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Montana Woman's Christian Temperance Union records, 1883-1976
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Montana Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Title
- Montana Woman's Christian Temperance Union records
- Dates
- 1883-1976 (inclusive)18831976
- Quantity
- 10 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- MC 160 (collection)
- Summary
- The Montana Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Montana WCTU) was devoted to prohibition and other social reforms. The collection includes correspondence (1936-1976) of several state officials; constitution and minutes (1883-1971) of annual meetings; financial records (1883-1970s); membership books (1919-1960s); and printed material reflecting WCTU's national program and policies. Also included is a subgroup of records of the Kalispell WCTU locals, including correspondence, financial records, minutes and scrapbooks.
- Repository
-
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Montana Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded in August 1883 as a result of a visit to Montana by National WCTU organizers Frances E. Willard and Anna A. Gordon. The delegates attending the initial meeting, representing Butte, Helena, Dillon, and White Sulphur Springs, elected "Mrs. Dr. Clark" as territorial president. By 1889, under the leadership of Laura E. Howey of Helena, the WCTU had grown to thirteen local unions and ten departments including Social Purity, Presentation of our Cause before Legislature and other Influential Bodies, Unfermented Wine at Sacrament, Purity in Literature and Art, and Alms House.
By 1910 the state union was growing rapidly with over 1000 members and it had diversified its concerns to include support for government aid for destitute mothers, teaching of domestic science in the schools, and opposition to the drinking of Coca-Cola which at that time contained cocaine.
With the national tide of enthusiasm for prohibition and other social reforms, the Montana WCTU membership grew to 4167 active members in 202 local unions by 1916. In addition the WCTU had a full-time lobbyist in the 1913 Legislative Assembly and was influential in its support of reform legislation, including placing woman's suffrage and statewide prohibition on the ballot.
However, the necessity of cooperating with other reform organizations brought dissension and attempts to alter WCTU principles. There was also a decline in activity following legal prohibition.
The WCTU entered a new period of enthusiasm in the late 1930s with the employment of several field workers. In 1947 the Montana Legislative Assembly passed a law authorizing a Narcotics Education Commission, but providing no funding. The WCTU spearheaded the fundraising campaign and was influential in the selection of the narcotics educator and in the development of her program. However, conflict over aims and methods arose between the WCTU and Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Ireland and the program gradually declined in effectiveness.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the women of the Montana WCTU continued to pursue their goal of statewide total abstinence in the face of increasing acceptance by Montanans of social drinking. By the 1970s, unable to attract younger members, the local unions were forced to dissolve. The state organization had ceased to exist by 1976.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains records of the Montana WCTU. Included is interoffice correspondence (1936-1976), which contains letters of the National WCTU, the Montana WCTU, other states' WCTU organizations, and local unions in Montana. Correspondents for the Montana WCTU include Mrs. W.C. Dawes, Mrs. H.E. Chappell, Bertha Rachel Palmer, Miriam Pease, Agatha Woods, Beatrice Kreis, Amanda Henricksen, Anna Reagan, Helena Mildred Clarke, Mabel Noble, Grace Thiebaud, Elizabeth S. Donahue, Cora Mae Boucher, Francis Lowe, and Mildred Carpenter. In addition there is correspondence with National WCTU field workers including Lily Grace Matteson, Dora Young, Sara Palmer, and Ida Underland.
The records for the Montana WCTU also include general correspondence (1936-1963) with Montana governors and state officials (State Board of Health, Department of Public Instruction), United Temperance Movement of Montana, congressmen, etc.; financial records (1883-1970); printed materials; reports of directors, officers, and local unions; subject files containing materials for various WCTU departments (1922-1976); miscellany; and clippings.
In addition there is a subgroup for the Kalispell WCTU and the Frances E. Willard local union of Kalispell, which includes general correspondence (1942-1973), financial records (1952-1973), minutes of meetings (1919-1973), programs, scrapbooks, and clippings.
