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various groups leading up to prohibition, during the prohibition era, and ending with the 21st amendment in 1933, which repealed the 18th amendment from 1919 prohibiting the manufacturing, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.

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The inevitable step

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The Indians and whisky: By Edward Carswell

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At head of title cut of Indian carrying boy across stream. Caption title. In upper right corner of page [1]: No. 85. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The index. Vol. XXXVI, No. 11

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The independence of industry: A study for officers of trade societies, and working men's movements

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The immediate future of the prohibition movement

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The Illinois political problem

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The house that rum built

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Advertisement for pamphlet containing poem The house that rum built by Rev. Dwight Spencer published by the National Temperance Society; calls for local agents to sell pamphlet. Date from publication date of pamphlet. Includes excerpts from poem, beginning: This is the man all tattered and torn. At end of text: J.N. Stearns, Publishing Agent, 58 Reade Street, New York City.

The House of Horrors

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Series H. No. 16.

The homestead

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Poetry. Printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line within border of type ornament sections. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The home defender: In memory of Carry A. Nation

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By Rachel B. Ray. Text of song in five four-line stanzas with four-line chorus beginning: This be our watch-word: never surrender!

The Holy Bible and drink

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A collection of quotations from the Holy Scriptures bearing upon the problems of alcohol.

The high cost of living

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The handwriting on the wall

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The green mountain yankee: temperance medley

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The greatest temperance print shop in the world: At the Anti-Saloon League Headquarters, Westerville, Ohio

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The greatest collection of prohibition addresses ever published

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The Genius' Fourth of July Ode!

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by Josiah Lord Thomas, Esq. Printed in three columns divided by single lines within border of type ornament sections. Poem in 32 four-line stanzas. Place and date of publication suggested because of clipping from Portland Advertiser Apr. 4, 1855 pasted on verso of Brown University copy.

The Genius of Temperance weeping over modern Degeneracy, and the palsied sluggishness of the Temperance Society

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Pages [2-4] blank. Poetry and prose. Printed in one and two columns divided by curvilinear lines on light gray paper. At head of text wood-engraving of weeping woman and boy holding broken anchor. Title from first lines. Compliments Rev. Thomas Tew, agent of the Rhode Island State Temperance Society. Place of publication indicated by anchor which is state seal of Rhode Island and from mention of R.I. Temperance Society; Man published other items in Providence. Date suggested by appearance of item. Includes quotation from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and lines possibly by Man beginning: Survey the world from Lapland to Peru.

The furtiveness of liquor

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Caption title. Reprinted from The Outlook of September 5, 1923.

The full father, the empty stocking: Thirty-six states can change this by constitutional amendment

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The fruits of repeal

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The five dollar note

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Describes spending borrowed five-dollar note on liquor and girls, with the last dollar given to a poor man Describes spending borrowed five-dollar note on liquor and girls, with the last dollar given to a poor man Title on page [1] within single-line border superimposed on illustration of man holding large banknote; signed Spedon[?] On pages [2]-[3] printed vertically to be read unfolded words of song in 5 4-line stanzas with 6-line chorus beginning: If you listen to my song, while the funny things I'll quote. In upper right corner of page [1]: P. Lorillard & Co's song album. Advertisement for "Lorillard's Mechanics' Delight tobacco" on page [4] within double-line border; it begins: Lorillard's Mechanics' Delight tobacco is the best chew and smoke. At head of text of song: Sung by Frank Lewis. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence.