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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:

Widows Home of Dayton Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-313
Abstract

The Widows Home of Dayton Collection chronicles the history of the home from its inception in 1870 through 2002. The collection includes pictures, slides, deeds, daily census records, board minutes, newspaper clippings and administration records, including budgets and fund raising activities from the beginning of the home to the present.

Dates: 1870-2002

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

Woman's Literary Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-408
Abstract

Records include yearbooks, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial and membership records, and scrapbooks containing clippings and photographs pertaining to the club's activities. Founded in 1889, the Woman's Literary Club was the first women's club in Dayton. The club's purpose is the study of literature, but it has also engaged in charitable activities. It has also evolved over the years to include creative writing as well as literary study.

Dates: 1889 - 2023

Woman’s Relief Corps No. 195 Records (MS-11)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-11
Abstract

The records contain the organization's minute books, membership lists, financial records, and officer's registers. Corps 195 served Auglaize County.

Dates: 1902-1941; Majority of material found within 1902-1930

Women, Inc. Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS-176
Abstract

Women, Inc. is a Yellow Springs, Ohio, organization of feminist women. The scrapbooks are a loosely arranged chronological record of the group's activities over an 11-year period. Included are minutes, newsletters, membership lists and flyers.

Dates: 1975-1986

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

Wright State Women Collection (MS-184)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-184
Abstract

The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, program and activity information, and newsletters.

Dates: 1966-1987

Katharine Wright’s Correspondence with Agnes Beck (SC-97)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-97
Abstract

The collection consists of eight letters written by Katharine Wright, sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright, to her close friend, Agnes Beck. The letters discuss Wilbur and Orville Wright, their flights, the Wright Family, and other personal matters.

Dates: 1908 - 1929; 1908 - 1929

Xenia Female College Records (SC-52)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-52
Scope and Contents

Contains programs, articles, papers, and commencement materials for the Xenia Female College, dating between 1866 and 1873.

Dates: 1866-1873

Margaret Shardelow Young Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-285
Abstract

Dayton native, Margaret Shardelow Young, was a member of the Friday Afternoon Club, one of the city's oldest women's literary clubs. She was also a local school teacher and long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Dayton. The collection includes her Friday Afternoon Club writings, schoolbooks, teaching notes, photographs, and greeting cards with her original poetry.

Dates: 1894-1991