Women's Studies Archives

Memorial tribute by unknown person, in honor of Carolyn Shaw, faculty member at Bowling Green State University in Physical Education.

Newspaper clippings including articles and obituary notices, along with a taped interview with Hilda G. Bentley with her reminiscences about Ada M. Ritchie.

Reminiscences of growing up in the New Washington area of Crawford County, Ohio in the early 20th century.

The collection consists of two volumes spanning the time between July 1, 1914 and October 5, 1918.

Autograph album of a girl, possibly from Steubenville, Ohio, later attending Scio College.

The Altrusa Club (Fostoria, Ohio) collection consists of minutes, reports, news clippings, award files, correspondence, financial records, and printed material, dating from 1964 to 1990.

Certificate of membership and personal notes of member Barbara Unkefer and associated printed material from her initiation kit, including member's manual, bylaws, and classification guide.

The records of the Altrusa International Club of Cincinnati, Ohio, dating from 1945 to 1989, include yearbooks, newsletters, financial documents, and news clippings.

This collection consists of minutes, scrapbooks, yearbooks, newsletters, committee and award files, photographic material, and certificates.

The records of the Altrusa International of Sandusky, Ohio, date from 1935 to 1981. The history of this social organization is reflected in the collection which consists of meeting minutes, club programs, printed material, news clippings, and photographs.

The Fostoria branch of the American Association of University Women collection consists of minutes and proceedings, financial information, membership listings and scrapbooks, spanning the years 1950 to 1988. The bulk of the collection is made up of the AAUW Fostoria Branch newsletter The Ex-Co-Ed, yearbooks of the organization's events, and scrapbooks.

Record book with meeting minutes and financial accounts of a Catholic women's society in Sandusky, Ohio.

Autograph album of a girl in Genoa, Ohio.

Composition copybook with lyrics to popular songs, hymns, and patriotic poetry.

The records of the Women's Missionary Society of the Benton Ridge United Methodist Church date from 1896 to 1958. The history of the Women's Missionary Society and the Women's Society of World Service is represented in this collection which consists of meeting minutes, a financial ledger and annual reports.

Photographs from Defiance and Paulding Counties of the Shirley and Giltz families, showing farm life and general family activities.

Photographs, letters, and clippings from scrapbooks of teacher and principal at South Main Street School, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Minute book of Grand Rapids, Ohio garden club from 1936-1942, with photocopy of article about the club at the time it disbanded in 1986.

The records in this collection span the years 1918, the year that the Women's League was organized, to 1970, when the successor organization, the Association of Women Students, disbanded. The collection contains official minutes, officer lists, financial documents, subject files covering organizational activities and printed material from the Intercollegiate Association of Women Students.

Daily diary entries describing home chores, family activities and weather.

Diary (photocopy) of a trip by wagon across parts of Nebraska and South Dakota, with members of the Keckley family.

Scrapbook of handwritten and typed poetry.

Handwritten compilation of women living in Vermilion, Ohio before 1850, giving married and maiden name, year they came or were born, place of origin, and last residence; includes two typed lists arranged by maiden and married name, along with biographical notes on eight of the women listed.

The diaries of Charlotte Clizbe Baker date from 1909 when Charlotte was twenty years of age and end in 1974 when she is eighty-six. They are complete for this time span, however, the diaries written from 1969-1974 are not complete for each day of the year. The diaries note her everyday activities, school teaching, marriage to Charles Baker, and club and community involvement.

Scrapbook of newsclippings, programs, obituaries, articles, and miscellaneous clippings related to Clara Clemons, of Port Clinton, Ohio, her husband Nelson A. Clemons, and daughter, Grace Leone.