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MMS 168  Ellen Aultman
Diary, 1901-1902
Scotch Ridge, Ohio
Typescript and handwritten photocopy of the diary documenting a farm family in Scotch Ridge, Ohio

MMS 322  Lizzie Marrott
Diary, 1891-1892
Hudson, Ohio
Diary of a 17-year old girl, with emphasis on school and social life in Hudson, Ohio

MMS 329 May Lambert
Papers, 1913-1915
Bowling Green, Ohio
Scrapbook (on microfilm and online), lesson plans and papers, and observation book (from Lagrange School in Toledo), of a student in the early days of Bowling Green Normal College

MMS 330 mf Grace Cowling Berlin
Scrapbook, 1922
Oberlin, Ohio
Scrapbook of an ecology field trip in 1922 while a student at Oberlin College, with an oral interview conducted in 1979

MMS 332 Pearl M. Woodruff
Diary, 1926
Diary describing farm life in rural Pennsylvania

MMS 333 Caroline Dauer Weihl
Diary, 1889
Diary describing a trip across Nebraska and South Dakota

MMS 340 Hatcher Family
Ledger, 1835-1881
Family account book, including oil mill accounts from Washingtonville, Ohio, records of house-building costs, recipes, and an estate inventory of Rebecca Hatcher

MMS 352 Phebe Wilson
Letter, 25 October 1918
Letter referring to the influenza epidemic, rural activities at harvest time, and family activities around Bowling Green, Ohio

MMS 353 Diary, 1895-1902
Diary of an unidentified Elkhart County, Indiana girl describing general rural activities

MMS 354 Mary B. Hodge
Papers, 1833-1839
A religious essay (1833), and a transcript of a travel diary describing a trip from Buffalo, N.Y. to Perrysburg, Ohio for a visit from Nov 1838 through April 1839

MMS 356 Constance Machen
Diary, 1968
Travel diary describing a trip to Europe

MMS 358 Georiana Bower Shinew
Papers, 1908-1915
Programs, clippings, photographs, and copy of school valedictorian address, from a member of the Risingsun Ladies' Concert Band

MMS 361 Ottawa County Cooperative Extension Service. Home Demonstration Council
Records, 1951-1967
Ottawa County, Ohio
Minutes, membership lists, financial reports, constitution, and publicity reports

MMS 362 Sidleaires Drum and Bell Corps
Records, 1950-1972
Grand Rapids, Ohio
Minutes and journal of a small-town drill team

MMS 363 Wood County Cooperative Extension Service. Liberty Township Homemakers Council
Records, 1959-1974
Minute books and newsclippings

MMS 364 Josephine Martha Suter Kronfield
Scrapbook, 1942-1945
Scrapbook of a woman serving with the WAVES during World War II

MMS 365 Agnes M. Weithman Krupp
Memoirs, 1980
Crawford County, Ohio
Memoir describing life in rural Crawford County, Ohio

MMS 379 Hiberians, Ancient Order of. Ladies Auxiliary
Minutes, 1909-1916
Sandusky, Ohio
Minute book from a Sandusky social group

MMS 380 Sandusky Yacht Club. Ladies Auxiliary
Annual programs, 1966-1969
Programs recording the activities of the Sandusky Yacht Club auxiliary group

MMS 381 Daughters of the American Revolution. Ohio. Martha Pitkin Chapter
Programs, 1947-1978
Sandusky, Ohio
Programs recording the activities of the Sandusky chapter of the patriotic organization

MMS 382 Delphian Society. Alpha Chapter
Records, 1928-1956
Sandusky, Ohio
Minutes, financial ledger, and correspondence of Sandusky, Ohio women's club

MMS 383 Ohio Home Demonstration Council. District I (Northwest Ohio)
Minutes, 1940-1965
Includes minutes (1940-1964) and programs (1949-1965)

MMS 384 Minerva Augusta Clement, Minerva Augusta
Lesson book, [1870?]
Copy book, possibly written while a student at Vassar

MMS 385 Lizzie C. Betz
Recipe book, 1883
Handwritten collection of recipes from Adrian, Mich., primarily for cakes and cookies, with ingredients but no instructions

MMS 391 Nevada Virgin
Papers, 1900s-1970s
Material, primarily photographs (separately cataloged) detailing work activities of a resident of Toledo, Ohio

