The Esther M. Erickson YWCA Photograph Collection

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1 The Esther M. Erickson YWCA Photograph Collection Collection Summary Title: The Esther M. Erickson YWCA Photograph Collection Call Number: MS Size: 0.25 linear feet Acquisition: Purchased from Hazen s, September 2006 Processed by: KK 5-11; LMA 10-13; reprocessed by LMM Restrictions: None Literary Rights Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research. Content Note The Esther M. Erickson YWCA Photograph Collection consists of professional and personal photographs of and taken by Erickson. The collection also includes postcards of places where she worked and visited. The photographs document YWCA programs and activities that included Erickson, her colleagues, friends, and YWCA members. The known dates of the collection are from 1902 to 1917, but most photographs are undated. Erickson worked for the YWCA when it became a pioneer in providing women's health initiatives, basic life skills, and social and cultural enrichment. Biography Esther M. Erickson was an administrator for the YWCA (Young Women s Christian Association) in the th early decades of the 20 century. Some of her positions included secretary of extension work in Minneapolis, ; general secretary in Wichita, ; general secretary in Honolulu, 1912-?; and state director in Iowa for war work during World War I. Box and Folder Listing

2 Container List Scrapbook Page Number Image Number Photograph Description 1 1-Top left Photograph of a woman in a hat with a flock of sheep and mountains behind her 1 2-Top right Photograph of Camp Bide-A-Wee, Wichita, summer 1912, of four women under a tree in front of a cabin 1 3-Bottom left Photograph of a woman holding onto her hat with snow on the ground and mountains in the background 1 4-Bottom right Photograph of the YWCA Chorus, Wichita, , showing eight women standing beside a piano and one woman seated at the piano 2 1-Top left Photograph of fourteen women in gym clothes, exercising or dancing, one woman watching, and one woman seated at a piano inside a YWCA gym 2 2-Top right Photograph of the YWCA City Conference, Cascade, Colorado, June 1912, showing six women sitting in front of a tree at a picnic, with four identified: Miss Kerr, General Secretary of the Topeka YWCA; Miss Fuller, Mrs. McLean, and her mother 2 3-Bottom left Photograph of twelve women in hats sitting outdoors at a Sunday School Class, Minneapolis, with Erickson as the leader 2 4-Bottom right Photograph of a woman under a tree holding a small dog 3 1-Whole page Photograph of ten young women sitting around a table and writing in a classroom, with one older woman standing near them holding a book 4 1-Top left Photograph of twenty-four people dressed in colonial costumes for a YWCA/YMCA Washington s birthday celebration. Two people in the center appear to be in blackface 4 2-Top right Postcard image of the lobby of a building, probably the YWCA building in Minneapolis 4 3-Bottom left Photograph missing 4 4-Bottom right Postcard image of YWCA Lunch-room, Minneapolis 5 1-Whole page Photograph of twenty-eight young women in gym clothes lined up against a wall with an image of a Halloween witch above them 6 1-Top left Postcard image of YWCA Reception and Director s Room, Indianapolis 6 2-Top right Postcard image of YWCA Rest Room, Indianapolis 6 3-Bottom left Photograph of a woman writing at a small table

