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Temperance and prohibition.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center