Women's Studies Archives

The papers of Olive A. Colton consist of one-half cubic foot of correspondence, autobiographical essays, a journal/scrapbook, memorials, poems, newspaper clippings, photographs and books.

A handwritten narrative of Olive Oatman's captivity by the Apache and Mohave Indians, passes issued to the Yuma Indian who affected her release, a photograph, and published accounts of her captivity.

Paper presented at a meeting of the Port Clinton Literary and Social Club.

The records of Trinity Conclave #3, Order of True Kindred consists of letters, postcards, and other minor documents of a Toledo, Ohio Masonic affiliated organization, primarily centered around Hazel Lafferty, one of the organizers of that conclave.

Minutes of meetings, membership lists, financial reports, constitutions, and publicity reports.

Loose photographs from years as a student at Bowling Green Normal College between 1914 and 1916; brochure and program related to reunion of Class of 1916 in 1961, and correspondence with class members related to reunion events.

Newsletters, programs, clippings, flyers, and minor correspondence. Organization also known as the War Brides Association.

The Oxford Homemakers County Extension Club consists of materials spanning from 1956 to 1983. The collection consists of minutes detailing the monthly meetings, a book of finances, and five scrapbooks.

Annual program booklets with information on officers, committees, programs and membership.

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.

Membership books (1937/38, 1942/43), and minutes books (1942-1961, 1963-1967).

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

Constitution and bylaws, yearbook (1922, 1924-1944), and memorials (1938-1939) of a Sandusky, Ohio women's 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.

Travel diary of a winter spent in Spain from January 29 to March 11, 1975.

Diaries kept while a student at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan from 1917-1918, loose photographs of family members, and an album showing personal friends, places, and activities during her career as a librarian at Bowling Green State University, including views of campus, around Bowling Green, and Portage Quarry.

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.