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Wom. Women

 Topic Guide
Identifier: Wom
This classification groups together collections on the topic of Women.

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

Eleanor McCann Dayton Music Scrapbook (SC-379)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-379
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1925 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1943

Minnie L. Peterson Papers (MFM-18)

 Collection
Identifier: MFM-18
Scope and Contents

Collection includes scrapbooks, correspondence and photographs of a well-known African-American civil rights activist in Dayton.

Dates: 1949-1978

Montgomery County Medical Society Alliance Records (MS-686)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-686
Abstract

Founded in 1948, the Montgomery County Medical Society Alliance is an organization of physician’s spouses who raise awareness and provide education on medical topics. The collection includes material on a variety of their activities, including meetings, community education, social events, and scholarship fundraisers for local medical students.

Dates: 1948 - 2021; Majority of material found within 1972 - 2001

Jean Moreo Papers (SC-37)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-37
Abstract

Collection contains copies of photographs and a newspaper article concerning Moreo, a WASP and a member of the Civil Air Patrol during World War II.

Dates: 1944; 1977

Eleanor Must Oral History (SC-327)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-327
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a single oral history with Eleanor (Hambury) Must, primarily about growing up a German Jew, in Nazi Germany, prior to World War II, and the trials and tribulations she and her family faced not only in getting out of Germany, but also Europe; and also her immigration to the United States and how her early life took shape here. The oral history was conducted on May 15, 2015, by archivist Gino Pasi.

Dates: 2015

National Association of Letter Carriers, Ladies Auxiliary Branch 138 Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-163
Abstract Ladies Auxiliary Branch 138 of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is a reorganization of the earlier Ladies Auxiliary Branch 84, which existed from 1914-1915. Ladies Auxiliary Branch 138 was organized in Dayton in 1920. The records consists of administrative records, financial documents, correspondence, convention materials, and histories of the organization, and document the organization’s structure, activities, membership, and finances from its beginning through the late...
Dates: 1914 - 1978

National Organization for Women, Dayton Chapter Records (MS-649)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-649
Abstract

Meeting minutes, fliers, publicity and correspondence from the National Organization for Women, Dayton Chapter during the years 1980-1984. The collection provides insight into the organization’s activities advocating for women’s rights on the local and national levels. Among the issues represented are ERA ratification, and reproductive rights.

Dates: 1980-1984

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), Catharine Greene Chapter Records (MS-684)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-684
Abstract

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Catharine Greene Chapter, was founded at Xenia, Ohio, in 1894. The records document the history and activities of the chapter, including meeting minutes, membership records, financial information, yearbooks, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and genealogical information.

Dates: 1893-2019

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Jonathan Dayton Chapter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-244
Abstract

This chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is named for Jonathon Dayton, the youngest person to sign the U.S. Constitution. The Jonathon Dayton Chapter of the DAR was organized on Feb. 18, 1896 and chartered Apr. 8, 1896. The collection contains scrapbooks outlining the history and activities of the Dayton, Ohio Chapter and includes clippings, photographs, programs, local histories, and genealogies.

Dates: 1927-2002