3 6 4-Bottom center Postcard image of the YWCA Sun Parlor and Dining Room, Indianapolis 6 5-Bottom right Photograph of a woman in a hat and standing on the lawn of a house with a bay window 7 1-Whole page Twenty-one children in gym clothes; a boy and a girl, front left, in street clothes, all standing in formation; and one older woman, front right, in a gym clothes, in a YWCA gym with Halloween witches on the wall 8 1-Top left Photograph of the home of Mrs. J. Erickson, Turlock, California, December 3, 1911, with three women in hats standing in front of the house 8 2-Top right Photograph of a car stopped on a road, alongside a fence 8 3-Middle left Photograph of railroad tracks and a railroad station with the sign Urbandale on the roof 8 4-Middle center Photograph of a barn and a windmill visible through trees 8 5-Middle right Photograph of water shaded by trees 8 6-Bottom left Photograph of a heavily wooded area 9 1-Top left Photograph of six women in hats and riding in an automobile with the top down after a luncheon at the home of Mrs. B. F. McLean, March 9, Top right Photograph of six women standing in front of the McLean home, with five identified: Miss Wright, Miss Howes-Jones, Mrs. McLean, Erickson, and Faye Dodge 9 3-Bottom left Photograph of four women laughing together in front of the home of Mrs. McLean, March 9, Bottom right Photograph of fifteen women sitting on the floor of the YWCA gym with a meal spread out on a table cloth, Wichita, Top left Photograph of six people standing on the porch of the home of Mrs. McLean, Wichita, March 9, Top right Photograph of Jennie H. Cole sitting in her office at a roll top desk, Wichita, Bottom left Photograph of twenty-five women attending a first aid class 10 4-Bottom right Photograph of Eda L. Reds with her arms filled with flowers and standing in front of four other women in a field, Camp Bide-A-Wee, Top left Photograph of Mother Barnes standing next to and pointing at rose bushes, Wichita, Top right Photograph of twenty young women in gym clothes exercising in a YWCA gym

4 11 3-Bottom left Photograph of an older woman standing beside rose bushes 11 4-Bottom right Photograph of Mother Barnes and her daughter standing among rose bushes, Wichita, Top left Photograph of fifteen YWCA Juniors sewing in a semi-circle of chairs with two women, Florence Klutz and Mabel Dillon, standing behind them in a gym, Top right Photograph of Miss Reds, three other women, and a man at a bathing beach and standing next to a river or lake 12 3-Bottom left Photograph of a large dormitory room with beds, chairs, and windows 12 3-Bottom left Photograph of the porch of a house and picnic tables 13 1-Top left Photograph of a circular flower bed near The Homestead, the first YWCA home for girls in Hawaii, located at Castle House on King Street, Honolulu 13 2-Top right Photograph of three women smiling and standing in front of a house, with two women in the background 13 3-Bottom left Photograph of two women, one standing and preparing to cut or arrange the hair of the woman sitting in a chair, Honolulu, June Bottom right Photograph of eight women, some sitting, and some standing, around a table for their First shirtwaist class with Mrs. Sadie George, Spring Top left Photograph of sixteen women sitting at a formal dinner table and four female servers behind them at the R.E.D. Club Banquet, Wichita, Spring Bottom right Photograph of five women standing on a bridge during a trip to Hotel Haleiwa and around Oahu, April Five women are Mrs. Fred Butler, Erickson, Mrs. T. P. Cooke, Miss Cooke, and Miss Ruth A. Benedict 15 1-Top left Photograph of a woman sitting on the arm of a garden bench under some trees 15 2-Top center Photograph of a woman standing next to a tree 15 3-Top right Photograph of Erickson in profile at Punahao Campus, Honolulu, July Bottom left Photograph of nine women sitting and one woman standing at a table during a millinery class, Wichita, 1910; photograph contains red stains 15 5-Bottom right Photograph of a woman holding flowers and standing in a garden 16 1-Top left Photograph of a woman sitting on a garden bench under some trees

