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various groups leading up to prohibition, during the prohibition era, and ending with the 21st amendment in 1933, which repealed the 18th amendment from 1919 prohibiting the manufacturing, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.
This collection is part of Brown University Library, hosted by Brown University.

Items in this collection

We are at war

We are at war

Brown University

Address delivered at the Northern Baptist Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, May 27th, 1942.

Votes for women

Votes for women

Brown University

Printed in black and orange on glossy white card stock in postcard format. At head of title drawing of women in 6 captioned panels signed K. Milhous. On verso: Copyright 1915 by Katherine Milhous.

Up or down

Up or down

Brown University

By Mrs. Julia P. Ballard. At head of title cut of Indian carrying child across stream. Caption title. In upper right corner of page [1]: No. 105. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.