Women Collections |
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| MS-8 | CLINE, CAROL H.(1916-1985). Papers, 1939-1965. .5 lin. ft. |
| Correspondence, notes, newsclippings, audio tapes, photographs, and a scrapbook relating to Ms. Cline's activities in civic affairs, public relations and radio broadcasting in the Dayton area. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-11 | WOMENS' RELIEF CORPS 195. Records, 1902-1941. .5 lin. ft. |
| Contains the organization's minute books, membership lists, financial records, and officer's registers. Corps 195 served Auglaize County. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-31 | WHITE, DOROTHY K. (1882-1975). Papers, 1920-1974. .5 lin. ft. |
| A collection of clippings, photographs, awards, literary sketches, and stage programs reflecting White's career as a stage and silent screen actress during the 1920's and her later work in charitable and civic causes in Dayton. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-40 | NEWBERRY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS COLLECTION. Records , 1956-1972. 5.5 lin. ft. |
| This collection was donated by Jane Newberry, an active member of the Dayton League of Women Voters. Included are various issues of the League's newsletters and an assortment of reports, papers, and surveys on such topics as education, welfare, mental health, foreign policy, prison reform, housing, taxes, and pollution. Also included are some administrative, financial, and membership records. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-91 | HERR, RUTH. (1897-1985). Papers, 1930-1945. .5 lin ft. |
| Ruth Herr was an art teacher in the Dayton and Oakwood public schools. The materials in this collection reflect her interest in women's rights and include a constitution and bylaws for the National Women's Party, a speech by Mrs. Herr, several copies of the women's Party newspaper, Egual Rights, and clippings and miscellaneous material pertaining to the Women's Party. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-115 | WOMEN AUTHORS COLLECTION. Publications, .5 lin ft. |
| A small collection of first edition and autographed publications by women. Includes poetry, short stories, essays, and sketches by such authors as Gertrude Stein, Joyce Carol Oates, and Barbara Wells. | |
| MS-119 | DAYTON WOMEN'S CENTER. Records, 1972-1981. 7.5 lin. ft. |
| Founded in 1973 by a group of local feminists, the Dayton Women's Center was created to provide a space for local women to meet, organize, and share common interests and concerns. The records consist of founding and organizational papers, correspondence, minutes, financial records, subject files, membership lists, clippings, newsletters, photographs, and printed materials. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-123 | LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, DAYTON AREA CHAPTER. Records, 1920-1986. 7.5 lin. ft. |
| Records include meeting minutes, annual reports, financial records,membership lists, newsletters, and files on local, state, national and international issues that the League studied. Finding aid available. See also MFM-29 for microfilm copies of the Voter's Guide, a League publication. | |
| MS-124 | CLAUSER, SUZANNE. (1929- ). Papers, 1961-1983. 3.5 lin. ft. |
| Clauser is a Yellow Springs author who has written extensively for television and also published a novel. Her papers include copies of her earlier unpublished works as well as copies of several scripts written for the Bonanza television series, correspondence, material pertaining to her novel, A Girl named Sooner, screenplays, biographical materials, and clippings. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-129 | DAYTON WOMEN WORKING. Records, 1974-1983. 2 lin. ft. |
| Organized in 1975, Dayton Women Working was a feminist organization concerned with insuring equal employment opportunities locally for women and minorities. The records consist of meeting minutes, by-laws, membership records, progress reports, newsletters, broadsides, and files documenting DWW's public programs and projects including a study of discrimination in three Dayton banks. There is also material pertaining to DWW's affiliation with other working women's organizations and the transcript of an interview with one of the organization's founders. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-131 | FOUR SEASONS GARDEN CLUB. Records, 1928-1983. 2 lin. ft. |
| The Four Seasons Garden Club is a women's organization founded in 1928 to raise money for beautification projects around the Dayton area. The records contain meeting minutes, membership records, president's papers, annual reports, financial records, correspondence, program files, yearbooks, and photographs. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-133 | DAYTON WOMEN'S LIBERATION. Records, 1970-1975. .5 lin. ft. |