5 16 2-Top center Photograph of a woman looking out the second-story window of a barn 16 3-Top right Photograph of two women pinching each other s cheeks 16 4-Bottom left Photograph of fourteen young women in gym clothes exercising or standing on a balance beam in a gym and one woman standing next to them, Bottom right Photograph missing 17 1-Top left Photograph of a woman standing in a garden under a tree with a house in the background 17 2-Top right Photograph of eighteen young women in gym clothes exercising in a gym 17 3-Bottom left Photograph of a house, trees, and the front yard of Mable Jameson, Homeland, Georgia, December 23, Bottom right Photograph of a double exposure of Erickson sitting on the arm of a garden bench and Erickson on a garden bench 18 1-Top left Photograph of a woman sitting on the stairs of a porch 18 2-Top center Photograph of a woman in a hat and standing beside a palm tree in a garden 18 3-Top right Photograph of a woman standing in a garden and holding a flower 18 4-Bottom left Photograph of twenty-five young women in gym clothes in a Junior gym class, Wichita, spring Bottom right Photograph of a woman holding a book and sitting on a garden bench 19 1-Top left, on top Photograph of two women on horses and two women standing beside their horses in Haleakala, Hawaii 19 2-Top left, partially covered Photograph of a horse on the road in front of a building 19 3-Top right Photograph of nineteen young women in gym clothes exercising or dancing, and one woman seated at a piano, Wichita, Bottom left Photograph of eleven men and women at a social activity 19 5-Bottom center Photograph of a woman beside a waterfall with another woman in a hat and swimming in a pool of water below, Haleakala, Hawaii, 19 6-Bottom right Photograph of seven women seated around a table and a man standing next to the table 20 1-Top left Photograph of a woman standing next to a porch 20 2-Top right Photograph of icicles trailing off a building

6 20 3-Bottom left Photograph of thirty-two young girls in gym clothes and one woman standing beside them in a Junior gym class, Wichita, Bottom right Photograph of an elderly woman sitting on a garden bench 21 1-Top left Photograph of three women, two men, and one boy standing with mountains in the background 21 2-Top right Photograph of Erickson sitting on a horse 21 2-Bottom left Photograph of a native Hawaiian standing in a field with mountains in the background 21 4-Bottom center Photograph of a woman holding flowers 21 5-Bottom right Photograph of Erickson standing in a field with mountains in the background 22 1-Top left Photograph of a beach with boats in the water 22 2-Top, second from left 22 3-Top, second from right Photograph of a long-haired white cat in front of a building Photograph of the sea from a pier 22 4-Top right Photograph of the sun setting over the ocean with a tree branch off to the side 22 5-Bottom left Photograph of a beach with native Hawaiians in canoes 22 6-Bottom right Photograph of a social activity on the beach with a large crowd of people in and out of the water 23 1-Top left Photograph of a woman standing under a tree Top center Photograph of two women looking at a bush in front of a house 23 3-Top right Photograph of three women, one wearing a hat, all standing in front of a building 23 4-Middle left Photograph of three men, two in work aprons, standing in front of a porch 23 5-Bottom left Photograph of two native Hawaiians standing in front a barn 23 6-Bottom center Photograph of a man and a woman standing near the house and one woman doing gardening work 23 7-Bottom right Photograph of a woman reading on a garden bench 24 1-Top left Photograph of a man, a woman, and a baby in winter clothes in a photographic studio 24 2-Top center Photograph of a woman wearing a winter coat and hat, standing in front of photographic background of a log cabin 24 3-Top right Photograph of a woman petting a calf in a field

7 24 4-Bottom left Photograph of a woman standing under a tree 24 5-Bottom right Photograph of nine women sitting in a group 25 1-Top left Photograph missing 25 2-Top right Photograph of a Victorian house on a corner of a street 25 3-Bottom left Photograph of a woman standing under a tree 25 4-Bottom, second from left 25 5-Bottom, second from right Photograph of a man and woman standing in front of a building Photograph of a man and woman standing in front of a house 25 6-Bottom right Photograph of a porch with many trees and other landscaping around it 26 1-Top left Photograph of a man and a woman with a garden bench in the background 26 2-Top right Photograph of a woman sitting on the arm of a garden bench 26 3-Middle center Photograph of one man and three women standing in front of a porch 26 4-Bottom left Photograph of a woman reading on a garden bench 26 5-Bottom right Photograph of a woman aiming a camera in a garden 27 1-Top left Photograph of a man in a Renaissance Halloween costume 27 2-Top center Photograph of seventeen young people dressed for Halloween 27 3-Top right Photograph of three people dressed for Halloween 27 4-Bottom left Photograph of a women on a lawn with palm trees, in between two houses 27 5-Bottom center Photograph of two women standing beside a bush in front of a house 27 6-Bottom right Photograph of a boy sitting on the arm of a garden bench and a girl standing beside it 28 1-Top left Photograph of a woman in front of a house with a cat on her shoulder 28 2-Top center Photograph of sixteen women standing in a line, one behind the other 28 3-Middle center Photograph of a woman in front of a house with a cat in her arms 28 4-Middle right Photograph of two women standing in front of a garden bench 28 5-Bottom left Photograph of a native Hawaiian man with mountains in the

