Collection 65 [April 16, 2001]
Woman's Christian Temperance Union; 1874-
Papers; 1853-1939
49 Reels of Microfilm
Restrictions
See Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Temperance and Prohibition Papers, pp. 55ff. This book is located in the Reading Room bibliography, topical shelf DD. Users should also read the "Note to Researchers," page xv, prior to actual research.
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Provenance
The materials for this collection were purchased by the Center.
No Accession #
October 9, 1980
Galen Wilson
S. Kouns
G. Lynch
LOCATION RECORD
No Accession #
Type of Material: Microfilm
The following items are located in the CENTER LIBRARY MICROFILM ROOM:
All reels are positive copy, 35mm.
| Annual Meeting Minutes | ||
| Reel 1 | 1874-1884 | |
| Reel 2 | 1885-1888 | |
| Reel 3 | 1889-1892 | |
| Reel 4 | 1893-1896 | |
| Reel 5 | 1897-1900 | |
| Reel 6 | 1901-1905 | |
| Reel 7 | 1906-1910 | |
| Reel 8 | 1911-1915 | |
| Reel 9 | 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921-1924 | |
| Reel 10 | 1925-1934 | |
| Correspondence | ||
| Reel 11 | undated, 1858-1879 | |
| Reel 12 | 1880-1882 | |
| Reel 13 | 1883-1885 | |
| Reel 14 | 1886-1887 | |
| Reel 15 | 1888 | |
| Reel 16 | 1889-1890 | |
| Reel 17 | 1891 | |
| Reel 18 | 1892 | |
| Reel 19 | January-April 1893 | |
| Reel 20 | May-December 1893 | |
| Reel 21 | January 1894 - February 1895 | |
| Reel 22 | March-December 1895 | |
| Reel 23 | January-March 1896 | |
| Reel 24 | April 1896 - 1898, undated | |
| Reel 25 | January 1898 - 1933 | |
| Biographical Material | ||
| Reel 26 | Frances E. Willard, with family Mary T., Mary E., Oliver Willard | |
| Historical Files | ||
| Reel 27 | Tributes to Frances E. Willard; 1898 | |
| Celebrations of the Frances Willard Centenary; 1939 | ||
| Miscellaneous manuscripts; 1866, n.d. | ||
| Willard home inventory | ||
| Scientific Temperance material; 1892-1907 | ||
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union publications; 1877-1932, n.d. | ||
| Reel 28 | Legislative material; 1917-1933 | |
| Two newspaper studies of prohibition; 1927, 1929 | ||
| Articles, speeches, and lectures; 1867-1933, n.d. | ||
| Reel 29 | Pamphlets; 1852-1933, n.d. | |
| Leaflets | ||
| Photographs from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union files | ||
| Minute book of the Evanston Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union; 1879 | ||
| Reel 30 | Frances E. Willard (6 books); 1857-1878 | |
| Articles, lectures, etc. (2 books); 1876-1882 | ||
| Reel 31 | Frances E. Willard (2 books); 1878-1896 | |
| Miscellaneous; 1879-1982 | ||
| W.C.T.U. National Conventions; 1879-1894 | ||
| Reel 32 | Women and work of the W.C.T.U.; 1879-1897 | |
| Frances E. Willard (3 books); 1879-1882 | ||
| Reel 33 | Articles, lectures, etc. (3 books); 1882-1885 | |
| Reel 34 | World's W.C.T.U.; 1883-1894 | |
| W.C.T.U. involvement in politics | ||
| National W.C.T.U. Conventions (2 books); 1884-1885 | ||
| Articles, lectures, etc.; 1885-1886 | ||
| Reel 35 | Mary T. and Frances Willard; 1885-1889 | |
| Social purity; 1886, n.d. | ||
| National W.C.T.U. Conventions (2 books); 1886-1887 | ||
| Reel 36 | W.C.T.U. activities; 1887 | |
| Articles, lectures, etc.; 1873, 1885-1887 | ||
| Reel 37 | Triennial Convention of the National Council of Women; 1891 | |
| Arguments about admission of women to the Methodist General Conference; 1891 | ||
| World's and National W.C.T.U. Convention (2 books); 1891 | ||
| Reel 38 | Miscellaneous | |
| Lady Henry Somerset's personal scrapbook; 1891-1892 | ||
| Frances Willard's involvement in conferences of the Methodist Church and the Catholic Total Abstinence Union; 1891-1892 | ||
| Reel 39 | Frances E. Willard (2 books); 1891-1895 | |
| Reel 40 | Frances Willard's residence in England, British temperance activities (5 books); 1892-1893 | |
| Biography of Frances E. Willard | ||
| Reel 41 | Frances Willard's return to the U.S. from England; 1894 | |
| World's and National W.C.T.U. Convention (2 books); 1893 | ||
| Frances E. Willard; 1893-1894 | ||
| Miscellaneous; 1890-1894 | ||
| Reel 42 | National W.C.T.U. Conventions; 1894-1896 | |
| Miscellaneous clippings and articles about Frances Willard and the W.C.T.U. (beginning of book); 1894-1896 | ||
| Reel 43 | Miscellaneous articles about Frances Willard (end of book) | |
| Frances Willard's activities (2 books); 1895-1897 | ||
| Reel 44 | Editorial writings by Frances Willard; 1895-1896 | |
| Turkish-Armenian political situation; 1896 | ||
| World's W.C.T.U. Convention; 1897 | ||
| Frances Willard's activities; 1897-1898 | ||
| National W.C.T.U. Convention; 1897 | ||
| Reel 45 | Lady Henry Somerset's personal scrapbook; 1892-1898 | |
| Building of the Chicago Temple (part of book); 1890 | ||
| W.C.T.U. activities, tributes to Frances Willard; 1898 | ||
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Michigan | ||
| Reel 46 | Alice E. Peters Correspondence; 1888-1891 | |
| Reel 47 | Minute Books; 1888-1921 | |
| Reel 48 | Minute Books; 1874-1927 | |
| Reel 49 | Minute Books; 1880-1923 | |