There is also a small subgroup of miscellaneous WCTU materials including reports of the World WCTU, the National WCTU, Ohio WCTU, and New York WCTU; and minutes and programs from Montana local unions including Forsyth, Culbertson, Glendive, Libby, Columbia Falls, and Whitefish.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged by subgroup and series. Some material housed in Archives Map Case and Manuscript Volumes. See inventory below for more information.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
Montana W.C.T.U.Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Interoffice Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 1-13 | Chronological |
1924, 1933, 1936-1947 |
| 2 / 1-8 | Chronological |
1948-1953 |
| 3 / 1-8 | Chronological |
1954-1958 |
| 4 / 1-8 | Chronological |
1959-1976 |
| 4 / 9 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
General Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4 / 10 | A-S (correspondents include Utah Department of Christian
Education, Huntley Project Schools, Earl K. Saladen) |
1936-1937 |
| 4 / 11 | A-S (correspondents include Gov. Roy E. Ayers,
Fairfield Times, S. C. Ford, Western Newspaper
Union, Wolf Point Herald-News, Julius J.
Wuerthner) |
1940 |
| 4 / 12 | A-S (correspondents include Marvin H. Adams,
Artcraft Press, Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Ireland, Ronan
Methodist Church, Western Newspaper Union, Lester E. Whiteman) |
1941 |
| 4 / 13 | A-S (correspondents include Arthur Adams, Bruce
Blunt, Ronan Methodist Church, Western Newspaper Union) |
1941 |
| 4 / 14 | A-S (correspondents include Artcraft Press, Butte
Baptist Church, C. S. Kleckner, Livingston Baptist Church, Mrs. M. D. Lundwall,
Pearl Maris, Montana Temperance Movement) |
1942 |
| 4 / 15 | M. Madeline Southard |
1943 |
| 5 / 1 | I-W (correspondents include Iowa Narcotics Educator,
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Ireland, Louis L. Ortmayer,
United Temperance Movement of Montana, Chester E. Whittier) |
1945 |
| 5 / 2 | A-W (correspondents include J. Eric Andrews, General
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Idaho Narcotics Educator, Montana Congregational Conference,
Montana Governor Sam C. Ford, Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth
Ireland, Ohio Health and Narcotics Educator, Louis L. Ortmayer, United Temperance
Movement of Montana) |
1946 |
| 5 / 3 | A-W (correspondents include Allied Youth Inc.,
Pauline Carlberg, Covenant Woman's Auxiliary, Idaho Narcotics Educator, Walter D.
Kemmis, Montana Congregational Conference, Montana Governor Sam C. Ford, Montana
Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Ireland, Montana Board of Health,
Ohio Health and Narcotics Educator, Louis L. Ortmayer, United Temperance Movement of
Montana, Woman's Society of Christian Service) |
1947 |
| 5 / 4 | A-W (correspondents include Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, Idaho Narcotics Educator, Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction
Elizabeth Ireland, Montana Board of Health, Montana Temperance League, Prohibition
State Committee, Louis L. Ortmayer, United Temperance Movement of Montana, Whitefish Pilot) |
1948 |
| 5 / 5 | A-W (correspondents include Eagle Publishing
Company, Montana Governor John W. Bonner, Montana Superintendent of Public
Instruction Elizabeth Ireland, Montana Board of Health, Montana Temperance Union,
Prohibition State Committee, Louis L. Ortmayer, United Temperance Movement of
Montana) |
1949 |
| 5 / 6 | L-U (correspondents include Vernon E. Lewis, Montana
Governor John W. Bonner, Montana Board of Health, Edwin Osness, United Temperance
Movement) |
1950 |
| 5 / 7 | C-T (correspondents include Montana Council of
Churches Legislative Committee, Montana Board of Health, Montana Superintendent of
Public Instruction Mary M. Condon, Montana Legislative Assembly House Appropriations
Committee) |
1951 |
| 5 / 8 | C-M (correspondents include Linus Carleton, Missoula
Public Schools) |
1952 |
| 5 / 9 | A-U (correspondents include Wesley D'Ewart, U. S.
Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid) |
1953 |
| 5 / 10 | C-Y (correspondents include Yellowstone County
Council of Church Women) |
1954 |
| 5 / 11 | B-W (correspondents include Berthalee Broyles,
Committee Against Liquor Advertising, Hinsdale
Tribune, National Temperance and Prohibition Council, U. S. House of
Representatives, Western Jurisdiction Board of Temperance of the Methodis
Church) |
1955 |
| 5 / 12 | A-W (correspondents include Hinsdale Tribune, Montana Governor J. Hugo Aronson, President's Committee
for Traffic Safety, Revenue without Taxation Committee [pro legalized gambling]
) |
1956 |
| 5 / 13 | A-T (correspondents include Allied Youth Inc.,
American Business Men's Research Foundation, Labor Research Council, Mike Mansfield,
Montana Governor J. Hugo Aronson, Montana State University School of Religion,
Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company [re blood alcohol levels], Rural Gospel and
Medical Missions of India) |
1957 |
| 5 / 14 | A-Y (correspondents include American Business Men's
Research Foundation, Christian Herald Children's Home, Hinsdale Tribune, Japan International Christian University Foundation,
Montana Governor J. Hugo Aronson, Montana Highway Patrol, Sam Morris, Plymouth
Christian Youth Center, Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company [re blood alcohol
levels], President's Committee for Traffic Safety, Rural Gospel and Medical Missions
of India, Youth Christian Interest Group) |
1958 |
| 5 / 15 | B-T (correspondents include Education for Total
Abstinence Group, Montana Governor J. Hugo Aronson, Montana State Board of
Education, National Council of Women of the United States, Rural Gospel and Medical
Missions of India, L. P. Tonner, U. S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue) |
1959 |
| 5 / 16 | A-W (correspondents include Christian Children's
Fund, Mike Mansfield, Lee Metcalf, Montana Governor J. Hugo Aronson, Montana State
Liquor Control Board, National Council of Women of the United States, Network of
Patriotic Letter Writers, Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Prohibition National
Committee, U. S. Food and Drug Administration) |
1960 |
| 5 / 17 | A-W (correspondents include Montana Legislators and
Congressmen) |
1961 |
| 5 / 18 | A-R (correspondents include Church League of
America, Kwoi Girls' School, Thomas I. Lee, Rural Gospel and Medical Missions of
India) |
1962 |
| 5 / 19 | Montana Governor Tim Babcock |
1963 |
| 5 / 20 | K-W (correspondents include Kansas Conference of the
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Mennonite Broadcasters Inc., National Council Against
Conscription, M. Madeline Southard, Temperance Committee of the Protestant Churches
of Cascade County, Woman's Society of Christian Service) |
undated |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5 / 21 | Daybook |
1944-1960 |
| 5 / 22 | Expense book (includes expenses for field
work) |
1919-1920, 1929-1930 |
| 6 / 1 | Financial reports (includes Willard Memorial
Fund) |
1946-1962 |
| 6 / 2 | Income tax return RESTRICTED
|
1967 |
| 6 / 3 | Narcotics Education Commission account
books |
1947-1952 |
| 6 / 4 | Narcotics Education Commission
contributions |
1947-1948 |
| 6 / 5 | Narcotics Education Commission expense account
(includes description of work done) |
1947-1952 |
| 6 / 6 | Narcotics Education Commission financial
reports |
1947-1951 |
| 6 / 7 | Obligation and remittance forms for local
unions |
1968-1973 |
| 6 / 8-11 | Treasurers' record books #1-6 |
1883-1917 |
| 7 / 1-6 | Treasurers' record books #7-12 |
1917-1928 |
| 8 / 1-2 | Treasurers' record books #13-14 |