MMS 392 f Ladies Aid Society of Defiance, Ohio
Articles of incorporation, 1900-1918
Articles of a Defiance, Ohio aid society; 1918 amendment changes the name from the earlier Deutscher Frauen-Kranken Unterstuetzungs Verein von Defiance, Ohio

MMS 394 Mead Family
Letters, 1848-1866
Photocopies of original letters, with typed explanatory notes, describing family activities and social life of a Henry County, Ohio family

MMS 395 Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Defiance County, Ohio)
Minutes, 1910-1916
Minute book of local temperance organization

MMS 396 Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Wood County, Ohio)
Minutes, 1936-1938
Minutes, loose papers, and clippings of local temperance organization

MMS 397  Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Minutes, 1909-1917
Hicksville, Ohio
Minute books of local temperance organization. Some Transcripts available online.

MMS 398 Social and Literary Club
Minutes, 1914-1918, 1940-1943
Lima, Ohio
Minute books of a Lima, Ohio social and literary club

MMS 401 Overseas Brides' Club
Records, 1946-1959
Toledo, Ohio
Programs, newsletters and clippings of an organization also known as the War Brides Associatiom

MMS 403 Jacquelyn Mayer
Papers, 1962-1964
Newsclippings and public relations material relating to Miss America of 1963

MMS 407 Marguerite A. Dickman
Helen M. Dickman, Lima, Ohio, 1982
Biographical sketch of the first woman court stenographer in the State of Ohio, Helen M. Dickman Lisk

MMS 412 Ada M. Ritchie (1865-1927)
Biographical information, 1927-1982
Newspaper clippings and an interview with Hilda C. Bentley concerning a Toledo, Ohio educator and librarian of Scott High School

MMS 413 Edith Hart Smith
Papers, 1919
Photograph, programs and flyers for the Risingsun Ladies' Concert Band and Hart's Girl Band, of which she was a member

MMS 416 Dauer Family
Letters, 1923-1925
Letters written to Beatrice Dauer and to A.J. Dauer describing general social activities and family matters around Toledo, Ohio

MMS 417 Jill Gates Smith
Interviews, 1982
Typed summaries of interviews conducted with two women employees (circa 1916) of the Boss Glove Factory in Defiance, Ohio

MMS 424 f Wood County Hospital Guild (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Scrapbook, 1954-1967
General scrapbook of clippings of the activities of the hospital aid auxiliary

MMS 434 Hanna, Myrna Belle Reece, 1890-1955
Press clippings, 1920s-1973
Photocopies of clippings of a member of the Ohio legislature from Bowling Green

MMS 435-436 Anna Stabbal
Papers, 1888-1909
Photocopy of autograph book (1888-1909) from Genoa, Ohio with typical sentimental verses and composition books containing patriotic poetry, lyrics to common songs and ballads

MMS 437 Eva Stabbal
Composition book, 1903
Photocopy of copybook from Genoa, Ohio with school exercises (including practice texts in German script)

MMS 438 Mary M. Pierce
Diaries, 1867-1868
Photocopies of small pocket diaries detailing daily activities in the rural Toledo area and family matters

MMS 442 Lucille Hammell Keeton
Biographical information, 1981
Background information on a Rossford, Ohio woman active in community activities compiled as part of a nomination form for the Jefferson Award for Distinguished Public Service

MMS 443 Columbus Grove Garden Club
Minutes, 1941-1949
Columbus Grove, Ohio
Records of a gardening and social club, including photocopies of newsclippings. Photographs cataloged separately

MMS 446 Verna Perry
Defiance County, Ohio Federation of Farm Women's Clubs, 1920-1982: a history
Defiance, Ohio
Typescript of a history of a rural Defiance County women's organization

MMS 460 P.E.O. Sisterhood. Ohio. Chapter BE
Annual programs, 1948-1972
Sandusky, Ohio
Photocopies of annual program booklets, with club rosters

MMS 491 Bertha Shirley (1882-1972)
Photograph collection, circa 1900-1920
Collection of family photos showing individuals and scenes of farm life in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio

MMS 499 Cassie Johnston Thompson
Scrapbook, 1908-1934
Rudolf, Ohio
Collection of typescript copies of religious poetry written in Rudolf, Ohio

MMS 500 Jane C. Kunkle
Autograph album, 1844-1851
Autograph book from the Toledo area, with typical sentimental verses

MMS 503 Bess McClish
Scrapbooks, 1927-1960
Scrapbook collection of photographs, letters, and clippings of a woman who was a teacher and principal at South Main School, Bowling Green, Ohio, presented at the time of her retirement

