Flying Squadron Foundation letter
Collection — Folder: S1519
Identifier: S1519
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a September 12, 1918 letter written by Edward E. Mittman, executive secretary and treasurer of the Flying Squadron Foundation, and sent to Rev. H.D. Sterrett of Charlestown, Indiana regarding an offering taken at a meeting that totaled $234.21.
Dates
- 1918/09/12
Creator
- Flying Squadron Foundation (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Historical Note
The Flying Squadron of America was a national prohibition group headed up by Governor J. Frank Hanly. The "Squadron" force was made up of twenty men and women who traveled the country speaking twice daily promoting prohibition. The campaign began on September 30, 1914 and continued through June 6, 1915, for a total of 235 days with no date or place missed. Initially a temporary campaign, the squadron was disbanded on June 6 and the following day Hanly incorporated a new organization, the Flying Squadron Foundation, under the laws of Indiana with himself as president. With the slogan, "A Saloonless Nation by 1920," the Foundation continued the earlier group's nationwide propaganda campaign for total abstinence and national prohibition.
Sources:
"Funeral of Hanly to be Wednesday." Indianapolis News (IN), August 2, 1920.
Pickett, Deets, Clarence True Wilson, and Ernest Dailey Smith, eds. The Cyclopedia of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals. New York: The Methodist Book Concern, 1917. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Cyclopedia_of_Temperance_Prohibition.html?id=u7QZAAAAYAAJ.
The Flying Squadron Foundation. Indianapolis?: Flying Squadron Foundation, n.d.
Sources:
"Funeral of Hanly to be Wednesday." Indianapolis News (IN), August 2, 1920.
Pickett, Deets, Clarence True Wilson, and Ernest Dailey Smith, eds. The Cyclopedia of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals. New York: The Methodist Book Concern, 1917. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Cyclopedia_of_Temperance_Prohibition.html?id=u7QZAAAAYAAJ.
The Flying Squadron Foundation. Indianapolis?: Flying Squadron Foundation, n.d.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection contains one letter.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2018/07/25 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2018/07/25 by Laura Eliason.
Creator
- Flying Squadron Foundation (Organization)
- Title
- Flying Squadron Foundation letter
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