1928-1931 |
| 8 / 3-4 | Treasurers' reports |
1931-1932, 1954-1963, 1969-1970 |
| 8 / 5 | Western Newspaper Union plate bills |
1941-1942 |
| 8 / 6 | Miscellaneous |
1939-1967 |
Maps |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 7 | List of maps transferred to the Library Map
Collection |
undated |
Organizational Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8 / 8 | Constitutions (drafts, etc.) |
1932-1964, undated |
| 8 / 9 | Lists of local and state officers |
1932, 1945-1971 |
| 8 / 10 | Lists of local members |
1953-1965 |
| 8 / 11 | Lists of national officers and state
presidents |
1954-1960 |
| 8 / 12 | Membership books |
1921-1929 |
| 9 / 1-3 | Minutes of annual conventions |
1884-1891, 1895, 1902, 1908-1913 |
| 9 / 4-7 | Minutes of annual conventions and mid-year executive
meetings |
1914-1931 |
| 10 / 1-2 | Minutes of annual conventions and mid-year executive
meetings |
1932-1933, 1937-1939 |
| 10 / 3 | Minutes of annual conventions |
1940-1949 |
| 10 / 4-5 | Minutes of annual conventions (includes convention
programs) |
1950-1971 |
| 10 / 6 | Record book (includes constitution and minutes of
annual meetings) |
1883-1889 |
| 10 / 7-8 | Record book (includes lists of officers, local
unions, etc.) |
1913-1923 |
| 11 / 1-4 | Record book (includes lists of officers, local
unions, etc.) |
1923-1931 |
Photographs |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 11 / 5 | List of photographs transferred to the Photo
Archives |
undated |
Printed Materials |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 11 / 6 |
Action Bulletin (Research Associates
Inc.) |
1961-1963 |
| 11 / 7-8 | Re alcohol, alcohol abuse, etc. |
1942-1963 |
| 11 / 9 | Mary Long Alderson, Thirty-Four Years in the Montana Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
1896-1930
|
1932 |
| 11 / 10 | "Annual leaflet" |
1911-1917 |
| 11 / 11 | Biographical brochures (re Mary Harris Armor, Anna
A. Gordon, Mary B. Ervin, Lenadell Wiggins, Francis J. Barnes, and
others) |
1963, undated |
| 11 / 12 | Frances Maule Bjorkman, Woman
suffrage: history, arguments, and results; Emil Bogen and Lehmann W. S.
Hisey, What about alcohol?
|
1961-1963 |
| 12 / 1 | Catalogs of W.C.T.U. publications, films,
etc. |
1954-1977 |
| 12 / 2 | Re Communism, Americanism, etc. |
1943-1963, undated |
| 12 / 3 | Minne Rowe Crabb, Mrs. Gray
Bunny's children and Gray Bunny's children still
learning
|
1936, undated |
| 12 / 4 | Lindsay R. Curtis booklets re alcohol, smoking, and
drugs |
1966-1969 |
| 12 / 5 | Re drugs, gambling, prostitution, and venereal
disease |
1945-1964, undated |
| 12 / 6 | Anna A. Gordon, The beautiful
life of Frances E. Willard
|
1898 |
| 12 / 7 | Ernest Gordon, The wrecking
of the 18th Amendmentand Christ, the Apostles, and
wine
|
1943, 1944 |
| 12 / 8 | "Growth and progress of the W.C.T.U." |
1956-1964 |
| 12 / 9 | "Handbook" |
1924, 1957, 1965 |
| 12 / 10 | Alice Barnes Hoag and Mary Long Alderson, Historical sketch of the Montana Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, 1883-1912
|
1912 |
| 12 / 11 | Elma Holloway, Alcohol and
youth
|
1960 |
| 13 / 1 | List of printed material transferred to the
Library |
undated |
| 13 / 2 | Renwick Harper Martin, The
fourth "r" in American education; E. A. Morgan, Temperance plays for radio or stage
|
1957, 1951 |
| 13 / 3 |
National LTL bulletin (Loyal Temperance
League) |
1957-1960 |
| 13 / 4 |
National YTC bulletin (Youth Temperance
Council) |
1953-1960, 1968 |
| 13 / 5 | Newsletters (miscellaneous) |
1925-1960 |
| 13 / 6 | Francis P. Parks, The first
fifty years
|
1924 |
| 13 / 7 | "Program guide" and "Membership plans and
awards" |
