A Guide to the Papers of the Mount Crawford Division of the Virginia Sons of Temperance, 1815-1892 (bulk 1846-1892) Mount Crawford Division of the Virginia Sons of Temperance, Papers of 1014

A Guide to the Papers of the Mount Crawford Division of the Virginia Sons of Temperance, 1815-1892 (bulk 1846-1892)

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Accession Number 1014

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

1014

Title

Papers of the Mount Crawford Division of the Virginia Sons of Temperance 1815-1892 (bulk 1846-1892)

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 50 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of the Mount Crawford Division of the Virginia Sons of Temperance, Accession #1014, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased on 1940 December 1.

Scope and Content Information

Papers of the Sons of Temperance include minutes, 1848-1857; account books of dues, 1849-1868, 1873-1888; rosters of members suspended or expelled, 1840-1860, 1866; list of associate members, 1878-1887; a name index, n.d.; a list of members who pledged total abstinence, 1876-1888; and miscellaneous material including receipts, songs, a thesis on pneumonia, 1869, for the Medical College of Virginia faculty by E.C. Staller, and a blacksmith's account book, 1815-1826.

Contents List

Papers

Box 1
Sons of Temperance: society business, miscellaneous. Includes ritual songs for meetings, receipts, and a thesis on pneumonia prepared for the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia in 1869 by E.C. Staller 1848-1892, n.d.

37 items.

Bound Volumes

Box 1
Account book of blacksmith Gabriel Stickley (1815-1826). Includes letter (1814) from a Rabaiah Stickley of Shenandoah County to his unnamed brother-in-law concerning military service 1815-1826
Box 1
Account book of general activities, purchases of produce, daily labor (1849-1853, 1874). Laid in the volume are two exercise books ascribed to a William Marshall, from his school days and beyond (1819, 1825-1855) 1819-1855
Box 1
"Alphabet of Divisions." Rosters of members expelled or suspended with date of action, name, and occupation from the Mount Crawford, Marshall, Valley, Rockingham, and Fountain Divisions 1846-1860
Box 1
Minutes of meetings, Mount Crawford Division. Appended are a list of divisions in Rockingham County, list of corresponding divisions elsewhere in the Shenandoah Valley, and a list of eligible officers 1848-1856
Box 2
Account book of dues received from the Mount Crawford Division 1849-1853
Box 2
Account book of dues received 1853-1868
Box 2
Records of Degree Division No. 19, Mount Crawford. Minutes of meetings (1855-1857); list of persons expelled (1866); list of associate members (1878-1882) 1855-1882
Box 2
Account book of dues received 1873-1874
Box 2
Account book presumably of a blacksmith 1876-1884
Box 2
Lists of associates, mostly women, a few boys, a rare man 1882-1887
Box 2
Index of names n.d.
Account book of dues paid and owed by members. Includes list (1876-1888) of members who had taken pledges of total abstinence, with name, and often age, occupation and address 1874-1888
Physical Location: Oversize Volume