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Temperance

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Advertising cards collection

 Collection — Folder S3144
Identifier: S3144
Scope and Contents This collection includes advertising cards, tickets, brochures and other ephemeral items from merchants and event planners in Indiana, Kansas, Michigan and Missouri, ranging from 1887 to 1976 regarding advertising for products and services as well as special events.
Dates: 1887-1976, undated

"Drusilla Wilson: A Friend of Temperance" thesis

 Collection — Folder S2178
Identifier: S2178
Scope and Contents This collection includes one thesis from Susan Metzner Kraft in Wichita State University from 1979 regarding Drusilla Wilson.
Dates: 1979

George W. Julian collection

 Collection
Identifier: L081
Scope and Contents The bulk of the correspondence is that of George W. Julian and his wife, Laura Giddings Julian, and with his children, Grace and Paul, while he was serving in Congress, working as an attorney in Washington, D.C., and on speaking tours. In his letters with Laura, he discusses questions before Congress. Additional correspondence includes letters to Laura from her father, Joshua R. Giddings, written while he was serving in Congress or as U.S. consul general to Canada in Montreal (1861-1864);...
Dates: 1789-1940, bulk 1789-1902

Harold C. Feightner collection

 Collection
Identifier: L055
Scope and Contents This collection includes transcripts, newspapers and correspondence from Harold C. Feightner in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1930 to 1968 regarding Indiana alcohol laws. The transcripts include Feightner's notable works "Politics, Prohibition and Repeal 1938," and "Pulpits and Politics 1850-1908." This collection also includes papers and clippings regarding Ku Klux Klan activity in Indianapolis and the Anti-Saloon League.
Dates: 1850-1968

Harry E. Lewis papers

 Collection — Folder S0830
Identifier: S0830
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of Harry E. Lewis's family documents and includes the Society of Friends marriage certificate of Samuel Cox and Lydia Kenworthy (1837/11/02); a Sons of Temperance certificate of membership of Thomas Brooks (1848/05/29); certificates from the Methodist Episcopal Church appointing Thomas Brooks a deacon (1851/10/12) and an elder (1855/09/16); Madison Yount's discharge paper from Company H, Indiana 22nd Regiment (1864/08/15); records of the marriage of James...
Dates: 1837-1888

Indianapolis Sabbath School Union collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2708
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents ranging from 1823 to 1843 regarding the Indianapolis Sabbath School Union, including the rules of the school, attendance sheets, scholar’s accounts, meeting minutes and reports, correspondence from Rev. George Bush, and other correspondence. The collection also contains documents ranging from 1840 to 1853 regarding the First Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis, including correspondence, certificates of members in good standing, a report of receipts and...
Dates: 1806-1918, undated

John B. Gough papers

 Collection — Folder S530
Identifier: S0530
Scope and Contents This collection includes an autographed, signed letter from John B. Gough in Worcester, Massachusetts on 1866/08/27 regarding lecture schedules and fees.
Dates: 1866/08/27

John H. Ray diary

 Collection — Folder S2273
Identifier: S2273
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of John H. Ray's pocket diary, with entries ranging from 1854 to 1856. Ray also used the diary to keep various newspaper clippings ranging from 1848 to 1856 regarding several political topics, including the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, slavery, presidential politics, prohibition, and temperance.
Dates: 1848-1856

John M. Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: L596
Scope and Contents This collection includes booklets, letters, photographs, maps, tintypes, newspaper clippings and realia from John M. Smith's personal collection ranging from 1790 to 1997 regarding Indiana history.
Dates: 1804-1982