Collection 065 Records of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Collection
Identifier: CN 065
Scope and Contents
Annual meeting minutes/reports, 1874-1934; correspondence and historical files, 1858-1933, n.d.; scrapbooks, 1857-1898; and minute books of various local W.C.T.U. organizations in Michigan.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union papers are Series III of a twenty-one-series microfilming project done between 1975 and 1977 with the cooperation of three repositories holding significant papers relating to temperance and prohibition: the Michigan Historical Collections (Ann Arbor), the Ohio Historical Society (Columbus), and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Evanston, Illinois). The project resulted in 426 reels of microfilm, of which the Center has purchased 198. See also collections 64, 66, and 67.
The collection described in detail in the Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Temperance and Prohibition Papers (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan, 1977), pages 55-100. An index to selected correspondents begins on page 95.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union papers are Series III of a twenty-one-series microfilming project done between 1975 and 1977 with the cooperation of three repositories holding significant papers relating to temperance and prohibition: the Michigan Historical Collections (Ann Arbor), the Ohio Historical Society (Columbus), and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Evanston, Illinois). The project resulted in 426 reels of microfilm, of which the Center has purchased 198. See also collections 64, 66, and 67.
The collection described in detail in the Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Temperance and Prohibition Papers (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan, 1977), pages 55-100. An index to selected correspondents begins on page 95.
Dates
- 1853-1939
Historical Background
The history of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is given in detail in the Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Temperance and Prohibition Papers (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan, 1977), pages 55ff.
Extent
49 Reels of microfilm
Language of Materials
English
Additions and Accruals
The materials in this collection were purchased by the Billy Graham Center Archives in 1980.
No Accession number
October 9, 1980
Galen Wilson
S. Kouns
G. Lynch
No Accession number
October 9, 1980
Galen Wilson
S. Kouns
G. Lynch
- Title
- Collection 065 Records of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Cursive Handwriting
Repository Details
Part of the Billy Graham Center Archives Repository