| Records consist of a fairly complete run of the organization's newsletter which gives information about the group's meetings and activities and includes short articles discussing the politics and ideology of the Women's Movement. In addition, the collection contains leaflets, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other printed materials. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-135 | CARR, ALICE GRIFFITH. (1887-1968). Papers, 1898-1968. 4 lin. ft. |
| Born and raised in Yellow Springs, Carr had a long, distinguished career working in Europe for the Red Cross and the Near East Foundation as a nurse and public health administrator. Her papers include extensive correspondence, journal articles, reports, working papers, clippings,genealogical materials, and photographs. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-139 | PEACOCK, JERUSHA HALL (1843-1878). Papers, 1860-1878. .5 lin. ft. |
| Jerusha Peacock was a student at Antioch College in Yellow Springs in the early 1860's, and later taught at Antioch's Preparatory School from 1865-1873. Her papers consist of letters written primarily to her mother and sisters, essays, a collection of her poetry, and a sketchbook. Peacock's letters colorfully describe her life at Antioch, her travels, acquaintances, and activities. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-141 | SOCIALIST-FEMINIST CONFERENCE. Records, 1974-1975. .5 lin. ft. |
| Records in this collection document the planning and organization of a national Socialist-Feminist conference held in July, 1975, at Antioch College in Yellow Springs. Materials include organizational papers, Steering Committee minutes, correspondence, working papers, registration details, women's movement pamphlets, and printed materials relating to the conference. Nine socialist-feminist organizations sponsored this event. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-143 | WEISENBORN, CLARA. (1910-1985). Papers, 1960-1980. 3.5 lin. ft. |
| Weisenborn represented Montgomery County in the Ohio State Legislature for over 20 years. Her papers consist primarily of files connected with her legislative career and include working papers, committee reports, bills, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. Weisenborn's most active areas of interest were the environment, health, and education. While detailing her work in the Ohio Legislature, the papers offer very little insight into her personal life. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-146 | BROWN, KATHARINE KENNEDY. (1890-1986). Papers, 1830-1976. 47 lin. ft. |
| Brown was an important figure in the Republican Party from 1920 until 1968. The bulk of materials in this collection are connected with her activities as the National Republican Party Committeewoman from Ohio. Political materials include correspondence, publications, campaign records, convention and election memorabilia, photographs, and records reflecting her activities with state and national GOP women's organizations. Correspondents include major Republican leaders and presidents Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Eisenhower, and Nixon. Her papers also include personal and family materials consisting of diaries, correspondence, and financial records dating from the 1830's. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-147 | BROWN, MARTHA MCCLELLAN. (1838-1916). Papers, 1764-1916. 8.5 lin. ft. |
| A nationally known leader in the temperance movement as well as a strong advocate of women's rights and suffrage, Martha McClellan Brown lectured widely in the United States and Great Britain and held important posts in the Independent Order of Good Templars and the National Prohibition Party. She was also one of the founders of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and edited a weekly temperance newspaper. Her papers include copies of her published talks and articles, handwritten drafts of lectures, personal correspondence, temperance and suffrage publications, photographs, memorabilia, and a small collection of materials reflecting her interest in Spiritualism. Also included are papers belonging to Brown's husband, Rev. William K. Brown, a Methodist minister with a strong interest in women's rights and the temperance movement. His papers include sermons, published articles, correspondence, church papers, and two books he authored. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-151 | REECE, JANE. (1868-1961). Photographs, 1903-1944. 63 lin. ft. |
| Consists of the glass plate and film negatives of an internationally known Dayton photographer, an associate of Steiglitz and Steichen, and one of the first professional female photographers in the United States. Collection contains over 10,000 images and is roughly divided into two portions: the portraits, many of prominent individuals, by which Reece made her living; and the creative photographs of her salon. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-161 | ODIORNE, LOUISE HARRIS (1910-1975). Papers, 1914-1975. 3.5 lin. ft. |
