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groups leading up to prohibition, during the prohibition era, and ending with the 21st amendment in 1933, which repealed the 18th amendment from 1919 prohibiting the manufacturing, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors.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

The snow-flake

The snow-flake

Brown University

By Edward Carswell. At head of title wood-engraving of two children in snowy landscape. Caption title. At upper right corner of page [1]: No. 109. Prose and poetry. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

The second book of ultra temperance: In which the nobility are condemned by the chief in a set speech

The second book of ultra temperance: In which the nobility are condemned by the chief in a set speech

Brown University

Satirical account in pseudo-Biblical language of speech by the chief of the "fifteen gallon nobility" about the drinking habits of the rich Satirical account in pseudo-Biblical language of speech by the chief of the "fifteen gallon nobility" about the drinking habits of the rich Printed in eight numbered paragraphs in two columns divided by double lines. Type-signed at end: Anti-Telescope. Suggested place of publication from mention of "Massachusetts Blue Law." Not in Checklist Amer. imprints through 1846. Suggested publication date from internal evidence and from dealer.