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Prohibition

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel J. Hochman and Ralph H. Schaupp reminiscences

 Collection — Folder S2349
Identifier: S2349
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of the reminiscences of Samuel J. Hochman and Ralph H. Schaupp. The circa 1960 handwritten memories are two pages long and were possibly written down for a North Central High School (Indianapolis) school project. Hochman mentions World War I, the Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, the Great Depression, and the 1912 White River flood. Schaupp reminisces about his experiences during World War I and notes his membership in the Coif law honor society at Indiana...
Dates: circa 1960

Vincennes University oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: OH058
Scope and Contents This collection contains 23 transcripts from oral history interviews with various residents of Vincennes, Indiana conducted by Thomas Krasean for Vinncennes University. Topics covered include family lineage, early Vincennes, childhood, teaching methods and policies in Indiana, the local African American community, and Prohibition.

Note: Page 21 of the Mabel Purcell Clark transcript is missing.
Dates: 1971-1973

William P. Evans oral history

 Collection
Identifier: OH021
Scope and Contents The collection contains a transcript and a reel-to-reel audiotape of an interview with William P. Evans conducted by Thomas Krasean for the Indiana State Library Oral History Project on May 2, 1969. Evans discusses his family and schooling; Governor Hanly and his interests in prohibition; his military service; his wife; the Ku Klux Klan; some of his more prominent cases; and his work for the Public Service Company of Indiana. He also talks about Governors Warren T. McCray and Ed Jackson and...
Dates: 1969/05/02

Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana record book

 Collection — Volume V228
Identifier: V228
Scope and Contents This collection includes the secretary's record book for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana. Ranging from 1874 to 1888, the book includes the union's constitution, executive committee and annual convention minutes, and newspaper clippings regarding the organization. The collection also includes a 1940 pamphlet printed by the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union Department of Literature with instructions regarding the duties of the directors of literature in local,...
Dates: 1874-1888, 1940