| Louise Odiorne was a landscape architect and planner working out of Yellow Springs, Ohio. The papers in this collection reflect her wide-ranging interests in community planning, environmental architecture, regenerative land use and conservation. Included are personal and professional papers, grants, papers pertaining to several land use projects in and around Yellow Springs, and materials concerned with Odiorne's most important work, the Life- Clime Project, an idea for establishing an indoor symbiotic relationship between plants and people. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-163 | LADIES AUXILIARY BRANCH NO. 138 OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF LETTER CARRIERS. Records, 1914-1978. 2 lin. ft. |
| Consists of minutes, administrative records, financial records, correspondence, national and state convention proceedings, and a history of the Ladies Auxiliary #138 from 1926-1944. Branch #138 was located in Dayton. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-170 | O'BRIEN, PATRICIA ADELAIDE (1877-1980). Papers, 1913-1980. .5 lin. ft. |
| A native of Sharonville, Ohio, Patricia O'Brien was a successful singer and actress in New York City during the early part of this century. She returned to Dayton in 1917 and became manager of the Dayton Symphony Association. She also worked as a promoter of local theatrical events. Her papers include correspondence, photographs, diaries, and miscellaneous items. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-174 | WHEELER, SARAH BETTS (1835-1919). Family papers, 1839-1921. 1.5 lin. ft. |
| A collection of 19th and early 20th century papers consisting mainly of the family correspondence of the Wheeler and Betts families as they moved around the midwest. The correspondence is concerned with the health of family members, courtship, farm and crop information, and church matters. National events are mentioned occasionally. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-176 | WOMEN INC. Scrapbooks, 1975-1986. .5 lin ft. |
| Women, Inc. is a Yellow Springs, Ohio, organzation 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. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-177 | JOHNSON, AMY (1903-1941). Papers, 1930-1958. 1 lin. ft. |
| Johnson, an English aviator, became an instant celebrity after piloting her DeHavilland Gypsy Moth from London to Australia in 1930, a long distant flight no woman had ever attempted. Her papers include the manuscript of her unpublished biography, written by her sister, as well as correspondence, personal papers, and photographs. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-183 | DAYTON PHILHARMONIC WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION. Records, 1976-1988. 2 lin. ft. |
| The Dayton Philharmonic Women's Organization functions as an auxiliary, helping arm of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. The records include scrapbooks consisting of clippings, programs, and photographs, and Board of Trustees and Executive Board minutes. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-185 | RICHARD FULLERTON/JANE REECE COLLECTION. Photographs, 1924-1961. 127 items. |
| Richard Fullerton was a local photograph historian and collector. His Jane Reece collection consists primarily of images which document the renovation of Reece's home and studio, an old firehouse on 834 Riverside Drive in Dayton, and photographs and information about the surrounding neighborhood. Also included are interior and exterior photographs of Reece's studio and a few examples of her artistic photography. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-187 | DAYTON FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS. Records, 1907-1988. 3 lin. ft. |
| Records include annual reports, programs, meeting minutes, membership records, and scrapbooks containing clippings and photographs pertaining to the club's activities. Founded in 1907, the Dayton Federation of Women's Clubs is an amalgamation of Dayton area women's organizations and is engaged locally in charitable, educational and social activities. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-193 | SCHWARZ' JANE REECE COLLECTION. Photographs, 1912-1937. 89 items. |
| Collection consists of 89 photographs of Dayton photographer, Jane Reece, owned by Josephine Schwarz. Included are images of Dayton Ballet founders, Josephine and Hermene Schwarz, the Schwarz Family, Reece self-portraits, and nature photographs. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-218 | SCHWARZ, JOSEPHINE. (1907-2004 ). Papers, 1920-2004. 26 lin. ft. |
