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These records of the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) include materials on legislation involving tobacco, alcohol, and teacher's moral standards; a proposed amendment to repel Kansas prohibition; several manuscripts including "The Long Struggle for Prohibition in Kansas" by Judge Richard J. Hopkins and "The Devil's Brew" by Harry W. Brent; meeting minutes and correspondence concerning the Kansas Industrial Alcohol Bill of 1933; legislation introduced by the Kansas Children's Code Commission; decision of the Kansas Supreme Court on Women's Wages; proposals for a memorial to Governor John P. St. John; a letter from Wichita Chief of Police, O.W. Wilson, enclosing a research report on marijuana compiled for the Inter-Club Committee for the Advancement of Civic Responsibility; flyers; poems; and convention registration books.
Date: 1910-1938
Item Number: 227528
Call Number: Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union/Mary Evelyn Dobbs Coll. #170, Box 2 Folder 13 - Box 4 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227528
Business and Industry - Manufacturing - Food and Drink - Liquor and beer
Business and Industry - Manufacturing - Tobacco products
Collections - Manuscript - KWCTU/Mary Evelyn Dobbs
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book - Account
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Manuscript
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Minutes
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Notebook
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Poem
People - Notable Kansans - Dobbs, Mary E.
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Account book
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Minutes
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