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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John A. and Myrtle Miller Anderson
John A. and Myrtle Miller Anderson
Anderson, Myrtle Miller, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud (S.D), Private lives, Anderson, J. A. (John Alvin), 1869-1948
A typescript of an short biography of John and Myrtle Miller Anderson collected by the General Federation of Women's Clubs of South Dakota for their Pioneer Daughters Collection. John and Myrtle Anderson moved to the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota from Williamsport in the 1890s and lived there for 40 years. Undated.
Lifestyles of the rich and famous, a look at the social and economic lives of Williamsport's elite women, 1865-1924
Lifestyles of the rich and famous, a look at the social and economic lives of Williamsport's elite women, 1865-1924
Williamsport (Pa)—Social life and customs, Women in charitable work, Arts, Private lives, Social reform, Millionaire's Row Historic District (Williamsport, Pa)
Exploration of the various images of women in the late eighteenth-early nineteenth century. "I hope to reveal the opulent lifestyle of the elite women as well as to show the type of charitable organizations that they were involved in when they weren't at home." Lycoming College Historical Methods Paper 449A, submitted December 1988, by Suzanne Gehret.
The race is not to the swift
The race is not to the swift
Arts, Education, Short stories
A story written by Helena Mussina, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, Class of 1862. Dated June 18, 1861. Handwritten on lined paper bound into booklet. The story is morality tale about two runners, racing up "the hill of life," one runner who proceeds by leaps and bounds and the other who pursues a steady pace and wins the race.
A Real Daughter of The American Revolution History: Helen Allen Sloan (Mrs. Thomas)
A Real Daughter of The American Revolution History: Helen Allen Sloan (Mrs. Thomas)
Sloan, Helen Allen, Private lives, Daughters of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania. Lycoming Chapter
A short biography of Real Daughter Helen Allen Sloan (Mrs. Thomas). Unsigned and undated.
A Real Daughter of The American Revolution History: Miss Mary Jane Lynn
A Real Daughter of The American Revolution History: Miss Mary Jane Lynn
Lynn, Mary Jane, Private lives, Daughters of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania. Lycoming Chapter
A short biography of Real Daughter Miss Mary Jane Lynn. Unsigned and undated.
A true record of the Temperance Crusaders, why and what they did, with names of women signers to address the saloon-keepers, list of officers, etc.
A true record of the Temperance Crusaders, why and what they did, with names of women signers to address the saloon-keepers, list of officers, etc.
Temperance societies, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Social reform, Mussina, Jerusha Bailey
History of the Women's Crusade in Williamsport, 1874 on cover; Published by the Central Women's Christian Temperance Union, Press of the Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, Pa. 1907. Features a portrait of" Mother" Mussina (Jerusha B. Mussina), the leader of the local Woman's Crusade.