| The Josephine Schwarz Papers consist of a collection of the personal correspondence, photographs, writings, and memorabilia of Josephine and, to a lesser extent, the personal papers of her sister Hermene Schwarz. The collection encompasses a wide range of topics, including the Schwarz School of Dance, the Dayton Ballet, correspondence concerning dance and ballet-related issues, personal correspondence with family, friends, and students, her journals, diaries, and scrapbooks, ballet and family photographs, and memorabilia. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-228 | HELEN HUNT CLUB. Records, 1891-1950. 1 lin. ft. |
| The Helen Hunt Club was a women's literary organization founded in 1891 by a group of Dayton school teachers. The group studied and read papers on literary subjects and produced a play each year. Records consist of a constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes, club programs, correspondence, and the manuscript of a novel written by several club members ca. 1910. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-231 | PATTERSON, EDITH MCCLURE (1881-1962). Scrapbooks and papers, 1920-1959. 30 scrapbooks, 2 lin. ft. |
| Edith McClure Patterson served on the Dayton Board of Education during the early 1930's and from 1915-1939 she was the first woman to serve on the Ohio Board of Liquor Control. In 1932, she ran, unsuccessfully, for Congress. Patterson was active in welfare and education work, and made a lifelong study of problems affecting the home and children. Her papers and scrapbooks are a source of information about local Dayton education, budget and thrift, home management, women's club's, and liquor control. Also included are materials pertaining to the National Cash Register Company. Mrs. Patterson was a niece, by marriage, of John H. Patterson, founder and first executive officer of NCR. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-233 | YOUNG WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF DAYTON. Records, 1895-1972. 1.5 lin. ft. |
| The Young Women's League of Dayton was founded in 1898 by former members of the local YWCA. It's purpose was to "promote the moral, mental, and physical welfare of young women" and its activities supported, in particular, young working women. Records include minutes, financial records, publications, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and materials pertaining to the League's operation of a boarding house for young women. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-244 | NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
JONATHAN DAYTON CHAPTER. Scrapbooks, 1927-1988. 23 scrapbooks. |
| Scrapbooks outline the history and activities of the Dayton, Ohio Chapter of the DAR and include clippings, photographs, programs, local histories, and genealogies. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-245 | HARRISON TOWNSHIP WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB. Records, 1944-1992. 1.5 lin. ft. |
| Organized in 1944, the Harrison Township Women's Republican Club is part of the Ohio and National Federation of Republican Women's Clubs. Records consist of minutes, financial records, correspondence, membership rolls, and information about the club's activities. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-249 | LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF YELLOW SPRINGS. Records, 1946-1984. 2 lin. ft. |
| Materials include published and unpublished histories of national and local league programs, various organizational and administrative materials, newsletters, bulletins, and files covering various issues studied by the League. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-285 | MARGARET SHARDELOW YOUNG. (1895-1987) Papers, 1913-1984. 2 lin. ft. |
| 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. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-288 | GARDEN CLUB OF DAYTON. Records, 1923-1998. 8 lin. ft. |
| Katherine Talbot founded the Garden Club of Dayton on 29 June 1922. The Club's goal is to promote and encourage the beautification of not only their privately owned gardens, but also the gardens and environment of Oakwood and the surrounding Dayton area. This collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, publications, as well as information on community projects, administrative/organizational series. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-290 | FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB. Records, 1893-2003. 4 lin. ft. |
| The Friday Afternoon Club was founded in 1893 as a literary club for women in the Dayton area. Aside from academic and literary studies, the Friday Afternoon club also enjoys social events such as lectures, plays and picnics. Still in existence, the club meets every other Friday at the homes of its members. The collection consists of minutes and membership rosters, financial records, yearly programs, and scrapbooks. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-301 | ELLEN JANE LORENZ PORTER COLLECTION. Records, 1931-1995. 6 lin. ft. |
