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Temperance

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Walker family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L369
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, various documents, photographs, and memorabilia from the Walker family of New Albany, Indiana. The collection contains Francis Walker's Clermont (Ohio) Academy writings; his and his wife Mary's family correspondence (1851-1913); his correspondence from other Methodist ministers and DePauw University officials (1860s-1910); his and Mary's writings (1848-1901); and some letters and documents of his father, James Walker (1820-1837). The bulk of...
Dates: 1820-1988, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Walker family collection

William H. Blodgett scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: L372
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two scrapbooks from William H. Blodgett in Anderson, New Castle, and Richmond, Indiana; Illinois; and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from 1858 to 1895 and undated. The scrapbooks contain correspondence, checks, advertisement cards, newspaper clippings, programs, and a ribbon. The first scrapbook (1858-1884, 1895) concerns numerous topics, including politics, business, religion, crime, sports, temperance, police corruption, and other current and local events...
Dates: 1858-1895
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / William H. Blodgett scrapbooks

Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Thorntown, Indiana union collection

 Collection — Folder S1640
Identifier: S1640
Scope and Contents This collection includes a scrapbook, an envelope of cancelled checks, and six handwritten notes from a local union of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in Thorntown, Indiaan, ranging from 1885 to 1892. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings related to the temperance movement as well as handwritten minutes for various meetings held by the WCTU. The notes relate to insurance payments to the fire company as well as lists of different office expenses.
Dates: 1885-1892
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Thorntown, Indiana union collection

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