1949-1976 |
| 13 / 8 | Re prohibition and repeal |
1908-1963 |
| 13 / 9 |
The promoter
|
1955-1963 |
| 13 / 10 | Re religion |
1938-1961, undated |
| 13 / 11 | Scriptographic booklets re voting, freedom,
alcoholism, the flag, government, constitution, law, etc. |
1958-1971 |
| 13 / 12 | Re smoking |
1949-1967 |
| 14 / 1 | Songbooks: W.C.T.U./ (includes "Songs for boys and
girls of the LTL") |
1928, 1947, 1955, undated |
| 14 / 2 | Songbooks and hymnals (miscellaneous) |
1931-1949 |
| 14 / 3 | Helen E. Tyler, Where prayer
and purpose meet: the W.C.T.U. story
|
1949 |
| 14 / 4 |
Union signal
|
1953-1963 |
| 14 / 5 | E. C. Utter, Parliamentary
law at a glance (2 editions) |
1938, 1949 |
| 14 / 6 | "W.C.T.U. catechism and principles"; "Headquarters
of National W.C.T.U."; "The W.C.T.U.: the pioneer of women's clubs"; "Handy booklet
of the World's W.C.T.U." |
undated |
| 14 / 7 | W.C.T.U. publications from other states and
countries |
1946-1963 |
| 14 / 8 |
White ribbon bulletin
|
1960-1976 |
| 14 / 9 |
The young crusader
|
1952-1959, 1963 |
Reports |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 1 | Corresponding secretary |
1946-1963 |
| 15 / 2-5 | Department directors ("Efficiency standards")[some
gaps] |
1946-1975 |
| 15 / 6 | Life-Line Unions |
1957-1964 |
| 15 / 7-15 | Local unions [some gaps] |
1949-1975 |
| 15 / 16 | State president |
1950-1962 |
Subject Files |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15 / 17 | Alcoholic beverage advertising |
1957, undated |
| 15 / 18 | American Mothers Committee |
1959, undated |
| 15 / 19 | "Behind the skyscrapers" [re distribution of
film] |
1962 |
| 15 / 20 | Drinking and driving |
1955-1967 |
| 15 / 21 | Duties and requirements of officers; study of
departments |
1946-1958 |
| 15 / 22 | Gold Certificate campaign (fundraising for
temperance education) |
1938-1939 |
| 15 / 23 | Fluoridation of water |
1959-1960 |
| 16 / 1 | Local survey (re liquor stores, bars, etc. in
Montana towns; includes plats and copies of Montana liquor regulations) |
1933-1940 |
| 16 / 2 | Local union promotion |
1946-1961, undated |
| 16 / 3 | Loyal Temperance Legion (LTL) |
1945-1969 |
| 16 / 4 | Methodist Board of Temperance |
1957-1964 |
| 16 / 5 | Montana State Board of Health. Narcotics and
Alcoholism Advisory Board. |
1953 |
| 16 / 6 | Montana State Narcotics Education Commission
(includes W.C.T.U. Narcotics Education Bureau materials) |
1940-1975 |
| 16 / 7 | W.C.T.U. Bureau of Legislation |
1945-1972, undated |
| 16 / 8 | W.C.T.U. Circulation Department |
1939-1946 |
| 16 / 9 | W.C.T.U. Department of Armed Services |
1955-1960, undated |
| 16 / 10 | W.C.T.U. Department of Character Education; Department of
Moral Education |
1954-1966, undated |
| 16 / 11 | W.C.T.U. Department of Child Welfare |
1940-1966, undated |
| 16 / 12 | W.C.T.U. Department of Christian Citizenship |
1954-1966 |
| 16 / 13 | W.C.T.U. Department of Christian Outreach |
1964-1972, undated |
| 16 / 14 | W.C.T.U. Department of Citizens' Education; Department of
Citizenship |
1948-1976 |
| 16 / 15 | W.C.T.U. Department of Drama and Pageantry |
1955-1957, undated |
| 17 / 1 | W.C.T.U. Department of Education (includes teaching aids,
poster contests, essay contests, etc. |
1965-1974, undated |
| 17 / 2 | W.C.T.U. Department of Flower Mission and Relief |
1955-1963, undated |
| 17 / 3 | W.C.T.U. Department of Health and Medical Temperance |
1946-1964, undated |
| 17 / 4 | W.C.T.U. Department of Institutes (programs, etc.) |
1945-1966, undated |
| 17 / 5 | W.C.T.U. Department of International Relations for
Peace |
1955-1966, undated |
| 17 / 6 | W.C.T.U. Department of Literature |