| The Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter Collection is rich in information on church music, especially handbells and hymnology. In addition, it contains many of her original literary writings such as poetry, essays, plays, and short stories. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-306 | EDITH HOLSINGER. (1912-) Papers, 1958-1987. 5 lin. ft. |
| Edith Holsinger was an English teacher, teaching at both Fairmount West High School and Barnes Jr. High School. In 1964, Holsinger aided in the creation of the Kettering Teachers Union and was an active participate in the union until her retirement. The collection consists of administration papers, newsletters, and personal correspondence. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-313 | WIDOWS HOME OF DAYTON, OHIO. Papers, 1870-2002. 10 lin. ft. |
| The Widows Home of Dayton Collection chronicles the history of the home from its inception in 1870 through 2002. The collection was donated to Wright State by Janett S. Cavender, President of the Board of Directors of the Widows Home. 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. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-315 | COLLEGE WOMEN'S CLUB OF DAYTON, OHIO. Records, 1936-2000. 11 lin. ft. |
| Established in 1907, the College Women's Club of Dayton (CWC) continues to meet monthly during the fall, winter, and spring months for the purpose of uniting "alumnae of institutions of higher learning, and to foster an interest in higher education." The club continues to promote higher education, offers continuing education through their study group experiences activities encourages service to the community. The collection contains financial, adminstrative, and membership records. Finding aid available. | |
| MS-329 | CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY. Records, 1887-2003. 3.5 lin. ft. |
Mary Virginia Merrick founded the Christ Child Society in 1887 in Washington, D.C. to aid poor children. On October 11, 1911 Marie and Helen Rotterman founded the Dayton Chapter of the Christ Child Society. The society began with fewer than 200, primarily Catholic, women, yet grew steadily throughout the century. The group's primary focus is to provide clothing and aid to needy women and children. The collection includes minutes, photographs, and committe files. Finding aid available. |
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| MS-349 | PROGRESSIVE MOTHER'S CLUB. Records, 1923-2003 (bulk 1985-2003). 15.5 lin. ft. |
The mission of the Progressive Mothers’ Club was to promote the role and education of mothers within the setting of a social group. The collection illustrates the Club’s purpose through yearly event books, financial records, membership records, scrapbooks, meeting minutes, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The collection also contains scrapbooks, attendance records, and meeting minutes from the Progressive Mothers’ Alumnae. Finding aid available. |
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| SC-35 | PEARSON, EUNICE. Diary, 1877-1878. 1 volume. |
| The diary and personal accounts of a Miami County, Ohio, woman. At the time she had kept this diary, Pearson had been recently been widowed. There is a typed transcript of the diary portion of the volume. | |
| SC-37 | MOREO, JEAN. Papers, 1942-1977. 5 items. |
| Papers include photographs and a newsclipping concerning the Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS) during World War II. | |
| SC-52 | XENIA FEMALE COLLEGE. Records, 1866-1873. 25 items |
| Collection consists of commencement programs, alumnae and literary society programs from 19th college for women in Xenia, Ohio. | |
| SC-61 | OHIO WOMEN'S PEACE WALK. Records, 1984-1986. ca. 40 items. |
| Includes organizational papers, meeting minutes, photographs, working papers, informational leaflets, and newspaper clippings as well as a list of participants in walks across Ohio taken by women promoting peace and disarmament during the month of July in the years 1984, 1985, and 1986. | |
| SC-75 | COLEMAN, BESSIE. Photographs, ca. 1920. 2 items. |
| Consists of 2 photographs of Bessie Coleman, an early Black woman who was an aviator. | |
| SC-83 | VAN MATER, NELLIE. Journal, 1864. 1 item. |
| Journal of a young Greene County , Ohio, woman who attended Antioch College in the 1860's. The journal covers several months in 1864. | |
| SC-85 | SMELL, MARGARET. Diary, 1901-1915. 1 item. |
| Diary of a Michigan woman who happened to be visiting in Dayton during the Flood of 1913. The diary includes an account of her experiences. | |
| MFM-25 | DAYTON FEMALE BIBLE SOCIETY. Records, 1819-1846. 1 reel. |
| Records consist of the minutes of an early 19th century Dayton women's religious society. | |
| MFM-117 | HASKELL, KATHARINE WRIGHT (1874-1929). Papers, 1922-1928. 2 reels. |
| Papers consist mainly of correspondence from Katharine Wright 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. Finding aid is included. | |