Virginia Anti-Saloon League Records
Scope and Contents
Papers including correspondence, circular letters, accounts, minutes, reports, speeches, printed matter and newspaper clippings relating to the campaign for prohibition in Virginia. Includes correspondence with members of anti-saloon leagues in other states and the Woman's National Christian Temperance Union. (2162 items; 1930 addition: 132 items).
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1922
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use:
Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Historical Note:
The Virginia Anti-Saloon League was an organization that supported prohibition.
Extent
3.00 Linear Feet (6 Boxes)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase. Additional Accession 1930.38 was a gift of Mr. Viereckt, received 01/01/1930.
Processing Information
Box and Folder list compiled by Kelsey Kavanagh, SCRC student, in September 2011.
Subject
- Woman's National Christian Temperance Union (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Virginia Anti-Saloon League Records, 1900-1922
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Staff.
- Date
- 2007-06-25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository