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MS 1 Thirteen Club
Records, 1893-2000
Defiance, Ohio
Minutes, financial records, program books and photographs documenting the activities of a women's club in Defiance, Ohio.

MS 82 Mary Francis Feasel Alderton (1851-1932)
Diaries, 1903-1919
Seneca County, Ohio
Diaries with daily entries of activities and purchases in Seneca County, Ohio. Entries also cover domestic situations, religious essays, and mental health problems.

MS 89 American Association of University Women. Bowling Green Branch
Records, 1938-
Bowling Green, Ohio
Minutes, correspondence, membership records, newsletters, and scrapbook materials of local AAUW chapter, founded in 1938.

MS 90 Ohio College Association: Women's Physical Education Section
Records, 1920-1988
Minutes, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, membership lists, financial reports, subject files, and biographies of an organization devoted to promoting "cooperation among departments of physical education in colleges and universities in the state of Ohio."

MS 92 Evelyn Barber Metcalf Brewster (1889-1979)
Papers, 1827-1969
Findlay, Ohio
Diaries, correspondence, and scrapbook materials of a prominent Findlay, Ohio family. Father, Clarendon B. Metcalf, was a mayor of Findlay, Hancock County auditor, and a school superintendent. Collection includes genealogical material. Evelyn was the first woman County Auditor.

MS 92 Rea McCain (1882-1973)
Papers, 1916-1974
Bowling Green, Ohio
Correspondence, manuscripts, published writings and miscellaneous research materials of the first chair of the Department of English at BGSU.

MS 98 Esther Irene Brisbin (b.1899)
Papers, 1918-1924
Bowling Green, Ohio
Notebooks, sketchbooks, programs, receipts and photographs of a student attending Bowling Green State Normal College.

MS 123 mf Convoy Research Club
Papers, 1908-1994
Convoy, Ohio
Minutes and membership lists (1919-1993); treasurer's reports (1930-1994); pamphlets and programs (1908-1994) documenting the club's activities.

MS 139 League of Women Voters. Bowling Green Branch
Records, 1953-
Bowling Green, Ohio
Annual reports, financial records, correspondence, minutes, and printed material.

MS 149 United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America. Women's Auxiliary #2
Records, 1913-1977
Toledo, Ohio
Minutes, dues registers, membership applications, pamphlets, and a scrapbook (1.5 linear ft.)

MS 151 Bertha M. Carter
Papers, 1818-1943
Wood County, Ohio
Family papers of the Hood and Pargellis families of Wood County, Ohio.

MS 168 mf Alice Tapp Williams (1893-1918)
Diaries, 1914-1918
Toledo, Ohio
Diary of a young woman in Toledo, Ohio, describing her social life, marriage, and failing health due to tuberculosis.

MS 176 mf Port Clinton Literary and Social Club
Records, 1881-1980
Port Clinton, Ohio
Minutes, programs, membership rolls, correspondence, literary productions, and newsclippings.

MS 185 Waugh Family
Papers, 1879-1923
Bowling Green, Ohio
Correspondence, family ledger, and a genealogy of a Bowling Green family.

MS 186 Woman's Club of Bowling Green
Papers, 1921-2002
Bowling Green, Ohio
Includes the club's annual program booklets which list club members, officers, standing committees, departments, by-laws, and program topics for their monthly meetings. Two scrap books from the club's Garden Group are also included.

MS 187 Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Records, 1907-1977
Amsden, Ohio
Minutes, membership and financial records, correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets

MS 188 Myrtle Mitchell Manecke
Papers, 1909-1981
Bowling Green, Ohio
Travel diaries, autobiography, a children's story, a scrapbook, and photographs of a Bowling Green woman

MS 189 mf International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons. Ohio Branch
Records, 1931-1979
Executive board minutes, annual convention reports, and miscellaneous pamphlets. Microfilm.

MS 190 Hill/Morgan Family
Papers, 1831-1980
Family collection, including correspondence and papers of Guy Morgan, who served with Co. K, 21st O.V.I. as well as papers of the women of the family who were active in auxiliaries and women's organizations.

