Found 6 collections related to Temperance

John Malone (d. 1906) was an American actor. Collection consists of correspondence, writings and legal and family papers. Includes letters of theatrical people, mostly American, collected by Malone, together with some of Malone's personal correspondence and that of his family; Marcus Moriarty's autobiography of his theatrical career, his correspondence and a few contracts; several letters of non-theatrical contemporaries; materials on spiritualism and temperance; correspondence, 1928, of the Union Square Book Shop; and a genealogy of the Shelley family. less

Collection contains correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Peter Smith dating from 1792-1837; papers of philanthropist and reformer Gerrit Smith, including family letters, circulars, political speeches on peace, temperance, abolition, women's suffrage, and the Irish cause dating from 1797-1874; correspondence of Elizabeth (Smith) Miller, 1843-1907; letters of Susan B. Anthony, 1869-1905; letters of Samuel Worcester Green containing reminiscences of Gerrit Smith; correspondence (1843-1895) of Charles Dudley Miller; Cochrane family papers (1825-1898); papers of high sheriff of Albany County, New York, Henry Ten Eyck, Jr.; and other papers of the Smith family of Peterboro, Madison County, New York less

The Science Hill Watchman was a student produced literary journal published at Montgomery Academy of Montgomery, New York, and edited by student Jonathan Morrison. The journal is described as "An Independent Civil, Political and Literary Journal: Devoted to the Arts and Sciences, Education, Literature, Temperance, Morals, and Amusements." less

In 1880 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) created a Dept. of Scientific Temperance Instruction, headed by Mary H. Hunt (1830-1906), to disseminate medical and social facts about alcohol. After Hunt's death, Cora F. Stoddard (1872-1936) continued the work through the Scientific Temperance Federation (STF) of Boston. Collection consists of correspondence and printed matter concerning temperance. Correspondence, 1883-1918, includes letters to Hunt and Stoddard relating to their activities on behalf of the WCTU and the STF. Also, one folder of printed temperance materials. less

The New York City Temperance Society was established during the first quarter of the 19th century as an auxiliary society to the New York State Temperance Society. The primary objective of the New York City Temperance Society was to promote total abstinence from alcoholic beverages. They accomplished their objectives via speeches, publications, membership drives and pressure upon the legislative bodies of New York State. Collection consists of minute book with newspaper clippings of the proceedings, 1829-1849, of the New York City Temperance Society executive committee. Minutes are a record of the daily activities of the society to restrict the sale of liquor to the public. less

The meeting minutes of the International Order of Good Templars, Suffolk Lodge Number 45 of Cutchogue, New York (April 7, 1879-October 4, 1876). The minutes document the Lodge's creation as well as details on membership elections and other lodge activities and business less