{"id":69402,"date":"2025-07-15T09:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/?p=69402"},"modified":"2025-07-15T09:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:05:06","slug":"historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Frances

Frances Willard Home postcard, circa 1901-1907. Courtesy of the Chattanooga Public Library and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.<\/p><\/div>\n

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library\u2019s Special Collections has completed a grant-funded project to digitize the records of the Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga, making them freely accessible to researchers and the public worldwide.<\/p>\n

The newly published Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga<\/strong><\/a> digital collection, which preserved documents dating from 1882 to 1995, contains 53 archival records representing more than 175 individual images. The collection features charters, bylaws, correspondence, financial records and photographs, many of which have been transcribed and are now fully text searchable.<\/p>\n

The project was supported by a 2024 Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board<\/strong><\/a> programming regrant funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The Tennessee State Library and Archives administered the grant.<\/p>\n

UTC Manuscripts Archivist Molly Copeland, the principal investigator for the grant, served as project director. Assistant Head of Collection Services and Director of Special Collections Carolyn Runyon was the co-PI.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really underrepresented history,\u201d Copeland said. \u201cBeing able to put documents that represent the history of a women\u2019s organization that had a huge national impact as well as a local impact \u2026 we don\u2019t have an abundance of records about them, but to be able to provide access to the ones that we do have helps ensure we\u2019re able to preserve that legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), founded nationally in 1874, grew to become one of the most influential women\u2019s organizations of the 19th century.<\/p>\n

\"The

The Frances Willard Home, as shown in 1928, stood for nearly 50 years at 615 Lindsay Street near the University campus.. Photo courtesy of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.<\/p><\/div>\n

In Chattanooga, a local chapter formed in 1882 following a speaking tour by national president Frances Willard. By 1887, the group had opened a boarding house for self-supporting, unmarried women, offering low-cost housing in a supervised Christian environment. That home\u2014later renamed the Frances Willard Home\u2014eventually stood for nearly 50 years at 615 Lindsay Street near the University campus.<\/p>\n

The digital collection at UTC, Copeland said, offers unique insights into the local chapter\u2019s activities and social reform efforts.<\/p>\n

Work on digitizing the WCTU collection began in late 2024. A portion of the grant award was used to hire UTC political science and public policy major De\u2019sha Wilkins, a rising senior who spent six months scanning, transcribing and describing documents.<\/p>\n

Many early handwritten materials were transcribed by hand to aid accessibility and searchability. A limited number of materials were deemed too fragile to digitize, such as brittle pages from circa 1902 held together with metal fasteners and adhesive; however, they remain accessible to researchers through the Special Collections\u2019 published finding aid.<\/p>\n

Copeland said the project\u2019s completion represents both a milestone in preservation and a step forward in making local history more accessible.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time we are able to add a digital collection, we\u2019re providing global access to these materials that represent part of Chattanooga\u2019s history,\u201d she said. \u201cDigital collections provide more than just access to the documents. The process of digitization enhances usability because we\u2019re able to create detailed descriptive records for each item, which provide users with important contextual information about when and how the records were created.\u201d<\/p>\n

Copeland said the project\u2019s outreach included public presentations, social media posts, a student blog and an article submission to the Society of Tennessee Archivists\u2019 Tennessee Archivist newsletter\u2014which is due to be published this fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project wasn\u2019t just about digitizing documents,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was about bringing attention to a local chapter of a national organization that helped shape some of the most prominent political movements of the 19th and early 20th centuries, women\u2019s rights, prohibition and social welfare\u2014and making that history visible and accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n

On the local level, Copeland said, it was important to preserve the history of the Willard Home, a long-standing institution in the city that \u201crepresents a housing model we just don\u2019t see anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the many young women who moved to Chattanooga for school or work, the Willard Home formed the basis of their community and social life in the city,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The WCTU of Chattanooga records join a growing list of digital collections hosted by Special Collections, bringing the current total to 60.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we add a new digital collection, we offer widespread, equitable access to the primary sources that tell Chattanooga\u2019s story,\u201d Runyon said. \u201cIt\u2019s Special Collections\u2019 way of democratizing access by enabling anyone with an internet connection to search, view, download and use archival materials that would otherwise require a visit to Special Collections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe exist to preserve and provide access to our shared history, and opportunities like the State Board Programming Regrant from the Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board allow us to open our collections to a wide audience. These grants also allow Special Collections to supplement the University\u2019s curriculum by giving our students hands-on experiences that may help them pursue graduate degrees in library and information science or careers as archivists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Copeland added that each new collection represents another essential piece of the city\u2019s cultural and civic identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cA collection like this helps make Chattanooga part of the larger historical conversation,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s our way of ensuring these stories are preserved and discoverable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/h4>\n

Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

UTC Special Collections<\/a><\/p>\n

UTC Digital Collections<\/a><\/p>\n

Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga<\/a><\/p>\n

UTC Special Collections receives grant to digitize historic Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union records<\/a><\/p>\n

How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n

Images from the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga records collection (courtesy of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections)<\/h4>\n
\"A <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"United <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"p16877coll61_78_medium\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cursive <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"State <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UTC Library Special Collections\u2019 newly published Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga digital collection, which preserved documents dating from 1882 to 1995, contains 53 archival records representing more than 175 individual images. <\/p>\n

Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1493,"featured_media":69404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,70,61,3,7712,64,12778,48007,661],"tags":[70356,125757,124626,123828,123873,122826,123829,125758,122827,125756,122353,124625],"class_list":{"0":"post-69402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","9":"category-community","10":"category-faculty-and-staff","11":"category-library","12":"category-news","13":"category-political-science","14":"category-research-academics","15":"category-students","16":"tag-carolyn-runyon","17":"tag-desha-wilkins","18":"tag-frances-willard-home","19":"tag-leveraging-our-special-place-as-chattanoogas-university","20":"tag-molly-copeland","21":"tag-national-historical-publications-and-records-commission","22":"tag-operating-with-excellence","23":"tag-society-of-tennessee-archivists","24":"tag-tennessee-historical-records-advisory-board","25":"tag-tennessee-state-library-and-archives","26":"tag-utc-special-collections","27":"tag-womans-christian-temperance-union","28":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nHistoric Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection | UTC News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UTC Library Special Collections\u2019 newly published Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga digital collection, which preserved documents dating from 1882 to 1995, contains 53 archival records representing more than 175 individual images.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection | UTC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UTC Library Special Collections\u2019 newly published Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga digital collection, which preserved documents dating from 1882 to 1995, contains 53 archival records representing more than 175 individual images.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-15T13:05:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-15T13:05:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1609\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chuck Wasserstrom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chuck Wasserstrom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chuck Wasserstrom\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/028a71bd6215de86078a717b45430622\"},\"headline\":\"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-15T13:05:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-15T13:05:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":978,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?fit=1280%2C1030&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Carolyn Runyon\",\"De\u2019sha Wilkins\",\"Frances Willard Home\",\"Leveraging Our Special Place as Chattanooga\u2019s University\",\"Molly Copeland\",\"National Historical Publications and Records Commission\",\"Operating with Excellence\",\"Society of Tennessee Archivists\",\"Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board\",\"Tennessee State Library and Archives\",\"UTC Special Collections\",\"Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Academics\",\"College of Arts and Sciences\",\"Community\",\"Faculty and Staff\",\"Library\",\"News\",\"Political Science\",\"Research\",\"Students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/\",\"name\":\"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection | UTC News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?fit=1280%2C1030&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-15T13:05:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-15T13:05:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/028a71bd6215de86078a717b45430622\"},\"description\":\"The UTC Library Special Collections\u2019 newly published Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga digital collection, which preserved documents dating from 1882 to 1995, contains 53 archival records representing more than 175 individual images.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?fit=1280%2C1030&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?fit=1280%2C1030&ssl=1\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1030,\"caption\":\"Old automobiles sit parked in front of the brick exterior of the Frances Willard Home.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/028a71bd6215de86078a717b45430622\",\"name\":\"Chuck Wasserstrom\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chuck Wasserstrom\"},\"description\":\"Chuck Wasserstrom is the director of communications in the UTC Division of Communications and Marketing.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/wyf557\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection | UTC News","description":"The UTC Library Special Collections\u2019 newly published Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga digital collection, which preserved documents dating from 1882 to 1995, contains 53 archival records representing more than 175 individual images.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection | UTC News","og_description":"The UTC Library Special Collections\u2019 newly published Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga digital collection, which preserved documents dating from 1882 to 1995, contains 53 archival records representing more than 175 individual images.","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/","og_site_name":"UTC News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2025-07-15T13:05:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-15T13:05:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1609,"url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Chuck Wasserstrom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chuck Wasserstrom","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/"},"author":{"name":"Chuck Wasserstrom","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/028a71bd6215de86078a717b45430622"},"headline":"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection","datePublished":"2025-07-15T13:05:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-15T13:05:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/"},"wordCount":978,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?fit=1280%2C1030&ssl=1","keywords":["Carolyn Runyon","De\u2019sha Wilkins","Frances Willard Home","Leveraging Our Special Place as Chattanooga\u2019s University","Molly Copeland","National Historical Publications and Records Commission","Operating with Excellence","Society of Tennessee Archivists","Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board","Tennessee State Library and Archives","UTC Special Collections","Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union"],"articleSection":["Academics","College of Arts and Sciences","Community","Faculty and Staff","Library","News","Political Science","Research","Students"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/","name":"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection | UTC News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?fit=1280%2C1030&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-07-15T13:05:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-15T13:05:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/028a71bd6215de86078a717b45430622"},"description":"The UTC Library Special Collections\u2019 newly published Woman\u2019s Christian Temperance Union of Chattanooga digital collection, which preserved documents dating from 1882 to 1995, contains 53 archival records representing more than 175 individual images.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?fit=1280%2C1030&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?fit=1280%2C1030&ssl=1","width":1280,"height":1030,"caption":"Old automobiles sit parked in front of the brick exterior of the Frances Willard Home."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/historic-chattanooga-womens-organization-highlighted-in-new-utc-special-collection\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Historic Chattanooga women\u2019s organization highlighted in new UTC special collection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/028a71bd6215de86078a717b45430622","name":"Chuck Wasserstrom","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adff2964e628ba03f65fe21e0b0b94ca0667bdce5def0433d41884758501f284?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chuck Wasserstrom"},"description":"Chuck Wasserstrom is the director of communications in the UTC Division of Communications and Marketing.","url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/author\/wyf557\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Chuck Wasserstrom","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/author\/wyf557\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/p16877coll61_0_extralarge.jpg?fit=1280%2C1030&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69454,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69402\/revisions\/69454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}