MS 191 Soroptimist International of the Americas. Bowling Green Chapter
Records, 1944-1980
Bowling Green, Ohio
Minutes, correspondence, subject files, newsletters, financial records, scrapbooks, and photographs.

MS 192 Rose Emch Price
Diaries, 1905-1919
Toledo, Ohio
Diaries of daily work and social activities, family information and travels of a Toledo woman.

MS 197 mf Mary Frances Goldmann Klein
Papers, 1942-1946
Scrapbooks, correspondence, official documents, brochures, clippings, and photographs pertaining to service in the Women's Army Corps during World War II of a Toledo woman

MS 198 Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle. Oak Grove #18
Records, 1912-1931
North Baltimore, Ohio
Minutes, proceedings, constitution, correspondence, reports, and printed material

MS 200 Irma Hotchkiss Karmol (1923-1979)
Papers, 1974-1979
Correspondence, campaign files, legislation, speech material, and a television commercial video tape pertaining to service in the Ohio House of Representatives by a Perrysburg woman

MS 201 Olive A. Colton (1873-1972)
Papers, 1878-1972
Toledo, Ohio
Correspondence, autobiographical essays, journals, and newsclippings of a Toledo woman

MS 203 Ella P. Stewart (1893-1987)
Papers, 1920-1987
Toledo, Ohio
Scrapbooks, correspondence, and organization proceedings of a Toledo woman who was one ofthe first black woman pharmacists in the United States.

MS 206 mf Delta Woman's Club
Records, 1895-1982
Delta, Ohio
Minutes, membership rosters, annual programs, and financial records

MS 208 Fulton County Home Agent (Ohio)
Annual reports, 1936-1965
Fulton County, Ohio
Annual reports of the rural extension service in Fulton County, Ohio

MS 209 Sandusky Coterie
Records, 1896-1982
Minutes, membership and treasury records, a history, and miscellaneous papers

MS 210 mf  West Family
Papers, 1842-1898
Diaries of Aaron B. West and Mary C. Titus West, with some correspondence, ledgers, and miscellaneous papers of a Sylvania, Ohio family. Includes correspondence of related family of Emma West Comstock.

MS 211 Vadae G. Meekison (1884-1981)
Papers, 1903-1965
Letters to Meekison in Napoleon, Ohio from Harriet Taylor Upton, pertaining to women's suffrage in Ohio; speeches, brochures, newspaper clippings, and a photograph. Some transcripts available.

MS 213 York Township Birthday Club (Fulton County, Ohio)
Records, 1926-1977
Minutes, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

MS 214 Willing Workers (Waterville, Ohio)
Records, 1912-1973
Minutes and membership records of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Providence Methodist Episcopal Church in Providence Township, Lucas County, Ohio

MS 215 Wood County Cooperative Extension Service (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Reports, 1922-1975
Annual reports of the extension service in Wood County, Ohio. Some reports include original photographs, clippings, circulars, and statistics of programs as well as later enrollment sheets for 4-H clubs.

MS 216 Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Bettsville, Ohio)
Records, 1906-1969
Minutes, membership lists, correspondence, reports, financial records, and printed material

MS 223 Camp Fire, Inc. No-We-Oh Council (Findlay, Ohio)
Records, 1913-1978
Scrapbook, membership handbooks, song sheets, photographs, and glass lantern slides

MS 225 Altrusa Club of Sandusky, Ohio
Records, 1935-1981
Minutes, membership lists, committee reports, correspondence, clippings, programs, printed material and photographs

MS 226 Sandusky Mothers Federation (Sandusky, Ohio)
Records, 1945-1965
Minute book, handbook, scrapbooks, and photographs.

MS 227 College Women's Club (Sandusky, Ohio)
Records, 1915-2005
Minutes, yearbooks, financial reports, and scrapbook material

MS 228 Sandusky Federation of Women's Clubs
Records, 1908-1966
Minutes, correspondence, financial records, printed material, and newsclippings.

MS 231 Hawthorne Club (Lima, Ohio)
Records, 1912-1982
Minutes, by-laws, correspondence, histories, and miscellaneous printed material.

