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Temperance -- Societies, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

Independent Order of Rechabites blank pledge form, circa 1850

 Item — Box 2: Series A2001-073-002, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1990-001-001
Scope and Contents

Independent Order of Rechabites [IOR] pledge form is a blank form printed on blue paper, verso blank. Applicant must declare age, occupation and pledge to abstain from all intoxicating liquors and to spread the principle of abstinence from all intoxicating liquors.

Dates: circa 1850

International Order of Good Templars Reception Committee for 1911 postcard, circa 1911

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1995-056-006
Scope and Contents

Color lithograph postcard of the International Order of Good Templars' reception committee in 1911. In the center of the postcard is the symbol of the organization. Over it, is a bridge with the faces of the reception committee with a caption that reads "Meet Us in Duluth June 2-24 1911."

Dates: circa 1911

Invitation to Rechabite entertainment, 1846 July 16

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2018-046-001
Dates: 1846 July 16

Jacques Noel Jacobsen, Jr., collection of fraternal calling cards, circa 1900

 Collection — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1986-011-001
Scope and Contents

Six calling cards from the Knights of Pythias (KP), the International Order of Good Templars (IOGT), and the Improved Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF). The cards include the member's name and a colored symbol of their order, with some also including lodge names, numbers, and locations.

Dates: circa 1900

Letter attributed to Mary E. Elliott, 1876 August 3

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2016-101-001
Content Description

A letter, dated August 3, 1876, and attributed to Mary E. Elliott. In this letter, Elliot, the Grand Worthy Secretary for the Grand Lodge Massachusetts of the Independent Order of Good Templars, offers her support and praise to an unnamed female Temperance reformer whose relative suffered from alcoholism.

Dates: 1876 August 3

Letter from Corydon D. Rose to E. S. Hughes, 1871 October 27

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2015-122-001
Content Description

A letter from Corydon D. Rose to E. S. Hughes dated October 27, 1871. In this letter, County Chief Templar Rose reminds Hughes and the members of Utica Central Lodge, No. 240, that political discussion is prohibited within the walls of the lodge. Rose also informs the members of Utica Central Lodge that Lewis H. Babcock, the Democratic nominee for district attorney, has been disciplined for violating this obligation to the lodge.

Dates: 1871 October 27