Temperance
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Platt R. Spencer papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Spencer
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, copybooks, penmanship samples, cashbooks, newspaper clippings, poetry, essays, drawings, artifacts and miscellaneous personal items related to the life and career of Platt Rogers Spencer, penman, poet, and educator who created the Spencerian system of penmanship. The establishment of Spencerian schools of business was a highly successful endeavor in part because the entire family was involved in the business. In his later years, Spencer became involved in the...
Dates:
1827-1951; Majority of material found within 1850-1900
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