MS 232 Hancock County Home Demonstration Council (Hancock County, Ohio)
Records, 1946-1976
Minutes, scrapbooks, files, and photographs.

MS 233 Senior Literary and Lyric Society (North Baltimore, Ohio)
Records, 1898-1980
Minutes, membership lists, literary productions, programs, and speeches.

MS 235 Discoverers' Club (Findlay, Ohio)
Records, 1896-1973
Minutes, correspondence, programs, literary productions, and newsclippings

MS 236 mf Sorosis Club (Defiance, Ohio)
Records, 1894-1977
Minute books, membership and financial records, and annual reports

MS 237 Williams County Homemakers' Council (Bryan, Ohio)
Records, 1943-1981
Minute books, including financial records and clippings, as part of the rural extension service of Williams County.

MS 240 International Order of the King's Daughters & Sons. Silver Cross Circle (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Records, 1917-1985
Minutes, correspondence, subject files, financial reports, clippings, and programs

MS 241 Annie Laurie Turnbull Panning (1902-1982)
Papers, 1905-1982
Scrapbook, photographs, correspondence, and a few personal items documenting the years in the Women's Army Corps of a Toledo, Ohio woman.

MS 243 Grace McClurg Carson (1884-1979)
Papers, 1848-1972
Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs documenting the experiences of an unmarried woman missionary from Lima, Ohio in China from 1912-1926.

MS 249 Shakespeare Round Table (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Records, 1911-2003
Constitution, membership lists, subject files, history, program yearbooks, and printed material

MS 250 Defiance Business and Professional Women (Defiance, Ohio)
Records, 1931-1982
Minutes, bylaws, financial documents, scrapbooks, committee reports, newsletters, and clippings

MS 251 New Century Club (Perrysburg, Ohio)
Records, 1900-1981
Minutes, programs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings

MS 252 Ideal Club (Columbus Grove, Ohio)
Records, 1907-1982
Minutes, correspondence, programs, and a club history

MS 267 Joan Wills Brisbin
Papers, 1830-1973
Family papers profiling the life of Joan Brisbin Wills, and the nursing careers of her mother and two aunts at the Toledo Hospital School of Nursing

MS 274 Benton Ridge United Methodist Church (Benton Ridge, Ohio) Women's Missionary Society
Records, 1896-1958
Meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and financial documents

MS 290 Faculty Dames/University Women
Records, 1930-1990
Meeting minutes, correspondence, programs, and newsletters of this Bowling Green State University organization

MS 309 Dora Eunice Giffen (1897-1982)
Papers, 1877-1981
Correspondence, diaries, subject files, photographs, scrapbook material, books, and artifacts of a missionary and schoolteacher in Egypt for the United Presbyterian Church

MS 324 Tri Sigma Club Papers (Upper Sandusky, Ohio)
Papers, 1938-1981
Scrapbooks, newsletters, programs, constitution, financial records, songbook, and some correspondence for this Upper Sandusky, Ohio, women's club.

MS 350 Evelyn Steidtmann (1901-2004)
Papers, 1944-1994
Correspondence, programs, membership rosters, instruction materials documenting the social life of a Bowling Green, Ohio woman, especially emphasizing her role in teaching contract bridge in the university and off-campus community. Her work with foreign students is also documented.

MS 352 Kathryn Ziegler Jeska
Papers, 1936-1940
Scrapbook, account ledger, and photographs of a young woman while she was a student at Bowling Green State University between 1936 and 1940

MS 359 Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Burgoon, Ohio)
Records, 1935-1960
Minutes, financial records, convention programs, pamphlets and flyers, handbooks and newspaper articles.