1940-1966, undated |
| 17 / 7 | W.C.T.U. Department of Natural Fruit Beverages (includes
recipes for non-alcoholic beverages) |
1946-1975, undated |
| 17 / 8 | W.C.T.U. Department of Organization (includes membership
dues, etc.) |
1946-1976, undated |
| 17 / 9 | W.C.T.U. Department of Parliamentary Law |
1939-1970, undated |
| 17 / 10 | W.C.T.U. Department of Radio and Television |
1941-1961, undated |
| 17 / 11 | W.C.T.U. Department of Religious Education (includes
Sunday School and Bible lessons) |
1946-1961, undated |
| 17 / 12 | W.C.T.U. Department of Scientific Temperance
Instruction |
1951-1966, undated |
| 17 / 13 | W.C.T.U. Department of Social Services |
1962-1972 |
| 17 / 14 | W.C.T.U. Department of Spiritual Life |
1955-1964 |
| 17 / 15 | W.C.T.U. Department of Temperance Education in Church
Schools (includes "Quarterly temperance lesson") |
1955-1966 |
| 17 / 16 | W.C.T.U. Department of Visual Education; Projection
Methods Department |
1946-1976, undated |
| 17 / 17 | W.C.T.U. Field Service |
1936-1941, undated |
| 17 / 18 | W.C.T.U. Home Protection Department (includes White
Ribbon materials) |
1952-1972, undated |
| 17 / 19 | W.C.T.U. Leadership Training School |
1955-1970 |
| 17 / 20 | W.C.T.U. Publicity Department |
1946-1972 |
| 17 / 21 | W.C.T.U. Research Bureau (includes facts and figures
on alcohol use) |
1946-1956, undated |
| 18 / 1 | W.C.T.U. Sojourner Truth (re African American local
unions) |
1956-1959 |
| 18 / 2 | W.C.T.U. Speech Contest Department (includes "Approved
selections" booklets) |
1946-1964, undated |
| 18 / 3 | W.C.T.U. Temperance and Missions Department (includes
Life-Line Union materials) |
1946-1966 |
| 18 / 4 | W.C.T.U. Young People's Branch (includes Life-Line
Union materials) |
1922, 1925 |
| 18 / 5 | White House Conference on Children and
Youth |
1960 |
| 18 / 6 | White Ribbon Recruits |
1955-1963 |
| 18 / 7 | Frances E. Willard |
1905-1961 |
| 18 / 8 | The Woman's Crusade |
undated |
| 18 / 9 |
Woman's voice materials for publication,
etc.) |
1957-1964 |
| 18 / 10 | Workshops, planning conferences, training
conferences, summer school programs, etc. |
1945-1957 |
| 18 / 11-12 | Youth Temperance Council |
1936-1965, undated |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 18 / 13 | Addresses, sermons, etc. (Warren G. Harding, Ronald
Reagan, etc.) |
1921, 1958, undated |
| 18 / 14 | Coloring sheets for children (including "The
adventures of Jack Sack") |
1954-1955 |
| 18 / 15 | "First Years" (notes on Montana W.C.T.U. by Mrs. T.
V. Carpenter) |
undated |
| 18 / 16 | "Flannel-O-Graph" materials (temperance and health
lessons for flannel boards) |
undated |
| 19 / 1 | Flathead County Federation of Women's Clubs program;
National Federation of Music Clubs State and District Presidents Council
minutes |
1957 |
| 19 / 2 | Itineraries, schedules, calendars of events,
etc. |
1936-1971 |
| 19 / 3 | List of artifacts transferred to the
Museum |
undated |
| 19 / 4 | Loyal Temperance Legion scrapbooks |
1950s |
| 19 / 5 | Mailing lists |
undated |
| 19 / 6 | Membership pledge cards, certificates,
etc. |
1940-1962 |
| 19 / 7 | "My Ought-To Mobile" kit |
1958 |
| 19 / 8 | "Outline of 1942 newspaper program" |
1942 |
| 19 / 9 | Petitions |
undated |
| 19 / 10 | Quotations |
undated |
| 19 / 11 | Report forms |
undated |
| 19 / 12 | Skits, radio plays, etc. |
1940-1958, undated |
| 19 / 13 | Song sheets |
1937-1959, undated |
| 19 / 14 | Union Signal "Daisy chain" |
undated |
| 19 / 15 | W.C.T.U. promotional posters, ink blotters,
cartoons, stamps, etc. |
undated |
| Oversize Folder | ||
| 1 | W.C.T.U. promotional posters, bumper stickers, etc.