8 background 28 6-Bottom center Photograph of a man and a woman who is holding a cat, both next to a horse and in front of a house 28 7-Bottom right Photograph of a woman with a cat on her shoulders in front a house 29 1-Top left Photograph of six women wearing hats and standing on a ship with two men in uniform 29 2-Top right Photograph of five women and one man standing on the pier in front of a ship and a social activity on the ship behind them 29 3-Bottom left Photograph of a man in a naval uniform, carrying a rifle, with people milling around him 29 4-Bottom center Photograph of two women holding a ladder up to a tree and a third woman on top of the ladder with a hammer 29 5-Bottom right Photograph of a woman on a beach playground standing in front of a canoe 30 1-Top left Photograph of a native Hawaiian social event with Hawaiian kites in front of a large building 30 2-Top right Photograph of three native Hawaiian women, three native Hawaiian children, and one Caucasian man in front of a cabin; one woman is playing a guitar 30 3-Bottom left Photograph of a man in a bathing suit holding a surf board behind him and standing in front of a small building made of grass 30 4-Bottom center Photograph of a woman in a hat with two Hawaiian children in front of her, and another child playing with a ball behind her 30 5-Bottom right Photograph of two Caucasian men leaning against the entrance to the Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Club 31 1-Top left Photograph of mountains and trees 31 2-Top right Photograph of a path through trees and shrubbery 31 3-Bottom left Photograph of a man sitting on one of many boulders under a tree 31 4-Bottom center Photograph of five people on a path in a wooded area, with two women and a man standing next to a tree, and two women next to another tree 31 5-Bottom right Photograph of three men and a woman sitting among many boulders under trees 32 1-Top left Photograph of a corps of women wearing uniforms and marching in a parade

9 32 2-Top center Photograph of about a dozen men and women standing beside or getting into two cars in front of the Powell-Williams building 32 3-Top right Photograph of about a half dozen people watching a woman on horseback riding in a parade 32 4-Middle center Photograph of men, women, and children watching a parade float going by them 32 5-Bottom left Photograph of a crowd of people watching women riding horses draped with flowers and equine cloaks in a parade 32 6-Bottom right Photograph of a native Hawaiian horse-drawn parade float going by with about seven Hawaiians visible in native dress 33 1-Top left Photograph of a fishing boat and two men hoisting a large shark out of the water 33 2-Top center Photograph of four women and two men on a pier behind a large shark hanging from a hook 33 3-Top right Photograph of a woman standing on a tennis court 33 4-Bottom left Photograph of eight people in a canoe, including four women, two Caucasian men, and two native Hawaiian men 33 5-Bottom right Photograph of a beach scene with waves breaking 34 1-Top left Photograph of two women and one man in the foreground, and others in the background, hiking uphill 34 2-Top right Photograph of a river and trees with mountains in the background 34 3-Middle left Photograph of a woman wearing a hat and standing in a garden 34 4-Middle right Photograph of a woman sitting on one of many boulders, reading a book, next to a body of water 34 5-Bottom left Photograph of a woman wearing a hat and standing in a garden of hydrangeas in Point Defiance Park, Seattle, Washington 34 6-Bottom right Photograph of two women wearing hats and standing in front a house in Suquamish, Washington 35 1-Top row left Photograph of a field with mountains in the background 35 2-Top row, second from left 35 3-Top row, second from right Photograph of trees and a field Photograph of trees and a field 35 4-Top row right Photograph of a house on a hillside among palm trees 35 5-Second row left Photograph of mountains sloping down to the ocean

