Wom. Women
Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:
Ann Kirk Diary (SC-67)
Diary provides details on the foundation of the Dayton Chamber Orchestra, later the Dayton Philharmonic.
Bessie Coleman Photographs (SC-75)
Photocopy of portion of book about Bessie Coleman and copies of several photographs of Bessie Coleman.
Katherine Gunckel Loy Dayton Art Exhibitions Scrapbook (SC-378)
Eleanor McCann Dayton Music Scrapbook (SC-379)
The collection consists of a single scrapbook containing clippings, original materials (such as programs and correspondence), and occasional handwritten commentary, mostly focused on Dayton's classical music scene in the 1930s and 1940s. Eleanor McCann was the music director at the Dayton Art Institute at the time.
Katharine Wright Haskell Papers (MS-700)
Papers consist of mainly correspondence from Katharine Wright (1874-1929) to her future husband, Henry J. Haskell. Letters cover a variety of personal matters including the opposition to her impending marriage by her brother, Orville Wright. Other subjects discussed include Oberlin College, the Kansas City Star, the Wright patent challenge, and Katharine's ideas about women's rights.
It Happened on Maple Street Book (SC-253)
Roz Young Manuscript (SC-292)
Collection consists of one typed manuscript by Roz Young, titled Two Perfectly Marvelous Cats. It would be published in 1995. This early copy, along with a letter, also in the collection, dates from 1994 and was sent to a friend of Young's named Francis Ryder.
Diary of Sarah Louise Reed Brown (SC-295)
The collection consists of a single transcription of the diary of Sarah Louise (Reed) Brown. The diary transcription was edited by Martha A. Gavin and Sarah H. Conrad.
Katharine Wright Haskell Papers (MFM-117)
Sigma Alpha Iota, Dayton Alumnae Chapter, Records (MS-681)
Sigma Alpha Iota is an international professional music fraternity for women that was founded in 1903 at the University of Michigan. The Dayton Alumnae Chapter was officially chartered in 1959 with 19 members, and is still active today. This collection contains administrative documents, yearbooks, scrapbooks, and photographs related to the Dayton Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota from 1959 to 2020.