many variities of fowl.
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Cottage at the State Industrial Home for Women in Muncy, Pennsylyvania.
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Cottage at the State Industrial Home for Women in Muncy, Pennsylvania, later the State Correctional Institution. The cottages housed inmates.
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Dining room in a cottage at the State Industrial Home for Women, Muncy, PA
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Dining room in one of the cottages. Note linens and table settings.
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Harvest 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
Harvest at the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA.
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The Home for the Friendless: A ministry by Christian Women in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1872-1939
Home for the Friendless (Williamsport, Pa.), Social reform
A history of the Home for the Friendless, published in The Journal of the Lycoming County Historical Society, Vol. XLIX, Winter 2013-2014
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Inmate room 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
Inmate private room in one of the cottages. Inmates decorated the rooms themselves.
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Inmate room 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
Room in one of the cottages at the State Industrial Home for Women in Muncy, Pennsylvania.
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Inmates harvesting crops 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
Female inmates harvesting crops. The Home at one time had a 40 acre truck farm.
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Inmates working in cannery at State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Inmates at the State Industrial Home for Women working in the commercial cannery.
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Inmates working in the kitchen
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Inmates working in the kitchen of the State Industrial Home for Women in Muncy, Pennsylvania.
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Margaret Mahammmitt of Maryland
Hagan, Margaret A. Mahammitt
Profile of Margaret Mahammitt Hagan by her great granddaughter Sheila Gregory Thomas. Gregory Thomas recalls the stories that her father, Thomas Montgomery Gregory, passed on about his grandmother. She owned the Star Laundry in Williamsport, and was an electrotherapist, a clinic called The Electric Baths.
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Minute book of the Keep 'Em Flying Club of Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Private lives
Handwritten minute book of the Keep 'Em Flying Club of Montgomery, Pennsylvania. The Club supported men and women in the Armed Forces during World War II. List of donors included.
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Minute book of the Keep 'Em Flying Club of Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Private lives
Handwritten minute book of the Keep 'Em Flying Club of Montgomery, Pennsylvania. The Club supported men and women in the Armed Forces during World War II. List of donors at end of scrapbook.
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Newman Cottage at the State Industrial Home for Women in Muncy, Pennsylvania.
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
View of the Newman Cottage from the rear. This cottage was built in 1933 and housed female inmates.
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Pageant 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
Pageant by inmates at the State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy, PA. Perhaps a May Day celebration.
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Pageant under the apple trees at the State Industrial Home for Women
State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.), Private lives, Social reform
Pageant by inmates at the State Industrial Home for Women, Muncy, Pennsylvania.
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