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Wom. Women

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

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Katharine Wright Letters (SC-117)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-117
Scope and Contents

Original and transcribed copies of letters from Katharine Wright to Mrs. J.B. Guthrie (Florence), a newspaper article concerning Orville Wright, and a 1933 telegram to Florence Guthrie's daughter, Jeanne Guthrie from Orville Wright.

Dates: 1911 - 1933

"To Avoid Her is to Betray Her: The Letters of Jerusha Hall Peacock (1861-1878)" (SC-120)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-120
Scope and Contents

Student paper written by Megan Nealis in December 1998 concerning Jerusha Peacock.

Dates: 1998 Dec

Margaret Van Cleve Reeder Autobiography (SC-132)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-132
Scope and Contents

A three page typed portion of a autobiography of Margret Van Cleve who was the paternal grandmother of the Wright Brothers. It also includes a brief genealogy of the Van Cleve Reader family. Undated.

Dates: undated

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

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

Joyce Wolfe Papers (MS-591)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-591
Abstract Joyce Wolfe was one of the first students of Josephine Schwarz. She maintained correspondence with her teacher afterwards and eventually began collecting papers related to her. Josephine Schwarz was considered a pioneer of dance in Dayton, starting with the Schwarz School of Dance, which she founded in Dayton with her sister Hermene. The collection mostly contains newspaper clippings, letters, and cards. It also includes a number of photos and photocopies of drawings as well as a scrapbook...
Dates: 1945 - 2004

Elizabeth Beck Rehling Papers (MS-593)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-593
Abstract

The Elizabeth Beck Rehling Papers consist of correspondence, research notes, and photographs related to her research on the relationship between her mother, Agnes Osborn Beck and Katharine Wright, sister of the Wright Brothers. It also includes her unpublished manuscript, The Third Wright Brother, about Katharine Wright, based on her memories as told to her by her mother Agnes and her own research.

Dates: 1899-2001

Alpha Delta Kappa, Ohio Kappa Chapter, Records (MS-596)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-596
Abstract

Photographs, scrapbooks, minutes, treasurer notes, and program booklets providing memorabilia of meetings and events hosted by the Ohio Kappa Chapter in the span of 1959-2012.

Dates: 1959-2017