MMS 509 Gladys Gangware Perry
Photo scrapbook, 1915-1916
Photo album kept by a woman student in the early years of Bowling Green Normal College

MMS 514 Progressive Card Club
Minutes, 1896-1908
Port Clinton, Ohio
Minutes of a social organization later called the Port Clinton Card Club

MMS 518 Mary Jenks Wright
Autograph albums, 1854-1861
Autograph album and loose sheets from the Morgan County, Ohio area, with typical sentimental verses

MMS 524 Altia Fisher
Autograph albums, 1880-1886
Autograph albums from Harrison County, Ohio, with typical sentimental verses

MMS 562 Eliza Jane Wilson Hampton (1829-1903)
Diary, 1898-1899
Diary describing the farm life and social acitivities of a rural Bowling Green, Ohio woman

MMS 566 Olive Ann Oatman (1837-1903)
Papers, 1856-1927
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, as presented on the Chautauqua circuit

MMS 647 Della
Letters, 1906-1907
Letters concerning an unwanted pregnancy and abortion, in the Paulding, Ohio area. Identifying names have been edited out

MMS 648 Laura Shuler
Diary, 1919
Diary kept between Jan 1 and May 15 by a Bowling Green, Ohio resident

MMS 649 Ruth Burnett
School diary, 1915-1917
Diary written while a student at Findlay High School

MMS 650 Sam Curd (b. ca. 1835)
Diary, 1860-1863
Handwritten diary of a woman in Fulton, Missouri, describing her social life and activities. A published transcript of the diary edited by Susan Arpad is in the Archives book collection

MMS 695 mf Daughters of Rebekah. Auburn Rebekah Lodge #697
Minutes, 1910-1934
Tiro, Ohio
Minute book of a Tiro, Ohio women's social organization, associated with the Odd Fellows

MMS 698 Julia Pennington Jenks
Scrapbook, circa 1892-1940s
Clippings on people and events in Wood County, Ohio including activities of the Baldwin and Jenks families

MMS 699 Lulu Baldwin
Diary, 1907-1908
Photocopy of the diary of a Bowling Green, Ohio resident

MMS 811 Eunice Cobb Phillips
Journal, 1864-1886
Journal of spiritual writings and meditations of a Berlin Heights woman

MMS 841 Women's Civic Improvement Association
Records, 1912-1939
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Includes constitution and by-laws, minutes, and financial records

MMS 850 Helen M. Frisbie
Papers, 1913-1930
Educational records from Bowling Green Normal College, teaching certificates, and a pin from Book and Motor Society

MMS 877 Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Home & Foreign Missionary Society
Programs, 1907-1923
Port Clinton, Ohio
Programs from a women's church group

MMS 887 Women's Building and Rest Room Association
Records, 1908-1927, 1951
Sandusky, Ohio
Includes board minutes, clippings and a speech delivered in 1951

MMS 888 Sandusky Business Women's Club
Records, 1926-1980
Sandusky, Ohio
Includes photocopies of newsclippings, letters, written histories, and photographs

MMS 894 Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.) Keller Corps no. 225
Minutes, 1898-1906
Bucyrus, Ohio
Minutes of the woman's auxiliary unit of the Bucyrus G.A.R. post

MMS 900 Marietta E. Russell
Diary, 1888
Diary of daily events in Bloomdale, Ohio, with devotional passages. Entry for Oct 19 refers to an accidental poisoning incident

MMS 909 Blue Bell Garden Club
Minute book, 1936-1942
Grand Rapids, Ohio
Record book of a gardening and social club

MMS 913 Ethelyn L. Stevens (1888-1968)
Diary, 1904
Diary of a teenage Fremont, Ohio girl from Feb-Sept, includes accounts of school, social life, household chores, and her father's cigar/candy store

MMS 914 Ottie Wineland Nelson
Papers, 1914-1961
Includes 22 photographs of Bowling Green Normal College from 1914-1916; correspondence, brochures, and addresses related to planning a class reunion in 1961

MMS 920 Census of women born in or coming to Vermilion before 1850
List arranged by maiden and married names, compiled in the 1940s

MMS 934 Sarah Whitman Wirt
Papers, circa 1900-1917
Includes school notebooks, photographs, and a recent family history from the West Millgrove, Ohio area

MMS 956 f Clara Clemons (1856-1938)
Scrapbook, 1897-1903
Scrapbook of Clemons family activites and social life around Port Clinton, Ohio