MS 365 Sorosis Club (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Records, 1934-1985
Minutes, membership and financial records, newsclippings, correspondence, and annual programs of a women's literary and study club

MS 368 Sandusky Fortnightly Club (Sandusky, Ohio)
Records, 1906-1978
Minutes, membership records, newsclippings, reports and programs of a women's literary and study club

MS 371 Jane R. Gust
Papers, 1945-1983
Correspondence, minutes, business diaries, subject files, newsclippings, printed material, photographs, and taped interviews of the business representative and president of the United Food and Allied Workers, Local 626, of Toledo, Ohio

MS 394 Charles C. Starr (1833-1889)
Papers, 1855-1909
Family collection documenting Charles and Elizabeth Starr of Toledo and Port Clinton, Ohio and their relatives in New York state. Much mention is made of Oberlin College before the Civil War.

MS 440 Modern Priscilla Club (Sandusky, Ohio)
Records, 1905-1972
Minutes, membership records, correspondence, obituaries, financial ledger, newsclippings, and yearbook of a women's club

MS 447 mf Just-A-Mere Club (Deshler, Ohio)
Records, 1951-1993
Club history, minutes, program books, and correspondence of a women's club.

MS 478 Ladies' Literary Club (Sylvania, Ohio)
Records, 1898-1985
Minutes, programs, financial records, clippings, and photographs of a women's literary club

MS 481 Delphian Society. Beta Chapter (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Records, 1923-1985
Minutes, programs, and newsclippings of a women's literary club.

MS 498 Woman's Relief Corps. Wiley Post no. 85 (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Records, 1885-1974
Minutes, by-laws, financial records, and publications of auxiliary of G.A.R. Wiley Post no. 46.

MS 502 Grace Wagner Collection (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Papers, 1925-1956
Publications and some manuscript material gathered by the Wood County, Ohio Home Demonstration Agent of the Agricultural Extension Service.

MS 502 Faculty Women's Club of BGSU (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Records, 1931-1987
Minutes, constitution and bylaws, membership records, correspondence, financial ledgers, and programs

MS 514 Pythian Sisters, Jackson Temple #309 (Hoytville, Ohio)
Records, 1910-1961
Minutes, cashbooks, ledgers, membership cards, rolls of officers, a statewide "black book", and constitution of the Rathbone Sisters, a parallel organization. (1 linear foot)

MS 515 Pythian Sisters, Deshler Temple #204 (Deshler, Ohio)
Records, 1903-1931
Minutes, membership cards, and financial records. (.5 linear foot)

MS 519 mf Congregational Church of West Millgrove (West Millgrove, Ohio). Ladies Aid Society
Records, 1888-1954
Record books, ledgers, membership dues record, receipts, quilting records, and brief history.

MS 530 Mid-Century Club (Sandusky, Ohio)
Records, 1952-1986
Minutes, membership records, program notes, financial records, correspondence, and scrapbook materials.

MS 533 The Lima Federation of Women's Clubs Collection (Lima, Ohio)
Records, 1931-1987
Minutes, directories, yearbooks, radio scripts, and programs

MS 544 United Ladies Sewing Circle (Sandusky, Ohio)
Records, 1895-1985
Minutes, financial records, newsclippings, and a photograph of a women's charitable and social club

MS 551 Peace Ribbon Project--Northwest Ohio
Artifacts, 1985
Fabric segments including painted fabric, quilting, appliqué, and embroidery created for the national Peace Ribbon project by Church groups around northwest Ohio.

MS 557 American Association of University Women (Fostoria, Ohio Branch)
Records, 1950-1988
Proceedings, some correspondence, membership and financial information, yearbooks or programs, newsletters, and five scrapbooks.

MS 560 American Society of Women Accountants
Toledo Chapter Records, 1947-1984
Minutes, president's notebooks, financial records, membership records, committee files, clippings, bulletins, and photographs.

MS 570 Stryker Women's Club (Stryker, Ohio)
Records, 1950-1999
Bylaws, membership documents, minutes, conference material, committee material, financial reports, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, newsletters, and photographs.

MS 579 Charlotte Clizbe Baker (1888-1976)
Diaries, 1909-1974
Diaries of a Lima woman, active as a teacher, in service organizations, and clubs, written from age 20 to 86.

MS 590 American Business Women's Association. Bowling Green, Ohio, "Potpourri Chapter"
Records, 1973-2001
Procedure manuals, chapter bylaws, membership documents, minutes, conference and committee material, scholarship information, financial reports, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, newsletters, and photographs.