10 35 6-Second row, second from left 35 7-Second row, second from right Photograph of palm trees in a forest scene Photograph of a women standing on a porch 35 8-Second row right Photograph of two women reading near a fence and sitting under a small flag and trees 35 9-Third row left Photograph of the beach and the ocean Bottom row left Photograph of a woman sitting under trees on a small bridge Bottom row, second from left Bottom row, second from right Photograph of a woman sitting under trees on a small bridge Photograph of a house on a hillside under palm trees Third row right Photograph of a fence and palm trees Bottom row right Photograph of a pier with a ship coming into port 36 1-Top left Photograph of a trolley car with passengers on a tree-lined street 36 2-Top center Photograph of a lake with trees and mountains in the background 36 3-Top right Photograph of a woman wearing a hat and crouching down in a field 36 4-Bottom left Photograph of a young woman holding up a jar of guava jelly with seven jars on the table in front of her in Honolulu, Hawaii, Bottom center Photograph of a woman swimming in the ocean with waves breaking behind her 36 6-Bottom right Photograph of an older woman standing in front of a bush 37 1-Top left Photograph of a house with a porch and stairs 37 2-Top center Photograph of a young boy sitting at the corner of a house, feeding a squirrel 37 3-Top right Photograph of a woman and two young girls standing next to a pipe that is pouring water into a wooden half-barrel Middle left Photograph of a man, woman, and girl standing in front of a house 37 5-Middle center Photograph of a boy in street clothes, lying on a beach 37 6-Middle right Photograph of a woman standing among trees 37 7-Bottom left Photograph of a man and a girl feeding chickens 38 1-Top left Photograph of a woman wearing a hat and lei, carrying a

11 38 2-Top, second from left 38 3-Top, second from right package and standing at the side of a ship Photograph of a boy standing near the entrance to a sod building Photograph of a man, a woman, and a boy standing near the entrance to a sod building 38 4-Top right Photograph of a woman wearing a hat and lei, carrying a package and standing at the side of a ship 38 5-Bottom left Photograph of two women wearing hats, one with a lei, standing at the side of a ship 38 6-Middle center Partial photograph of a lake with very large mountains in the background 38 7-Bottom middle Partial photograph of mountains 38 8-Bottom right Photograph of a large conical-shaped bush 39 1-Top left Photograph of a group of women, standing or sitting on the lawn, in front of an observatory 39 2-Top center Photograph of a telescope inside an observatory 39 3-Middle center Photograph of a lake with trees, boats and docks 39 4-Bottom left Photograph of an observatory from the roof of an adjacent building Bottom right Photograph of sailboats on a lake with a group of people sitting on a dock 40 1-Whole page Partial photograph of hundreds of women under banners identifying their home towns, while attending the YWCA Central City Conference, Lake Geneva, Top left Photograph of a man, a women wearing a hat, and a baby standing outside in winter coats 41 2-Top right Photograph of three women and two men sitting on the front porch stairs of a house 41 3-Middle left Photograph of three women and a man standing in front of a house 41 4-Middle right Photograph of two men and a woman talking and standing in front of a house 41 5-Bottom left Photograph of a woman and a man, each wearing an apron, standing under a tree 41 6-Bottom right Photograph of a man facing away from the camera, standing in front of a house 42 1-Top left Photograph of ten women standing or sitting in front of a tent next to a Columbus banner, while attending the YWCA Central City Conference at Lake Geneva, 1917

