PA Photos and Documents
Women’s History
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University – Lucy Say Illustrations
This collection consists of pencil and watercolor drawings, hand-colored plates of North American mollusks and other animals, and early experimental etchings produced by Lucy Way Say. The collection also contains …
Bedford County Library – Winona Garbrick
Winona Garbrick was one of the most prolific teachers in Bedford High School history. Her legacy includes National Bestselling Author Dean Koontz, who wrote a personalized letter about Ms. Garbrick …
Centre County Library and Historical Museum – Mary E. D. Wilson Composition Collection
Compositions on abstract concepts created by a young Mary E. D. Wilson of Bellefonte, PA and written while attending the Lawrenceville Female Seminary in New Jersey circa 1851 and 1852. …
Chester County History Center – Abigail Speakman Diary Collection
This digitized diary of Abigail Speakman opens with entries from November 1871 spanning several pages. Nothing further is recorded until July 1882, introducing the bulk of the volume which describes …
Chester County History Center – Elizabeth Broomell Passmore Diary Collection
The digitized diary of Elizabeth Passmore consists of 382 scanned pages and dates from January to December of 1891. Found within the diary are descriptions of her daily life, including …
Chester County History Center – Jean Kane Foulke Papers
This digitized selection from the Jean Kane Foulke papers measures 1.4 linear feet and dates from 1850 to 1955, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1900 to 1920. …
Chester County History Center – Mary Eliza Brinton Hopkins Diary Collection
This digitized diary includes a range of daily life events recorded by Mary Eliza Brinton Hopkins. Mary Eliza Brinton was born in 1830/31 to William Brinton (1785-1878) and Gulielma Cooper …
Chester County History Center – Phebe Ann Sharpless Diary Collection
The three diaries kept by Phebe Ann Sharpless (now digitized) span 1849 to 1855, a time when Sharpless was in her twenties. Phebe Sharpless was born August 16, 1829, the …
Chester County History Center – Rebecca Townsend Brown Diary Collection
This digitized diary of Rebecca Townsend Brown describes time spent accompanying her husband, career army officer Major William H. Brown, during his service with the 18th Infantry in Arizona and …
Chester County History Center – Sheeder Family Account Books and Diaries
This digitized selection of eight diaries from the Sheeder Family Account Books and Diaries measures 0.5 linear feet and dates from 1870 to 1879. Found within the diaries are entries …
Chester County History Center – William Darlington Letterpress Copybook
The digitized copybook of William Darlington consists of 170 scanned pages and dates from 1845 to 1851. Found within the bound volume are handwritten ink-on-paper transcriptions of Darlington’s outbound correspondence …
Chester County History Center – Women’s Suffrage and Civil Rights Collection
The Women’s Suffrage and Civil Rights Collection measures 0.3 linear feet and dates from 1852 to 1933, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1893 to 1917. Found within …
German Society of Pennsylvania – Women’s Auxiliary of the German Society of Pennsylvania
Since its founding in 1764, the German Society provided charitable assistance to German-speaking immigrants in the community. The Women’s Auxiliary of the German Society of Pennsylvania was founded in 1900 …
Germantown Historical Society/Historic Germantown – Pamphlet Boxes Welfare History Collection
The Welfare History Collection documents the roles and importance of several welfare organizations formerly located in and/ or associated with the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia spanning the years circa 1881-1921. …
Kittanning Public Library – Daughters of the American Revolution
These are booklets from the late 1800’s early 1900’s of programs/meetings of The Daughters of the American Revolution.
Lycoming College – Lycoming County Women’s History Collection
Williamsport Women: Voices, Images, Actions Source material related to the history of women in Lycoming County from Lycoming College, the Lycoming County Historical Society, and the J.V. Brown Library. Documents selected …
New Cumberland Public Library – Groups and Organizations of New Cumberland
Photographs and postcards depicting various organizations, such as the town band and women’s clubs, and employee groups, like the Buttorff and Kline carpet factory workers.
New Cumberland Public Library – Scrapbooks and Memorabilia
This collection contains scanned images of scrapbooks from individuals and organizations related to New Cumberland. Themes vary from book to book. One scrapbook contains statistics and news articles about the …
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – American Association of University Women – Johnstown Branch
Started in 1923, the Johnstown Branch of the American Association of University Women has been supporting women’s issues and improving the lives of women and girls in the Johnstown region. …
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Johnstown Art League
The Johnstown Art League was founded on February 22, 1884, in the Cambria Iron Company library at the corner of Washington and Walnut Streets in Johnstown. Started at a time …
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – Rosina Heydrich’s Midwifery Manual and Ledger, 1770-1819
An extensive midwifery manuscript (Hebamme Büchlein) in the archive of the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, penned between the years 1770-1819, is attributed to Rosina Heydrich, a midwife and member …
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center – Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center Cased Images Collection
The following cased images consist of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes in the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center’s photograph collection. The people are a cross-section of middle-class men, women and children …
Scranton Public Library – Century Club of Scranton
The Century Club of Scranton is a women’s club that was founded in 1911 by prominent women of Scranton. During the long history, which continues today, the club hosts a …
The Baldwin School Archives – Blazers, Uniforms, Gowns Collection
This collection is comprised of photographs of the blazers, uniforms, and commencement gowns of the girls and women of The Baldwin School, dating from the 1800s through the present day. …
The Baldwin School Archives: Photos and Documents
In 1888, Miss Florence Baldwin founded “Miss Baldwin’s School for Girls, Preparatory for Bryn Mawr College” in her mother’s house at the corner of Montgomery and Morris Avenues. Thirteen girls …
United Lutheran Seminary Philadelphia – In Her Own Right: Anne E. Sanford Missionary Collection
Annie Evaline Sanford was born on February 4, 1873 in Springfield, Illinois and graduated from Carthage College in 1894. Annie Sanford completed five missionary terms in India from 1895-1902, 1904-1911, …
United Lutheran Seminary Philadelphia – In Her Own Right: the Lutheran Deaconess Movement in the United States
Books and serial publications published by the various Lutheran Deaconess Communities in the United States, focused on those with Motherhouses in Philadelphia and Baltimore. The “In Her Own Right” project …
United Lutheran Seminary Philadelphia – In Her Own Right: Women’s Missionary Societies of the Lutheran Church
Books and manuscripts published or created by the various Lutheran Women’s Missionary Societies of the General Synod, General Council, and United Synod of the South. Included here are both published …