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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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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

Answer to inquiries

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

Form dated Jan. 25, 1917, providing answer to inquiries relative to Miss _________, an applicant for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses. Queries length of acquaintance, history, health, manners and disposition, temper, and moral character.

Application of Lula Thompson for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses

Thompson, Lula, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Applications

Application of Lula Thompson for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated Jan. 13, 1897. Mrs. Thompson was a widow with children aged three and five, who, as she indicated in response to a question on the application, would be cared for by their grandparents. She listed Roman Catholic as her religion and gave as recommendations Dr. S.O Goldman, of New York, and L.O. LaBelle, with whom she apparently boarded.

Application of Martha M. Lay for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses

Lay, Martha, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Applications

Application of Martha M. Lay for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated Sept. 10, 1899. The name of Miss Virginia Loomis, Superintendent, is now crossed out on the printed application, and a handwritten note has been added to "Send photograph." Attached is a typewritten note reading, "To whom it may concern, I very cheerfully bear testimony to the correct Christian deportment, of the bearer, Miss Martha Lay. She is a member, in good standing, in the church, Trinity Methodist Episcopal, in the city of Lock Haven, Pa., of which I am pastor. And I am sure that she will prove herself trustworthy in any position to which she is appointed. M. K. Foster, Pastor Trinity M.E. Church. Lock Haven, Pa., Sept. 14, 1899."

Application of Martha Washington Redfern for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses

Redfern, Martha Washington, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Applications

Application of Martha Washington Redfern for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated July 24, 1896. "This is to be filled out in the Candidate's own handwriting, and sent to Miss Virginia Loomis, Superintendent of the Williamsport Training School for Nurses. A letter from a clergyman or teacher, relating to the moral character of the applicant, and a certificate of good health from a physician, must accompany this application. The physician must make a through physical examination of the candidate before issuing the certificate." Martha Redfern, born in Philadelphia on February 22, 1873, was in good health and a member of the Cumberland Street M.E. Church in Philadelphia. She was recommended by the Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association of Harrisburg and by Mr. Wm. B. Threapleton, hosiery mfg., of Philadelphia, probably her previous employer.

Application of Nelle B. Mitchell for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses

Mitchell, Nellie, Williamsport Hospital (Williamsport, Pa.). School of Nursing, Education, Work, Applications

Application of Nelle B. Mitchell for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated 1898. Nelle was born in Newberry, "educated in the public schools of city", and a Presbyterian. Her recommendations were G.D. Nutt, a physician, and Rev. Baker.

Applications for admission (Aug. 27, 1913 - June 5, 1917)

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

Contains notes about applicants for admission to the Home for the Friendless,

Applications for admission (June 1, 1917 - Dec. 25, 1919)

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

Contains notes about applicants for admission to the Home for the Friendless

Brief history of Y.W.C.A..

Social reform, Williamsport YWCA (Williamsport, Pa.)

History, including a discussion of various aspects of the Williamsport Y.W.C.A.; addresses first home, early classes, fundraising, and progress.

Calendar of the "Clio" Club of Williamsport, Pa., for the first year, 1897-98

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

Booklet with the bylaws, regulations, monthly programs, and lists of officers and members.

Calendar of the "Clio" Club of Williamsport, Pa., for the fourth year, 1900-1901

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

Booklet with the bylaws, regulations, monthly programs, and lists of officers and members.

Calendar of the "Clio" Club of Williamsport, Pa., for the ninth year, 1905-1906

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

Booklet with the bylaws, regulations, monthly programs, and lists of officers and members.

Charles Friedel — Document certifying that Chas. Friedel was regularly mustered into the service of the United States"

U. S. -- History - Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865, Private lives, Social reform, Lycoming County (Pa.). Board of Relief

Form signed by the commanding officer of Company L.

Founding Years of Lycoming Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution: "First Score of Years (1896-1996)"

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

Play written by Jean T. Heller for Chapter's Centennial Celebration and performed at the Williamsport Country Club on November 9, 1996

Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Association. Williamsport, Penna. Charter

Social reform, Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Association (Williamsport, PA)

Application for a charter for the Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Association of Williamsport. Includes the names of the charter members: Caroline Ulman, Caroline Myers, Clara Ulman, and Tania Kuhn. Dated August 21, 1869.

Historical Outline of the First One Hundred Years of the Lycoming Chapter Daughters of American Revolution: 1896-1996

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

An Historical Outline of the First One Hundred Years of the Lycoming Chapter Daughters of American Revolution: 1896-1996 compiled from minutes, notes, newspaper columns and previous histories by Dorothy Ferrell Sandmeyer and Marjorie Ferrell Jones.

History of the Bethune-Douglass Center, 1916-1943

Blacks in Williamsport, Pa.: Campbell Street Center, Community centers, Social Reform, Bethune-Douglass Center

A history of the Bethune-Douglass Center in Williamsport, PA, a community center for Black youth now known as The Center. Lycoming College Historical Methods Paper submitted on December 1, 1986, by Kris Sabol.

History of The Clio Club, 1897-1985

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

History of The Clio Club from its establishment in 1897 to 1985; includes the names of the founding members, bylaws, topics for discussion, and meeting places. It is an undated printed piece reproduced from an unknown publication.