Women's Studies Archives

Letter from a rural Wood County woman, mentioning the 1918 influenza epidemic in the area, describing her activities at canning and other farm chores, and making reference to the possibility of adopting two boys.

The records of this organization consist of minutes, programs, membership rolls, correspondence, literary productions, and news clippings.

Secretary's record book, including constitution, minutes, and membership; later called the Port Clinton Card Club.

The records of Deshler Temple #204, Pythian Sisters, Deshler, Ohio, consist of minutes, membership cards, and financial records covering the period from 1903 to 1932.

The records of Jackson Temple #309, Pythian Sisters, Hoytville, Ohio, consist of minutes, cashbooks, ledgers, membership cards, rolls of officers, a state-wide "black book" (rejections, suspensions, and expulsions), and a constitution of the Rathbone Sisters, a parallel organization, covering the period from 1907 to 1961.

Diary written while a student at Findlay High School, Findlay, Ohio.

Collected as part of the Women's Studies Archives collection.

Club records including photocopies of letters, written histories, clippings, and photographs.

Minutes, membership and treasury records, a history and miscellaneous papers.

The history of this social organization is reflected in the collection which consists of meeting minutes, Executive Board minutes, financial records, correspondence, printed materials, and newsclippings.

Handwritten recipes, with some comments; also includes papers with inventory of the estate of Martha Jean Chellis.

School notebooks, photographs, and a history of the Whitman family in southern Wood County.

The records of the Senior Literary and Lyric Society date form 1898 to 1980. The history of this organization is reflected in the collection which consists of 2.76 cubic feet of material. Included within the collection are minutes, membership lists, literary productions, programs, and speeches.

The records of the Shakespeare Round Table of Bowling Green, Ohio consist of general material such as a copy of the constitution/bylaws, minutes, program yearbooks, clippings, photographs, and some literary productions in the form of reminiscences or histories produced by club members.

Minute books, photographs, clippings, and a journal of a Grand Rapids, Ohio drill team.

Minutes, with some financial information and membership lists.

The records of this organization consist of secretary books which contain minutes, membership and financial records, and annual reports, and handwritten tributes to members who have died.

The collection consists of bylaws, membership documents, minutes, conference material, committee material, financial reports, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, newsletters, and photographs.

History of the first 50 years of the Defiance County Federation of Farm Women's Clubs, written by members of the All Together Club.

The records of The Hawthorne Club consist of minutes, programs, yearbooks, correspondence, news clippings, and photographs.

The Lima Federation of Women's Clubs collection consists of minutes, directories, yearbooks, and several programs which span the years 1931 to 1987.

The records of the Sandusky Mothers Federation, a women's organization dedicated to serving the community, consists of several scrapbooks, one book of club minutes, and a handbook containing the club's by-laws, constitution, and history.

The United Ladies' Sewing Circle collection includes minutes, financial records, newspaper clippings, and one photograph from the German Ladies' Sewing Club, later renamed the United Ladies' Sewing Circle. Virtually all records are included in the collection, ranging from 1895-1985.

The records of the Willing Workers of the Providence Methodist Episcopal Church of Waterville, Ohio, date from 1912 to 1973. The minutes document the history and activities of this religious, charitable, and social organization.

The records of the Union Corners Club date from 1922 to 1974. The history of this organization is reflected in the one-half linear foot of minutes, yearbooks, and scrapbooks. Also included is a paper documenting the history of the Club and two membership books from the Erie County Federation of Women's Clubs.