12 42 2-Top right Photograph of two women sitting among some trees 42 3-Middle right Photograph of seven women wearing hats and sitting in a convertible automobile with a man in the driver s seat, parked in front of a large building 42 4-Bottom left Photograph of woman wearing a hat and standing in front of a house 42 5-Bottom middle Photograph of two women standing among shrubbery in front of a stone building 42 6-Bottom right Photograph of two women leaning on a metal fence surrounding a lake 43 1-Top left Photograph of four girls, two boys, a man and a woman, all wearing bathing suits and sitting together in a boat on a beach 43 2-Top right Photograph of four girls, two boys, a man and a woman, all wearing bathing suits, swimming in a lake 43 3-Bottom left Photograph of two women in hats and sports clothes facing away from the camera 43 4-Bottom, second from left 43 5-Bottom, second from right Photograph of a woman with a camera beside railroad tracks Photograph of a woman in sports clothes, climbing a tree to pick fruit 43 6-Bottom right Photograph of a woman sitting in a chair on a lawn, stirring something in a bowl 44 1-Top left Photograph of a woman in sports clothes climbing a tree to pick fruits 44 2-Top center Photograph of a woman in sports clothes, standing on a tree stump and holding the American flag 44 3-Top right Photograph of two women in bathing suits standing in a lake 44 4-Bottom left Photograph of two young women in sports clothes drinking water from a pipe that empties into a wooden half-barrel 44 5-Bottom center Photograph of three young women, two in bathing suits and one in sports clothes; one is standing and the other two are sitting on rocks 44 6-Bottom right Photograph of eighteen young people standing or sitting on a buckboard wagon decorated with an American flag and a Columbus banner 45 1-Top left Photograph of five young women in sports clothes laughing and joking beside a lake surrounded by trees 45 2-Top right Partial photograph of eight young women in sports clothes sitting at a table or playing sports, including croquet and throwing and catching a ball

13 45 3-Middle left Photograph of nine men and women on top of a hay wagon with a woman and child sitting on horses pulling the wagon, and a man standing beside the wagon 45 4-Middle right Partial photograph of five women sitting and two women reading books in front of a barn 45 5-Bottom left Photograph of nine women, most in sports clothes, sitting at a table or playing sports, including croquet and throwing and catching a ball 45 6-Bottom right Photograph of a group of twenty-eight women, most in sports clothes, eating watermelon 46 1-Bottom left Photograph of a young woman in sports clothes standing in a lake, and one young woman in a bathing suit in the water 47 Blank 48 1-Top left Photograph of a lake surrounded by trees 48 2-Top right Photograph of three women in sports clothes sitting and reading in front of a tent 48 3-Middle left Photograph of seven women in sports clothes standing outdoors at a social activity next to tables with food, dishes, and utensils 48 4-Middle right Photograph of nine young women in sports clothes sitting in a semi-circle in front of a tent 48 5-Bottom left Photograph of six women in bathing suits swimming in a lake 48 6-Bottom right Photograph of a lake partially covered by a pier 49 1-Top left Photograph of a view of a city from above 49 2-Top center Photograph of a tall tree among other trees 49 3-Top right Photograph of a line of seven cabins with laundry hanging in front on one of them 49 4-Bottom left Photograph of two women in hats walking in the woods 49 5-Bottom right, partially covered 49 6-Bottom right, on top Photograph of several houses with snow on the ground Photograph of an African American woman holding a dog 50 1-Top left Photograph of a woman and a girl in a small flat-bottomed boat on a lake 50 2-Top right Photograph of two women in hats and sports clothes sitting on boulders 50 3-Middle left Photograph of thirty-three women standing together in a semi-circle in the woods

