Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bryan L. Bossier postcard collection
Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Bossier
Abstract
This collection of approximately 1,500 postcards, a gift from Bryan L. Bossier, consists of printed and photographic postcards related to twentieth century social history. Subjects include: suffragettes and the women’s right to vote movement, American evangelism, the Ku Klux Klan, early road building, temperance and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, boxing, and Christmas.
Dates:
approximately 1880s-1920s
Edwards family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Edwards
Abstract
Letters, documents, photographs, and printed ephemera centering on John C. Edwards and Lydia Martin Edwards, and their immediate families, both of whom settled near Chicago in the 1840s.
Dates:
1800-1982; Majority of material found within 1847-1908
Rose Gartner Payson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Payson
Abstract
Scrapbook, loose pamphlets, and a pin owned by Rose Gartner (Mrs. George W.) Payson (1876-1946). Payson was active in several Chicago women's clubs, including being the treasurer of the Associated Clubs of Woodlawn and chairman of the public welfare department of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs in the 1910s. Women's suffrage and temperance were two of her causes, and the pin is her local chairman pin and ribbon from the 8th annual National Convention of the League of Women Voters in...
Dates:
1896-1938
Temperance pledge collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Temperance
Abstract
Collection of temperance pledge certificates representing many major temperance organizations (both American and trans-Atlantic), some families, and a variety of states and localities.
Dates:
1839-1970; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1940
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Powellton, Ill.) minutes book
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-224
Abstract
Ledger of minutes from the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Powellton, Illinois, 1901-1906. The minutes record discussions concerning prohibition, suffrage, illegal gambling, and polygamy.
Dates:
1901-1906