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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"Mother" (Mrs. J. L.) Mussina

Mussina, Jerusha Bailey, Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Williamsport, Pa.), Social reform, Work

Jerusha Mussina was the first president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Williamsport, PA Chapter. Mrs. Mussina was born in 1813 and died in 1886.

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.

1958 - nurses with Miss America

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

Photograph of three nurses and Miss America. "L to R: Emily Mausteller, Bev Schriner, Peggy McKee. Marilyn Van Derbur (Miss America)"

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.)

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.

Alberta Kaseman, Shindel's Silk Mills, Interview

Textile mill workers, Work, Shindel's Silk Mill (Williamsport, Pa.)

Interview with Alberta Kaseman. Kaseman began working at Shindel's Silk Mill, in Hughesville, Pa., in 1929 when she was 14. This is a transcript of the interview which took place on March 23, 1995.

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.

Anna Hinaman, U.S. Cadet Corps student nurse

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

Snapshot. Note on reverse of photo identifies "Anna Hinaman as a U.S. Cadet Corps student nurse (summer uniform, raincoat and hat, approx 1943-44) Maried while in training. Entered training Feb. 1942; Married Sept. 23, 1943; Graduated 1945. (First Cadet Corps class; First February class; First class allowed to marry while in training)"

[Annie Hughes]

Private Lives, Hughes, Annie Rotch (Mrs. Daniel)

[Annie Hughes]

Annual report. June 1924

Social reform, Williamsport (Pa.) Training home for girls

Training Home for Girls 1924 annual report

Anonymous group of nursing students

Education, Work, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport

Photograph of group of nursing students in classroom

Anonymous group of women with children

Private Lives, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport

Photograph of four women and girls standing on porch steps

Anonymous nurse

Work, Nurses--Pennsylvania--Williamsport

Photograph of young woman in World War I nurse's uniform. She is standing in the middle of a group of flags which were displayed in the front foyer of the James V. Brown Library