(includes flannel board and figures) [Oversize Folder] |
undated |
| cardbox | ||
| 20 |
Woman's voice mailing list card file [card
box] |
1962 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 16 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Clippings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 17 | Miscellaneous |
1921-1969 |
Kalispell W.C.T.U.Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
General Correspondence |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 19 / 18-20 | Chronological |
1942-1973, undated |
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 21 / 1-2 | Bank statements |
1955-1973 |
| 21 / 3 | Bill of sale on purchase of a sign [removed from
minute book, for preservation reasons] |
1955 |
| 21 / 4 | Receipt books |
1961-1966 |
| 21 / 5 | Treasurer's record book |
1952-1971 |
| 21 / 6 | Treasurer's notebooks |
1957-1973 |
Organizational Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 21 / 7 | Membership book and list of honorary male
members |
1916-1923 |
| 21 / 8 | Membership book and list |
1944-1951 |
| 21 / 9-10 | Minute books |
1910-1922 |
| 21 / 11-12 | Minute books: Frances E. Willard local
union |
1941-1943 |
| 22 / 1-5 | Minute books: Frances E. Willard local
union |
1943-1973 |
| 22 / 6 | Programs (includes convention programs from 1925,
1927) |
1924-1928, 1952, 1954 |
| 22 / 7 | Programs: Frances E. Willard local union |
1939-1970 |
| 22 / 8 | Resolution on conscription; local union information
sheet |
1938, undated |
Miscellany |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 22 / 9 | Scrapbook |
1937-1950 |
| 23 / 1 | Scrapbook |
1964-1965 |
| Volume | ||
| 1 | Scrapbook |
1967-1970 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 23 / 2 | Scrapbook |
undated |
Clippings |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 23 / 3 | Miscellaneous |
1941-1968 |
W.C.T.U. national union, district unions, and local unionsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Financial Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 23 / 4 | Cash book: District #3, Flathead and Lake
counties |
1927-1933 |
Organizational Records |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 23 / 5 | Constitution and bylaws: Forsyth local
union |
1923 |
| 23 / 6 | Minutes: Culbertson local union |
undated |
| 23 / 7 | Minutes: District #1 |
1942-1957 |
| 23 / 8 | Minutes: Glendive local union (includes Glendive
Institute) |
undated |
| 23 / 9 | Minutes: Libby local union |
1954, 1963 |
| 23 / 10 | Minutes: National W.C.T.U. Executive Committee and
Official Board (includes resolutions) |
1957, 1970 |
| 23 / 11 | Minutes: Smith Valley Young People's
Branch |
1916 |
| 23 / 12 | Programs: Columbia Falls local union |
1951 |
| 23 / 13 | Programs: District #3, Flathead and Lake counties |
1928 |
| 23 / 14 | Programs: Great Falls regional
conference |
1961 |
| 23 / 15 | Programs: Whitefish local union |
1927 |
Reports |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 24 / 1-8 | National W.C.T.U. annual convention
reports |
1926, 1937-1959, 1963 |
| 24 / 9 | New York W.C.T.U. annual reports |
1938-1939, 1947 |
| 24 / 10 | Ohio W.C.T.U. annual reports |
1946-1948 |
| 24 / 11 | World W.C.T.U. annual reports |
1941, 1947 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Alcoholism--Prevention--Montana
- Liquor industry--Montana
- Liquor laws--Montana
- Prohibition--Montana
- Temperance--Societies, etc.--Montana
- Women--Societies and clubs--Montana
- Women--Suffrage--Montana
Corporate Names
- Montana Woman's Christian Temperance Union (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Sue Jackson, 1987.
2006
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