Temperance and prohibition.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Broadside Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4767
Scope and Contents
This collection was created through the composition of materials removed from other A&M collections, staff collected materials, and the merging of smaller collections. As a result, this collection covers a wide range of activities and movements from West Virginia and the larger Appalachian region. The subject areas of the collection include: 1) state petitions, and government announcements, 1777-1979; 2) public announcements, public sales, and advertisements, 1853-1899; 3) elections,...
Dates:
1777-2012 and undated
Grand Division of The Sons of Temperance of Virginia, Order
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3113
Overview
Printed transmittal of routine order from Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance in Richmond to local divisions, dated June 10, 1860.
Dates:
1860
Thomas Beall Davis, Businessman and Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3197
Overview
Correspondence of businessman and politician Thomas Beall Davis (1828-1911), brother of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916). Most of the letters and telegrams concern the lobbying efforts of individuals and organizations to influence Davis when he filled an unexpired term in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress (June 6, 1905-March 3, 1907). There are many requests for appointments, discharges, and pensions. Also lobbying requests for interstate commerce requiring subsidies or...
Dates:
1896-1913
Women's Christian Temperance Union, Blacksville, West Virginia Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2830
Overview
Records of the Blacksville Chapter of the West Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union. Includes: Secretary's Minute Books (1904-1982); program booklets (1944-1982); a proposed Constitution and ByLaws of the West Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union (1977); THE WHITE RIBBON, Official Organ of the West Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union (1957-1982, scattered); and Annual Reports (1952/53-1981/82).
Dates:
1904-1982