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David A. Bucher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B87
Scope and Contents Papers, 1769-1912, including letters, 1861-1874, written to David A. Bucher, dentist of Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and later, of Bridgewater, Rockingham County, Virginiaa. The letters are from relatives and friends in Bridgewater, Virginia, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Hancock, Maryland, Orbisonia, Carlisle, McConnellsburg, Gettysburg and Round Grove, Pennsylvania and Polk City, Iowa. One letter concerns the Battle of Gettysburg. Collection also includes legal...
Dates: 1769-1912
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Friends of Temperance Minute Book (Mt. Solon, Va.)

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Mi7-MsV Mi9
Scope and Contents

Minute book, 1875-1888, of the Friends of Temperance, Mt. Solon [Va.] Council No. 50. Blanche Paul served as secretary and John W. Hopewell served as president.  Includes loose papers and a 1836 letter from Elisabeth T. Hopewell.

Dates: 1875-1888
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

James River and Kanawha Company Records

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Identifier: SC 00628
Scope and Contents

The collection relates to the James River Canal and Kanawha Company, which officially gained a charter in 1835. Included are a list of subscriptions sold to private individuals, a letter to the auditors office discussing current and previous subscriptions, a letter from a prospective surveyor and a list of tollage rates along the canal. Individuals mentioned are John Hartwell Cocke, and his son John Hartwell Cocke Jr.

Dates: 1834-1868
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Letter from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Robie A. Phiney, Cazenovia, New York

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Identifier: SC 01631
Scope and Contents Four page letter from an unnamed author to her sister. In it, she references family or friends who are under orders to march, anticipating a battle soon as a result. She also references the battle at Fort Donelson. Other portions of her letter refer to visits and communication with mutually known individuals, a literary club begun by women in her area in which she participates, and her dismay at the notion that her sister wants to buy wine glasses as she prefers her sibling to be a...
Dates: 1862 March 09
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Francis Murphy Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 39.2 M95
Scope and Contents

Letters received by Murphy, a temperance reformer in Pittsburgh, Pa., inviting him to speak and to organize campaigns of "gospel temperance" in Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont. Includes an "Outline of Program for Conduct of Francis Murphy's Gospel Temperance Meetings."

Dates: 1886-1898
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Naswango Temperance Society Minute Book

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Identifier: Mss. MsV Mi13
Scope and Contents

Minute book, 1838, of the Naswango Temperance Society. Contains portion of the constitution and minutes of two meetings.

Dates: 1838
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Olney Family Papers

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Identifier: MS 00166
Scope and Contents Papers, 1879-1915, of the Olney family of Newaygo County, Michigan. Includes letters to Bert Olney at various addresses in Indiana and Michgan, which relate school incidents and discuss political matters, such as James Garfield's presidency. There are also letters between Bert and Alice Olney and their sons, Albert J. Olney and Clinton Olney. Albert J. and Clinton Olney were both studying agriculture at (what is now) Michigan State University. The letters from their parents discuss family...
Dates: 1879-1915
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Pawcatuck Prohibition Club Minute Book

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Identifier: SC 00767
Scope and Contents Ledger, 1874-1881, of the Pawcatuck Prohibition Club of Stonington, Connecticut. The beginning of their constitution, which is included in the ledger, states "Believing that the Transportation, Manufacture, Sale, and Use of Intoxicating Liquors as a beverage is morally wrong; therefore we, the under signed form ourselves into a Society for the purpose of suppressing these evils..." Includes meeting minutes, expenditures of the club, events sponsored by the club, members of the club, location...
Dates: 1874-1881
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Prohibition and Suffrage postcards

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Identifier: SC 01630
Scope and Contents Collection of 31 postcards depicting various scenes related to prohibition, temperance, and women's suffrage. Majority of the postcards relate to temperance and include scenes and poems about the perils of drinking alcohol. One postcard celebrates the repeal of the prohibition amendment, telling of all of the jobs and prosperity the new brewery businesses will bring. Two postcards show women as Uncle Sam and another trumpeting with a banner that reads 'Votes for Women'. One postcard is...
Dates: circa 1870-1930
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Richard Billups Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 65 B49
Scope and Contents

Business, military and legal papers, chiefly 1774-1822, of Richard Billups of Mathews and Gloucester Counties, Virginia. Papers include accounts, land records, and correspondence and some concern shipbuilding. Includes minutes, 1842, of a temperance meeting and Methodist church records.

Dates: 1705-1857; Majority of material found in 1774-1822
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Ft. Smith, Arkansas) Records

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.780
Scope and Contents

Minutes, financial ledgers, correspondence, printed material, and religious ephemera, 1882-1960, relating to a chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, from the home of Grace Shipley Collins.

Dates: 1882-1960
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Moira Chapter (Franklin Co., N.Y.) Minute Books

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Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.102
Scope and Contents Minute books of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Moira Chapter (Franklin Co., N.Y.) for the years 1905-1906, 1911-1912 and 1939-1944.The following information was provided by the seller and has not been verified for accuracy:"Recorded are meeting minutes, including details of Bible passages read, songs and hymns sung, readings from temperance and family related materials, food eaten, treasury updates, details of charitable contributions both monetary and of...
Dates: 1905-1912, 1939-1944
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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