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
"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.
Alberta Kaseman, Shindel's Silk Mills, Interview
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.
Anonymous group of nursing students
Anonymous group of nursing students
Education, Work, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport
Photograph of group of nursing students in classroom
Anonymous nurse
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
Anonymous woman (Nurse)
Anonymous woman (Nurse)
Work, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport
Photograph of young woman in nurse's uniform, seated
Anonymous woman with cow
Anonymous woman with cow
Farmers' spouses, Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport, Private Lives, Work, Cows
Farm woman with cow and milking bucket
Application of Lula Thompson for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses
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
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
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
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.
Aunt Jane Ross
Aunt Jane Ross
Blacks in Williamsport, Pa., Ross, Jane, Slaves - Biography, Private lives, Social reform, Work
Newspaper article on an elderly Williamsport woman who was once a slave and was over 100 years old.
"Aunt" Mary Haist Blair
"Aunt" Mary Haist Blair
Work, Blair,
Portrait, head and shoulders of "Aunt" Mary Haist Blair. On reverse: "Mary Blair was Christ Haist's sister. She and her husband operated store in Duboistown at Valley & Brook (site of laundromat) during lumbering days." Christ Haist was a lumberman and a superintendent of the Susquehanna Boom Company. Mary and John Blair were the parents of Jessie Blair.
Beryl May King (c. 1905)
Beryl May King (c. 1905)
Private Lives, Work, King, Beryl May (Beryl M.)
"daughter of/ Wm. Clarence King/ Born 12-9-1885/ 20 years old/ Dress pine apple/ cloth brought by/father from Philippines" (on reverse). Other photos present of subject at age 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, & 12. According to the 1920 census, Beryl M. King was an assistant librarian at the public library.
Boyd's City Directory 1875
Boyd's City Directory 1875
Coleman, Margaret Young, Women physicians - Pennsylvania - Williamsport, Work
Advertisement of Dr. Margaret G. Coleman, M.D., practicing physician, from Boyd’s Williamsport City Directory for 1875.
Business & Professional Women's Club, of Williamsport, Pa. at Peaks Island, Maine, Clam Bake, Wednesday, 15 July, 1925
Business & Professional Women's Club, of Williamsport, Pa. at Peaks Island, Maine, Clam Bake, Wednesday, 15 July, 1925
Women - Pennsylvania - Williamsport, Private Lives, Work, Business and Professional Women's Club (Williamsport, Pa.)
Photograph of smaller group of women from the Business & Professional Women's Club at a clam bake.
Business & Professional Women's Club, of Williamsport, Pa. at Portland, Maine (July 1925)
Business & Professional Women's Club, of Williamsport, Pa. at Portland, Maine (July 1925)
Private Lives, Work, Women--Pennsylvania--Williamsport
Photograph of approximately fifty women of various ages, many of whom are carrying "Williamsport" banners.
Camp life in the black forest
Camp life in the black forest
Lumber camps, Lumber trade, Lumber-yards, Private lives, Work, Logging--Pennsylvania--Williamsport
Photograph of camp life in the black forest depicts a number of men, women and children in a lumber camp.
Carrie L. Shatto, Stearns Silk Mill, Interview
Carrie L. Shatto, Stearns Silk Mill, Interview
Work, Stearns Silk Mill (Williamsport, Pa.): Textile mill workers
Interview with Carrie L. Shatto on March 23, 1995. Shatto worked at the Stearns Silk Mill of Memorial Avenue in Williamsport, PA, for 19 years, beginning in 1915, when she was 14.
Clay School, Vine and Rose Streets, Mrs. Laura Sprague, teacher
Clay School, Vine and Rose Streets, Mrs. Laura Sprague, teacher
Schools - Pennsylvania - Williamsport, Sprague, Laura (Mrs.), Teachers - Pennsylvania - Williamsport, Work, Clay School (Williamsport, Pa.)
Outdoor photo of class of Mrs. Laura Sprague, teacher at Clay School. Note on photo (65 years ago?)
Culler Furniture Company, Partial Showing of Employees, c. 1920
Culler Furniture Company, Partial Showing of Employees, c. 1920
Culler Furniture Company (ca. 1920), Work, Businesses - Pennsylvania - Williamsport
Culler Furniture Company, Partial Showing of Employees, c. 1920. 3 men and 5 women in photo. Gift of East Lycoming Historical Society.