MS 591 Ruth Park Papers
Records, 1916-1980
Proceedings, subject files, reports, and printed material documenting typical activities of the Camp Fire Girls organization, both by the participant and the adult leader.

MS 598 Country Posey Garden Club
Records, 1947-1997
Henry County, Ohio
Minutes, including membership and financial information, correspondence, program booklets and scrapbooks with photographs and clippings.

MS 605 Martha Butman (1825-1894)
Correspondence, 1847-1937
Includes correspondence of a midwestern woman and her daughters telling about holidays, clothing, social events, women in law school (1880s), church events, and San Francisco architecture and transportation. Also includes a letter detailing attitudes toward Native American tribes, and some details about their customs, language, and religion. A privately published book provides transcriptions of the letters as well as genealogical information.

MS 614 Union Corners Club
Records, 1922-1974
Erie County, Ohio
Minutes, yearbooks, and scrapbooks, with a paper documenting the history of the Club and two membership books from the Erie County Federation of Women's Clubs

MS 615 Korns Family
Papers, 1862-1932
Family papers, including correspondence, diaries and histories of the Jacob and Emma (Jacobs) Korn family.

MS 618 Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Ford Circle #28
Records, 1894-1987
Toledo, Ohio
Membership lists and applications include information on the women members as well as on their Civil War veteran relation, giving enlistment information of muster dates and regiment.

MS 619 mf United Methodist Women. Toledo District
Records, 1976-1991
Northwest Ohio
Executive and annual meeting minutes, standing rules, and treasurer's reports

MS 621 Ohio Association of Garden Clubs Region I
Records, 1955-1988
Northwest Ohio
Minutes, program books, financial reports, officer lists, and correspondence of the organization as well as clipping files.

MS 660 Women's League/Women's Self-Government Association/Association of Women Students
Records, 1918-1970
Bowling Green, Ohio
Records of the Bowling Green State University organization which established rules of conduct, dress and hours for all women students, including minutes, constitution, correspondence, and activities of the group.

MS 662 Ruth Perry Chase (1883-1966)
Papers, 1900-1960
Wood County, Ohio
Family collection from Wood County, Ohio, including photographs and memoirs; collection centers around Ruth Perry Chase.

MS 665 Hoytville Ladies Literary Club
Records, 1916 - 1992
Hoytville, Ohio
Club programs, newspaper clippings, readings, and photographs.

MS 687 Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A. Wood County Barracks #71. Ladies Auxiliary
Records, 1965-1985
Wood County, Ohio
Minutes, membership list, scattered correspondence, and printed material. Local chapter organized in 1965 (.25 linear ft.)

MS 703 Kappa Alpha Theta, Toledo Alumni Chapter
Records, 1922-1993
The collection consists of bylaws, minutes, correspondence, rush recommendations philanthropies and projects, officer reports, committee reports, chapter and district reports, yearbooks, financial documents, scrapbooks, news clippings, newsletters, certificates, and photographs.

MS 704 Mickey (Maxine) Campbell Welker
Papers, 1941-1982
Personal papers documenting high school and college life in Albion, Michigan and Bowling Green State University, and alumni activities of the Greater Toledo Chapter.

MS 713 Jesse and Florence Currier Collection
Papers, 1906-1977
Bowling Green, Ohio
Personal and professional papers documenting the careers of a husband and wife at Bowling Green State University. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

MS 719 Daughters of the American Revolution, Martha Pitkin Chapter
Papers, 1867-1997
Sandusky, Ohio
Minutes, financial records, correspondence, scrapbooks, yearbooks, clippings, and printed material collected by the Sandusky, Ohio Chapter.

MS 729 Altrusa Club
Records, 1964-1984
Fostoria, Ohio
Minutes, officer and financial reports, correspondence, initiation services and orientation packets, scholarship files, and club yearbooks and newsletters, and a scrapbook documenting the club's activities.

MS 732 Navy Mothers, Toledo Club #180
Papers, 1941-1990s
Toledo, Ohio
Includes minutes, membership records, correspondence, printed materials, scrapbooks, photographs and artifacts.

