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groups leading up to prohibition, during the prohibition era, and ending with the 21st amendment in 1933, which repealed the 18th amendment from 1919 prohibiting the manufacturing, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.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

This is a good "ad"

This is a good "ad"

Brown University

Reprinted ad from the Chicago Tribune of August 27, 1925, placed by the Mid-City Trust and Savings Bank, Madison and Halstead.

Third circular: "Fiat Justitia ruat coelum"

Third circular: "Fiat Justitia ruat coelum"

Brown University

Printed area: 43.5 x 26.6 cm. Printed in four columns divided by single lines; cut of drunken man captioned: Perry's pupil. At head of text: Truth is immutable--affected neither by time--place--nor circumstance ... Attacks Harvey Perry for selling liquor without a license. At end of text: Thomas Man. The colophon indicates date of publication as July 24, 1848.

They shall not repeal: program for the eighth anniversary of national Prohibition, Sunday, January 15, 1928

They shall not repeal: program for the eighth anniversary of national Prohibition, Sunday, January 15, 1928

Brown University

Broadsheet folded to create [6] pages; page [1] within border of type ornaments. Cover title. Text of program to be spoken by leader, assembly, men, women, boys and girls, separately or together; includes hymns, poems and quotations from temperance leaders. "Especially prepared for use in Sunday schools and young people's meetings. Arranged by Cora Frances Stoddard"--Cover.

The wine and spirit drinker

The wine and spirit drinker

Brown University

By Christopher Caustic, M.D., editor of the New England Farmer, author of Terrible Tractoration and other poems. Printed within border of type ornaments in two columns divided by single line. Poem in 22 four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.