14 50 4-Middle right Photograph of a man, woman, boy and girl standing in front of a large house with an automobile in the background 50 5-Bottom left Photograph of about eighteen women doing various activities in the woods 50 6-Bottom right Photograph of a row of houses 51 Blank 52 1-Top left Photograph of a young girl in winter clothing standing in the snow next to a small sleigh 52 2-Top right Photograph of a young girl riding a rocking horse 52 3-Bottom left Photograph of a baby in overalls sitting in front of a house 53 Blank 54 Blank 55 1-Top right Photograph of a group of twenty-seven women 55 2-Middle center Photograph of nine women and a man at a social activity in the woods 55 3-Middle right Photograph of eight women at a social activity in the woods 55 4-Bottom left Photograph of a bench in a circular garden 55 5-Bottom right Photograph of a man sitting on a bench in a circular garden 56 1-Top left Postcard of the YWCA building in Minneapolis 56 2-Top middle Postcard of the lobby of the YWCA in Minneapolis with Art Nouveau style woodwork and furniture 56 3-Top right Postcard of the lunchroom of the YWCA in Minneapolis with cloth-covered tables and chairs 56 4-Bottom left Postcard of the library of the YWCA in Minneapolis with a fireplace, tables, and chairs decorated in Art Nouveau style 56 5-Bottom right Postcard of the Assembly-room at the YWCA in Minneapolis with a stage and theater seating in Art Nouveau style 57 Blank 58 1-Top left Photograph of a man sitting in a row boat on a lake with several row boats, a house, and trees in the background 58 2-Top right Photograph of three women in a small row boat on a lake 58 3-Bottom left Photograph of three women in a small row boat on a lake 58 4-Bottom right Photograph of a motor boat steered through vegetation on a lake 59 1-Top left Photograph of a woman sitting on a saw horse with a house in the background

15 59 2-Top right Photograph of two women in hats, one reading to the other, as they sit on a hammock beside a lake 59 3-Bottom left Photograph of three women sitting in a horse-drawn wagon beside a lake 59 4-Bottom right Photograph of two women laughing while sitting in a hammock beside a lake Container List Loose Pages 1 1-Top left Photograph of Erickson leaning against a wall 1 2-Top right Newspaper clipping titled This Is Uniform by Y.W. Workers In War Zone showing Erickson in uniform 1 3-Bottom center Photograph of the two-story YWCA building with landscaping and palm trees in Honolulu, Hawaii 2 Blank 3 1-Top left Photograph of the two-story porch of a building with landscaping and palm trees 3 2-Top middle Photograph of mountains covered with trees and shrubbery and a house, in the background 3 3-Top right Photograph of a china painting class, with instructors Mrs. Helen Ault and Miss Katharine Miles standing and supervising, and seven women sitting at a table and painting 3 4-Bottom right Photograph of a two-story porch with landscaping and palm trees 4 1-Top left Photograph of terraced crops on a hill 4 2-Top right Photograph of three women and two boys standing on the porch of a house 4 3-Bottom left Photograph of six women at two tables seated for a meal with two women servers in uniforms and one woman supervising; right edge of photograph is missing 4 4-Bottom right Very partial photograph, unidentifiable Container List Loose Photographs 1 Postcard of the Assembly-room at the YWCA in Minneapolis with a stage and theater seating in Art Nouveau style 2 Photograph of three men and six women kneeling on the lawn in a row, one in front of the other

16 3 Photograph of a woman and a girl in a small flat-bottomed boat on a lake 4 Partial photograph of the front of a house 5 Partial photograph of two men in uniforms men in front of a tent 6 Photograph of two women looking over their shoulder while leaning on a fence surrounding a lake 7 Photograph of two women in hats and sports clothes facing away from the camera 8 Photograph of eight women identified as the Secretaries of the YWCA, Minneapolis, Photograph of a woman in a garden under an arbor 10 Partial photograph of a woman in a white dress and gloves standing in front of a house 11 Photograph of a field and tree-covered mountains in the background 12 Partial photograph of a woman standing next to a small tree in front of a house 13 Photograph of two boys in the snow in winter coats and hats For information, please contact us at: Special Collections and University Archives Wichita State University Libraries 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS specialcollections@wichita.edu