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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"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.

"Aunt" Sallie [Updegraff] Sechler

Private Lives, Sechler, Sallie (Updegraff)

Sarah [Sallie] Updegraff was born in 1805, the sister of Abraham Updegraff, a businessman instrumental in Williamsport's early banks, cemeteries, bridges, and even the Y.M.C.A . This photograph may have been taken only a short time before her death in 1877, although T.J. Trapp was doing business in Williamsport as early as 1852

Aunt Sarah Speaker

Private Lives, Speaker, Sarah

Photograph of an elderly woman. Various sources describe a Sarah Speaker (1812-1901), wife of a prominent judge in Sullivan County, who had many connections to Lycoming County.

"Aunt" Susan Steck

Private Lives, Steck, Susan

Photograph of an elderly woman. A Susan Steck was the wife of Hughesville blacksmith Henry Dieffenderfer.

"Auntie" Pierson

Private Lives, Pierson,

Head-and-shoulders portrait of elderly woman.

Autograph book of Helena Mussina

College students, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary (1848-1927), Education, Private lives, Autograph albums

Autograph book of Helena Mussina, Dickinson Seminary Class of 1862. "Autographs" of classmates, including one from "Jennie," identified as Jean Saylor Brown, Class of 1862, Williamsport physician and a founder of the Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing. The book was a gift of Helena (Burch) Hall, Granddaughter of Helena Mussina, Dickinson Seminary, Class of 1929.

Autograph book of Lucille Gramley, Millheim, Penna., 1923-1926

College students, Education, Private lives, Autograph albums

Autograph book of Lucille Gramley, Millheim, Penna., Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, Class of 1926. Includes autographs and some photographs of her friends, including friends at Dickinson Seminary.

Avis Ann Rouse Cochran

Cochran, Avis Rouse, Private Lives

Photograph of Avis Cochran, wife of State Senator J. Henry Cochran.

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

Bertha Mary Heiney (Mrs. Gibson Garfield) Antes, on her wedding day, 23 June 1909

Heiney, Bertha Mary, Private lives, Antes, Bertha Mary Heiney (Mrs. Gibson Garfield) Antes

Wedding portrait taken upon a staircase. Long diaphanous train is pooled at the bride's feet. Gibson Antes, a bookkeeper, and his wife Bertha lived on Park Avenue, according to the 1910 census.

Beryl M. King (Dec. 9, 1886)

Private Lives, King, Beryl May (Beryl M.)

Infant possibly in christening gown. "Dec. 9/86 - 1 yr. old" handwritten on photo. "daughter of Wm. Clarence King)

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.

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.

Blanch Buttorff (in cap & gown, South Williamsport High School Graduation, c. 1910.

Education, Buttorff, Blanch

Photograph of Blanch Buttorff (in cap & gown, South Williamsport High School Graduation, c. 1910). She remained in South Williamsport living with her parents and, later, her widowed mother, and brother in law. She listed her occupation as a nurse in the Williamsport Home.

BOONE, MISS SARAH [Deaths]

Boone, Sarah, Obituaries, Private lives

Newspaper article announcing the death of Miss Sarah Boone. She was a distant relative of the scout and hunter, Daniel Boone.

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.

Brandon Place, Mary Slaughter's Home for Aged Colored Women

Slaughter, Mary, Social reform, Mary Slaughter Home for Aged Colored Women (Williamsport, Pa.), Housing--Pennsylvania--Williamsport

Photograph of large two-story shingled house with porches at far end of both floors.

Brief history of Y.W.C.A..

Social reform, Williamsport YWCA (Williamsport, Pa.)

History, including a discussion of various aspects of the Williamsport Y.W.C.A.; addresses first home, early classes, fundraising, and progress.

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.

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