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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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.

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.

Amanda Taylor Herdic

Herdic, Amanda Taylor, Private lives

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

Avis Ann Rouse Cochran

Cochran, Avis Ann Rouse, Private lives

Photograph of Avis Ann Rouse Cochran, the wife of J. Henry Cochran.

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

Bethune-Douglass Center, Williamsport, Pa.

Bethune-Douglass Center: Community centers, Social reform

Photograph of the Bethune-Douglass African American Community Center in Williamsport, PA. It was originally the Emery School.

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.