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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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.

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.

Anti-Suffrage Organization is Effected in City

Women - Suffrage, Social reform

Newspaper article concerning the formation of an anti women's suffrage organization in Williamsport

Application for charter is filed [Woman's Club]

Woman's Club (Williamsport, Pa.), Arts, Private lives, Social reform

Newspaper story on the application of local women to form a Woman's Club.

AT REST IN WILDWOOD: Funeral of Mrs. Emeline Bentley Yesterday Afternoon.

Bentley, Emeline G., Obituaries, Private Lives

Newspaper article announcing the death and funeral arrangements for Mrs. Emeline Bentley, widow of the late Benjamin S. Bentley

Aunt Jane Ross

Blacks in Williamsport, Pa., Ross, Jane, Slaves - Biography, Private lives, Social reform, Work

Newspaper article on an elderly Williamsport woman who was once a slave and was over 100 years old.

BOONE, MISS SARAH [Deaths]

Boone, Sarah, Obituaries, Private lives

Newspaper article announcing the death of Miss Sarah Boone. She was a distant relative of the scout and hunter, Daniel Boone.

Caldwell-Ambos Wedding

Caldwell, Boyd C., Caldwell, Julia M. Ambros, Wedding announcements, Private lives

Newspaper article announcing the wedding of Mr. Boyd Caldwell and Miss Julia M. Ambos. Details of the bride's dress, groomsmen, and guests.

Catharine Barto Dies at the Age of 96 years

Barto, Catherine, Obituaries, Private lives

Newspaper article describing the life and death of Catharine Barto

City and County; Death of an Aged Lady [Mrs. Hannah Tallman]

Tallman, Hannah, Obituaries, Private lives

Newspaper article announcing the death of Mrs. Hannah Tallman of Pennsville. She was the widow of Daniel Tallman.

Clio Club Celebrates 25th Anniversary Today

Clio Club (Williamsport, Pa.), Women - Societies and clubs -- Pennsylvania -- Williamsport, Arts, Education, Private lives

Newspaper article about the 25th Anniversary of the Clio Club in Williamsport.

Clio club seems determined to have a home of its own

Clio Club (Williamsport, Pa.), Arts, Education, Private lives

Newspaper story about the Clio Club's desire to have a clubhouse of their own.

Death of an Aged Lady [Mrs. Mary Coder]

Coder, Mary, Obituaries, Private lives

Newspaper article announcing the death and funeral arrangements for Mrs. Mary Coder, who was probably the oldest lady in the county when she died at the age of 95 in 1883.

Death of Mrs. G. W. Youngman.

Youngman, Anna Eliza Ludwig, Obituaries, Private lives

Newspaper story announcing the death of Anna Eliza Youngman.

Death of Mrs. Mary Pollock.

Obituaries, Pollock, Mary Armstrong, Private lives

Newspaper article announcing the death of Mrs. Mary Pollock. The article provides a small amount of biographical information.

Death of Mrs. Meginness, she Passes Away at an Early Hour This Morning

Meginness, Elizabeth A., Obituaries, Private lives

Newspaper article describing the life and death of Elizabeth Meginness, wife of the editor of the Gazette and Bulletin.

DEATH OF MRS. NICE. Stricken Down in the Midst of Philanthropic and Humane Labors.

Nice, Elizabeth Nyman, Obituaries, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Williamsport, Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

Newspaper article announcing the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Lyman Nice. Mrs. Nice was the president of the local branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She was known for her philanthropic work.