Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition

The digitized items in the Alcohol, Temperance and Prohibition Collection are from the Alcoholism and Addiction Studies Collection, as well as from various collections in the Brown University Library — broadsides, sheet music, pamphlets and government publications. The items have been collected at Brown for over three centuries for researchers and scholars at Brown and worldwide interested in American history, including the history of alcoholism, how the media was used for spreading ideas and information, and in how the arts presented various movements. The purpose of this digital collection is to give researchers and interested individuals a glimpse into the rich and diverse resources at Brown's library. All of the digital items are in the public domain. The digitized pamphlets were published by various groups leading up to prohibition, during the prohibition era, and ending with the 21st amendment in 1933, which repealed the 18th amendment from 1919 prohibiting the manufacturing, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.
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Items in this collection

Zion's trumpeter

Zion's trumpeter

Brown University

Hymn; without music. Text differs considerably from ed. published by Marvin W. Lutz ([187-?]). Cf. Brown University record. Version arranged as 13 verses, printed in double columns except for the last verse. Printed area: 13.4 x 10.7 cm.

Zion's trumpeter

Zion's trumpeter

Brown University

Gospel hymn. Without music; to be sung to the air, "I love to tell the story" Text differs considerably from ed. in 13 stanzas published by an unidentified publisher ([18--?]). Cf. Brown University record. Version arranged as 7 stanzas, without quotation marks around dialog; within decorative border. At head of text: Published by Marvin W. Lutz of Philadelphia, who was converted on the 8th day of November, 1870, at the Big Tent Evangelist, under the ministry of Elder John G. Hook of Concord, N.H. ... At end of text: Elder John G. Hook and Marvin W. Lutz, evangelists, are holding Union Revival meetings at Branch Chapel, 1735 Washington Street ... Christian Temperance meetings every Monday evening ... Printed area: 18 x 9.1 cm.

Zion's trumpeter

Zion's trumpeter

Brown University

Pages [2]-[3] blank. Within borders of type ornament sections; text on page [4] printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line. Text of first song differs considerably from ed. published by an unidentified publisher ([18--?]). Cf. Brown University record(HB30672) At head of text: Published by Marvin W. Lutz, of Philadelphia, who was converted on the 8th day of November, 1870, at the Big Tent "Evangelist," under the ministry of Elder John G. Hook, of Concord, N.H. ... Below text on p. [1]: Marvin W. Lutz, Evangelist, Concord, N.H. At end of text on p. [4], colophon: M.E. Howard, Printer, Boston. Zion's trumpeter in seven four-line stanzas. "Zion's trumpeter" was also published under title: Christian watchman; "Who killed Tom Roper?" is a parody of "Who killed Cock Robin?"; and "King Alcohol" is a parody of the German Christmas carol "O Tannenbaum".

World-wide progress toward prohibition legislation

World-wide progress toward prohibition legislation

Brown University

Publication no. 1713 reprinted from Prohibition and its enforcement, vol. CIX of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, September, 1923. Cover title.

World-wide progress toward prohibition legislation

World-wide progress toward prohibition legislation

Brown University

Publication no. 1713 reprinted from Prohibition and its enforcement, vol. CIX of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, September, 1923. Cover title.

Woman's prayer

Woman's prayer

Brown University

Mrs. S. M. J. Henry. Poetry. Poem tells how drunkard's widow prays at tavern door. Date from internal evidence; difference of letter in one initial probably a mistake. At end of text: Faith Words Press, Worcester, Mass. First line: 'Twas a widow's home and a winter's night.