MS 741 Gish Film Theater Collection
Papers, 1900-date
Bowling Green, Ohio
Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, newsclippings and other documents regarding establishment and development of the Gish Film Theater and the lives and careers of actresses Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Jean Arthur, Eva Marie Saint and Maidie Norman.

MS 754 Harp Family
Papers, 1899-1934
Sandusky, Ohio
Family correspondence of a traveling salesman and his wife in northern Ohio.

MS 761 First Ladies Investment Club
Papers, 1961-2003
Bowling Green, Ohio
Proceedings, correspondence, financial records, printed material and audio-visual material documenting the activity of a women's investment club.

MS 780 McKnight Family
Papers, 1862-1955
Bowling Green, Ohio
Correspondence among members of a Bowling Green family over the course of several generations. Includes correspondence with a member of Co. E., 11th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as well as correspondence with a patient (1929-30) at the Ohio State Sanatorium.

MS 786 Newton Family
Papers, 1862-1944
Xenia, Ohio
Correspondence, poetry and literary materials, newsclippings, and photographs of three generations of a family prominent in the Xenia, Ohio area and in Tennessee during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes papers of Mary Leslie Newton and Frances Halley Newton, educators and writers.

MS 797 Benjamin Basil Jackson Family
Papers, 1861-1922
Civil War correspondence written to and from men serving with Co. G, 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and postwar personal correspondence of George and Martha Jackson Banks. Some correspondence transcripts online. Diary of A. J. Jackson transcript online.

MS 858 Hefner Family
Papers, 1945-1952
Lima, Ohio
Correspondence between various members of a Lima, Ohio area family during the period at the end of World War II and during the Korean War, primarily the letters from the mother, Zelma Hefner to her sons. Some transcripts available online.

MS 908 mf Churches of God, General Conference. Women's Christian Service Council
Papers, 1953-1992
Minutes, newsletters, reports, programs, correspondence and other records documenting the activities of Women's Christian Service Council of the Churches of God, General Conference.

MS 918 Merl B. Smith Collection
Papers, 1930s-1970s
Personal papers and teaching notes used by a Toledo physician as a medical educator, as well as notes, papers, and publications associated with his service with the U.S. Army Air Force as a flight surgeon.

MS 964 Carter Family
Papers, 1796-1995
Personal collection centered on the families of Lena B. Rees and James L. Carter, their ancestors, and children. Contains extensive genealogical material, photographs, and some correspondence, including a few letters written by Rees family members in the 72nd O.V.I. during the Civil War and an extensive series by Robert A. Carter while in training for submarine service during World War II.

MS 986 Happy Circle Club
Papers, 1929-1979
Milton Township, Wood County, Ohio
The collection consists of minutes, rules and regulations, officer and hostess lists, a club history and newspaper clippings, of a rural women's social and charitable organization.

MS 987 Mount Olive Friendship Circle
Papers, 1948-1967
Rudolph, Ohio
Minute books, a club history, thank-you cards, news clippings and a banner.

MS 994 Altrusa International of Lorain County, Ohio
Papers, 1949-1999
Lorain County, Ohio
Minutes, subject files, newsletters, certificates, yearbooks, and scrapbooks.

MS 997 Sarah V. Elder Dicken Papers
Correspondence, 1854-1898
Correspondence with family members serving in the 21st, 49th, and 64th O.V.I. and the 9th O.V.C., as well as a variety of other units.

MS 1054 Order of True Kindred. Trinity Conclave #3
Papers, 1934-1942
Toledo, Ohio
Correspondence and organizational information regarding this Masonic-related women's organization.

MS 1069 Webster Homemakers' Club
Papers, 1964-1994
Webster Township, Wood County, Ohio
Minutes, correspondence, and printed material from a Wood County women's organization.

MS 1082 Port Clinton Junior Women's Club
Papers, 1947-2000
Minutes, treasurer's books, programs/presentations, subject files, scrapbooks, published materials, reports, and awards of this Ottawa County women's organization.