A Guide to the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia Papers Women's Christian Temperance Union of VirginiaWomen's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia. 1750

A Guide to the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia Papers

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Accession number 1750


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Identification
Collection number 1750
Title
Women's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia Papers 1882-1958
Quantity
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Women's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia Papers, Accession 1750, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This collection (# 1750 ) was put on deposit 1938-1953.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This collection consists of 365 items (3.5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear shelf feet), 1882-1958, papers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Women's Christian Temperance Union) of Virginia , a women's organization whose purpose was to prevent the sale and consumption of alcohol in Virginia . The collection is arranged in three series: I. Correspondence and History File, II. Convention Programs and Proceedings, Publications, Photographs, Memorabilia, and Scrapbook, III. Bound Volumes and Printed Materials.

The correspondence includes letters to Amy C. Weech , Director of the Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union Evangelistic Department and Mrs. Mrs. Walter [Maude] H. Page , Vice-President of the Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union during the period in which the 18th amendment was repealed and includes a letter from Governor John Garland Pollard . The history file includes a Governor's Proclamation of Youth Temperance Education Week by Governor William A. Tuck . The major portion of the collection consists of minute books of state conventions and local union business meetings from 1882-1958. The scrapbook consists of Women's Christian Temperance Union literature produced by the Fair and Exhibits Department .

Organizational History

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia was founded January 2, 1883, five years after the first local union was organized at Lincoln, Virginia . The object of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was to organize local unions throughout the state in order to eliminate liquor sales and production. The first efforts of the Women's Christian Temperance Union were to secure legislative adoption of the Local Option Law to enable localities to individually vote on the sale of liquor in each. The Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union successfully agitated for the Scientific Temperance Instruction Law which mandated a temperance curriculum in state public schools. The Women's Christian Temperance Union worked for National Prohibition which occurred with the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1920. Though dismayed by the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union continued to work for temperance, especially among Virginia 's youth, and broadened its reform program beyond temperance, taking stands against gambling, poor working conditions, and smoking through educational and legislative activities.

Alderman Library holdings include a variety of collections on the Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union . Provenance: See individual accession numbers for provenance information.

Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union State Presidents

Mrs. William H. Pleasants , 1883, Jan.-Oct.
Mrs. Rebecca D. Wilson , 1883-1866.
Mrs. William H. Pleasants , 1886-1888.
Mrs. R. H. Jones , 1888-1898.
Mrs. Howard M. Hoge , 1898-1938.
Mrs. Amy C. Weech , 1938-1942.
Mrs. Herbert W. Phillips , 1942-1950.
Mrs. Roy T. Jarrett , 1950-1958.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Amy C. Weech
  • Herbert W. Phillips
  • Howard M. Hoge
  • John Garland Pollard
  • Mrs. Walter [Maude] H. Page
  • R. H. Jones
  • Rebecca D. Wilson
  • Roy T. Jarrett
  • William A. Tuck
  • William H. Pleasants

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Lincoln, Virginia
  • Virginia
  • Women's Christian Temperance Union

Container List

SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE AND HISTORY FILE
  • Box 1
    Correspondence of Amy C. Weech>, Director, Va. Women's Christian Temperance Union Evangelistic Dept.
    1930-1936, n.d.
  • Box 1
    Correspondence of Mrs. Walter H. Page, Vice-President of Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1935-1937, n.d.
  • Box 1
    History File of Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1882, 1905, 1917, 1937-1949, n.d.
SERIES II: CONVENTION PROGRAMS AND PROCEEDINGS, PUBLICATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MEMORABILIA, AND SCRAPBOOK
  • Box 1
    Convention Programs of Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1903-1958
  • Box 1
    Fifty-ninth Annual Convention of Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union, Miscellaneous material, Report, Minutes
    1941
  • Box 1
    Sixtieth Annual Convention of the Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union, Copy Proof of Report and Minutes
    1942
  • Box 1
    Publication: Union Signal (>National Women's Christian Temperance Union)
    1912, 1915
  • Box 1
    Local Union Directory, Pamphlets and Newsletter, Prize Essays
    1943-1947, 1957, n.d.
  • Box 1
    Photographs, Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1895, 1936-1942, n.d.
  • Box 1
    Memorabilia
    n.d.
  • Box 2
    Women's Christian Temperance Union Scrapbook, prepared by Director of Fairs and Exhibits
    ca.1940-1942
  • Box 2
    Material removed from Women's Christian Temperance Union Scrapbook
    ca.1940-1942
  • Box 2
    Anti-Monroe Doctrine Society
    1945-1948
SERIES III: BOUND VOUMES AND PRINTED MATERIAL
  • Box 2
    Bound Vol. 1: Minutes, Richmond, Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1882-1885
  • Box 2
    Bound Vol. 2: Minutes, Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention
    1883
  • Box 2
    Bound Vol. 3: Minutes, Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention
    1887
  • Box 2
    Bound Vol. 4: Minutes, Newport News, Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1903-1906
  • Box 2
    Bound Vol. 5: Minutes, Central Union, Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1906-1908
  • Box 3
    Bound Vol. 6: Minutes, Marshall/Woodward Union, Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1906-1909
  • Box 3
    Bound Vol. 7: Minutes, Woodard Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1909-1910
  • Box 3
    Bound Vol. 8: Minutes, Bridgewater, Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1911-1917
  • Box 3
    Bound Vol. 9: Minutes, Central Union (Roanoke, Virginia) Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1912-1916
  • Box 3
    Bound Vol. 10: Minutes, Charlottesville, Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1936-1942
  • Box 3
    Bound Vol. 11: Minutes, Charlottesville, Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1942-1945
  • Box 3
    Bound Vol. 12: Minutes, Elizabeth City-Warwick Bi-County Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1942-1952
  • Box 3
    Bound Vol. 13: Minutes, Tri-City Women's Christian Temperance Union
    1957-1958
  • Box 4
    Except from Memories of the Crusade by Mother Stewart
    1889
  • Box 4
    Statue of Miss Frances E. Willard (Proceedings of Dedication)
    1905
  • Box 4
    Virginia Call
    1931-1939
  • Box 4
    The Light-house: A History of Richmond-Henrico County Women's Christian Temperance Union 1882-1935
    1938
  • Box 4
    Reports and Minutes, Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention
    1948