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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Cannery at the State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.)

State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

Cannery at the State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.)

State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

Cannery at the State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.)

Cell in the high security building of the Muncy Industrial Home for Women in Muncy, PA

State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy,Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

Cell in the high security building of the Muncy Industrial Home for Women in Muncy, PA

Chapel at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.)

State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy,Pa.), Private lives, Social reform

Chapel at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy (Pa.)

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.

Children of inmates at State Industrial Home for Women at Muncy

Private lives, Social reform, State Industrial Home for Women (Muncy, Pa.)

Photograph of young children at the State Industrial Home for Women. Some inmates were able to have their young children stay at the Home while they were there.