Wom. Women

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Diary of Margaret Smell who was visiting Dayton from Michigan during the 1913 flood. Transcription of flood related sections available.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

Abstract The Southwest Ohio School Nurses Association (SWOSNA) was founded in late 1967, with a primary purpose of developing strategies to obtain mandatory school health services and certification. It includes school nurses from southwestern Ohio, including Dayton, Springfield, Middletown, and Cincinnati. The organization’s goals include promoting health knowledge and advancing the quality of health services for school aged children in southwestern Ohio; fostering professional attitudes and adhering...

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On October 11, 1911, Marie and Helen Rotterman founded the Dayton Chapter of the Christ Child Society. Minutes, photographs, and committee files document the group's primary focus of providing clothing and aid to needy women and children .

Scope and Contents 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. Contents include: Biographical articles and newspaper clippings; Correspondence, Katharine Wright...

Content Description The scrapbook contains primarily newspaper clippings (which include photographs published in the newspaper) concerning exhibitions sponsored by the newly formed Montgomery County Art Association, and held at Memorial Hall, including: the first annual exhibition (March 11-26, 1913); second annual exhibition (January 22-February 4, 1914); an exhibit of local artists (September/October 1914); and the third annual exhibition (November 14-29, 1914). In addition to newspaper clippings from local...

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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.