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The Journal of the Lycoming County Historical Society
VOLUME XLII, Winter 2004-2005 Edition
This issue of the Journal is the first to focus entirely on women's history. It contains a photo essay on women's many roles in the region, and an article on local involvement in the Women of the Ku Klux Klan with excerpts from a diary and letters written by women from the area who belonged to the Klan.
The photographic essay "Women at Work in North-Central Pennsylvania: Images from the Historical Society's Collections" depicts the range of women's work in the region, from housework to office, from silk mill to art studio. It also shows the range of women in the social hierarchy, including upper-class women doing volunteer work, middle-class women at work in offices and on farms, and working-class women employed in factories. The photographs hint at the extensive contributions women made to the economy and social fabric of their communities. But many of the women pictured are anonymous. Often a single photograph is the only clue that women did a certain type of work. For example, we know that women worked in heavy industry in wartime, but photographs also show women working at Lycoming Auto in the 1920s, when there was no wartime emergency. Was this usual, or was it an exception? We need to do more research to see how local patterns in women's lives fit into the national picture.
The second piece in this issue uncovers women's participation in a little-known organization, the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, in the 1920s and 1930s. Original documents written by members of this group reveal female participation in cross-burnings and Klan demonstrations, events that newspaper accounts portrayed as all-male. These letters and diary represent the perspectives of individual writers, and so may not be entirely reliable historic sources in and of themselves. But they are important because they show how the Klan worked with other voluntary organizations, and how Klan activities were just another part of everyday life in the Susquehanna Valley, for women as well as men.
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List of Journals
| Issue | Main Topic | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 1955, Vol. I, No.2 | Sketch of the Life of Gen. John Burrows of Lycoming County | General John Burrows |
| Spring 1956, Vol. I. No. 3 | Ocean Voyage of the Kiess Family -- The Diary | George Kiess |
| Fall 1956, Vol. I, No.4 | Memories of Wild Life On Young Woman's Creek | Henry W. Shoemaker |
| Spring 1957, Vol I, No. 5 | Early Lumbering in Cogan House Township | Milton Landis |
| Winter 1958, Vol I, No. 8 | What Lumbering Meant to the U.S.A. | Dr. Lewis E. Theiss |
| Spring 1958, Vol. 1, No. 7 | Fort Augusta: What It Meant to the Pioneers of the Susquehanna Valley | Dr. Lewis E. Thiess |
| Summer 1959, Vol. I, No. 9 | Freedom Road | Ralph L. Lester |
| Winter 1959, Vol I, No.10 | The Williamson Road | Charles G. Webb |
| Summer 1960, Vol. II, No.1 | Life in a Small Town | Mrs. J. Wesley Little |
| Winter 1961, Vol. II, No. 4 | The Great Runaway of 1778 | Helen H. Russell |
| Summer 1962, Vol. II, No.5 | The Susquehanna Boom | Gibson Antes |
| Winter 1963, Vol. II, No. 7 | The Culbertson Path | Carlton E. Fink |
| Spring 1963, Vol II, No. 6 | Stump Pulling in Cogan House Township 1890 -- 1930 | Berton E. Beck, D.D.S. |
| Summer 1966, Vol III, No. 1 | To The West For Gold | William H. Chamberlin |
| Spring 1968, Vol V, No. 1 | Local History As A Hobby | Rev. Charles F. Berkheimer, D.D. |
| Spring 1969, Vol VI, No. 1 | Life of John Bartram | Richard L. Mix |
| Fall 1973, Vol IX, No. 2 | Sequoyah of the Cherokees | Gladys A. Tozier |
| Spring 1975, Vol XI, No. 1 | The Story of Peter Herdic | |
| Spring 1982, Vol XVIII, No 1 | Early Episodes in Williamsport's History | Paul Gilmore |
| Fall 1984, Vol XX, No. 2 | Some Important Milestones in Lycoming County Archaeology | James P. Bressler |
| Spring 1985, Vol XXI, No. 1 | John Alden Knight and the Solunar Tables | |
| Fall 1985, Vol XXII, No. 2 | Unraveling the Wertman Site Mysteries | James P. Bressler |
| Winter 1986, Vol XXIV, No. 2 | "Stilling Birch" in Cogan House Township | Carl B. Taylor |
| Summer 1987, Vol XXV, No 1 | Tom Fausett (The Record of a Trifle Lone Tragedy) | Henry W. Shoemaker |
| Summer 1988, Vol XXVII, No. 1 | Gifford Pinchot Pioneer Conservationist -- Part I | Stephanie Zebrowski |
| Winter 1988, Vol XXVIII, No. 2 | Gifford Pinchot Pioneer Conservationist -- Part II | Stephanie Zebrowski |
| Winter 1988, Vol XXVI, No 2 | The Last Hanging in Lycoming County | Everett Rubendall |
| Summer 1989, Vol XXIX, No. 1 | Debunking a Myth -- Were There Really Buffalo in Pennsylvania? | Stephanie Zebrowski |
| Summer 1990, Vol XXXI, No. 1 | Regional Industries and Environmental Impact | Julia Gano |
| Winter 1990, Vol XXXII, No. 2 | A Death Shout (A Story of the Senecas) | Henry W. Shoemaker |
| Winter 1992, Vol XXXIV, No. 1 | Excavation of a Shenks Ferry Habitation Complex on Canfield Island,... | James P. Bressler |
| Summer 1995, Vol XXXV, No. 1 | Personal Journal of Evan Russell | Captain Evan Russell |
| Winter 1996, Vol XXXVI, No. 1 | John Hazel: The Wizard Cornetist | John Hunsinger |
| Winter 1997/98, Vol XXXVII, No. 2 | The Park Home Collection - Special Edition | |
| Fall 1998, Vol XXXVIII, No. 1 | The John Sloan Collection | |
| Fall/Winter 1999 | Floods - Refugee Camp at Brandon Park, 1889 Flood | |
| Vol XXXIX, 2000/2001, No. 1 | An Historical Walking Tour of Millionaires' Row | |
| Winter 2001/2002 | Grand Tours and Artistic Friendships Art from the Thomas T. Taber Museum and Park Home Collections |
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| 2002/2003, Vol XL, No. 1 | Remembrances of September 11, 2001 | |
| 2003, Vol XLI | Historical Walking Tour of Downtown Williamsport | |
| Winter 2004/2005, Vol XLII | Women at Work in North-Central Pennsylvania | Alison Hirsch, Ph.D. |