MMS 980 Margaret Merry Wilson
Diary, 1911
Bowling Green, Ohio
Typed transcript of diary of 12-year old Bowling Green girl

MMS 985 Bertha V. King
Medical school copybook, 1907-1908, 1918
Copybook with class notes on materia medica, pharmacology, minor surgery, and volumetric analysis; letter dated 21 April 1918 with letterhead Bertha King Hobart, M.D., Toledo, Ohio

MMS 1001 Grace McMahon
Diary, 1932-1936
Diary of a young woman at Bowling Green State University, detailing social life and activities

MMS 1011 Louise Gates
Scrapbook, 1935-1936
Clippings on women of the United States and other lands, correspondence on trip to South America

MMS 1036 Camp Fire Girls. Thwaskbh Camp (Ohio)
Scrapbook, 1913-1915
Scrapbook, with photographs, of girls and camp activities at unidentified location

MMS 1038 mf Town and Country League (Ada, Ohio)
Minutes, 1914-1923
Minutes of an organization involved with the establishment of a Women's Rest Room in Ada, Ohio

MMS 1053 Taine Club
Records, 1898-1956
Bryan, Ohio
Yearbooks, programs, and a history

MMS 1054 Literary Forum
Yearbooks, 1950-1960
Bryan, Ohio
Program yearbooks of a literary club

MMS 1055 Junior Forum
Yearbook, 1938-1939
Oberlin, Ohio
Single program volume of a local literary club

MMS 1056 Women's Welcome Club
Yearbook, 1950-1951
Bryan, Ohio
Single program volume of a local social club

MMS 1057 Senior Forum
Yearbook, 1951-1952
Oberlin, Ohio
Single program volume of a local literary club

MMS 1072 Mary E. Zyp
Interview, 1989
Oral interview tape with the wife of a Great Lakes mariner, living in Toledo, Ohio

MMS 1075 Emma Varno Kinninger
Interview, 1989
Shelby County, Ohio
Oral interview tape with a Shelby County, Ohio resident about family farm life

MMS 1135 Nellie Brown Powell Holdgraf (b. 1893)
Papers, 1914-1981
Newsclippings, oral interview cassette and transcript, and publicity photos of a vaudeville performer in the sandpainting act of Powell and Nedra

MMS 1169 Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.) W.H. Gibson Corps No.59
Minute book, 1905-1909
Tiffin, Ohio
Minutes of the woman's auxiliary unit of the Tiffin G.A.R. post

MMS 1175 Mary Clendenen Alexander Gill (1852-1925)
Diary, 1911
Diary describing farm life in the Port Clinton, Ohio area

MMS 1193 Trowel and Tractor Garden Club
Records, 1952-1953, 1967-1979
Weston, Ohio
Includes yearbooks and clippings (1952-1953), and minutes (1967-1979)

MMS 1194 Rosemary Lardinais
Diary, 1975
Travel diary of a winter in Spain, Jan 29 to March 11, 1975

MMS 1206 Progressive Study Club
Records, 1922-1944
Sandusky, Ohio
Includes constitution and bylaws, yearbooks, and memorials

MMS 1210 Ella
Correspondence, circa 1900
Letters to sister, Anna, concerning the ill-health and death of another sister, Eva, in Findlay, Ohio

MMS 1217 Waite Garden Club
Scrapbook, 1968-1981
Toledo, Ohio
Includes minutes, programs, and newsclippings

MMS 1289  Louisa Cook Walters (1833-1865)
Correspondence, 1862-1865
Letters to mother and sister, describing overland journey on the Oregon Trail in 1862 and life in Placerville, Idaho from 1864-1865. Includes typed transcripts.

MMS 1454 mf  Annie R. Stuart
Diary, 1861-1862
Seneca County, Ohio
Diary describing a woman's activities included some school teaching, courtship, and marriage as well as domestic chores. During this time, her husband and brother served in the Union army. Includes typed transcript.

MMS 1681 Martha Harvey Parquette (1884-1981)
Scrapbook, 1913-1915
Scrapbook, created by student Martha Harvey Parquette, covers the activities, faculty, and students of the first graduating class of Bowling Green Normal College (now Bowling Green State University) in 1915. Transcript available online.

MMS 1756 Ruby Leora King (1893-1972)
Papers, ca. 1900-1972
Bowling Green, Ohio
Diaries kept while a student at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan (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.