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various groups leading up to prohibition, during the prohibition era, and ending with the 21st amendment in 1933, which repealed the 18th amendment from 1919 prohibiting the manufacturing, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.
Allegorical hand-colored manuscript map of the Ocean of Life, with Gin Island, Drunkards Channel, etc. with handwritten poetic "Explanation." Allegorical hand-colored manuscript map of the Ocean of Life, with Gin Island, Drunkards Channel, etc. with handwritten poetic "Explanation." In upper half bordered hand-colored manuscript map, below handwritten text of poem "Explanation." Author's name not on item.
Allegorical map of Ocean of Life, with Gin Island, Drunkards Channel, etc. with poem "Explanation." Allegorical map of Ocean of Life, with Gin Island, Drunkards Channel, etc. with poem "Explanation." Bordered map in upper part; below, within separate border of type ornaments, text of poem printed in three columns divided by single lines. Legend at upper right: Map on Temperance designed by W.M. Murrell, the reformed Cruiser, author of the Cruise of the Columbia &c. Directly below map: Lith. of E.W. Bouv�e, Boston. In lower margin: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by W.M. Murrell, ... Howe's Sheet Anchor Press, Boston.
At head of title cut of two little girls outdoors. Caption title. In upper right corner of page [1]: No. 19. Prose and poetry. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.
Outline compares alcohol use by different criminal classes; text of proverbs and quotations included Outline compares alcohol use by different criminal classes; text of proverbs and quotations included Broadsheet; printed in black; triangular symbol for Y.P.B. between captioned title and sub-title. At end of text: Young People's Branch ... National W.C.T.U. Publishing House, Evanston, Illinois, M2281. Possible range of dates suggested by internal evidence.
Refutes arguments of liquor dealers against prohibition and praises its results in Maine, then calls for action by the "mothers of Indiana." Refutes arguments of liquor dealers against prohibition and praises its results in Maine, then calls for action by the "mothers of Indiana." Broadsheet printed in two columns divided by single line. At head of text: Why we should not have constitutional amendments. The epistle of Paul, the apostle, to the W.C.T.U. of Indiana. Type-signed at end: Faithfully yours, Emma Molloy. Suggested publication date from latest date mentioned.
Within ornamental border; printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line. At end of text: Benjamin F. Moore, printer, 19 Market Street, Providence. First line: Drunkard! take warning of your fate.
composed by John Costin Eames, of Providence. A reformed drunkard. Poetry. Within border of type ornaments. Date from appearance of item and because Eames published in the 1840's. Two temperance poems.
by Rev. John Pierpont. Poem within border of type ornaments. At head of title cut of tavern with man behind counter, three male customers and bare-legged boy, with pillar labeled "Bar Room" At end of text below double rule: Mezentius. See Virgil. Internal evidence suggested date approximation.
