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These materials relate to the Kansas Department of the Anti-Saloon League of America. Correspondence is primarily between State Superintendent W.J. Herwig and Reverend Milo G. Kelser, field manager at the Anti-Saloon League of America headquarters in Westerville, Ohio. Correspondence is also exchanged with Reverend Julius Smith and Professor O. G. Markham of Baldwin City. Travel itineraries, legislation, and the effects of World War I are frequent topics of conversation. The group sought to organize prohibition meetings in conjunction with Sunday church services around the state. Monthly financial reports are also included.
Date: 1917
Item Number: 227804
Call Number: Temperance History Coll. #645, Box 20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227804
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - History - Temperance
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Anti-Saloon League
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Kansas State Temperance Union
Community Life - Religion - Christianity
Date - 1910s - 1917
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Alcohol consumption
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Places - Cities and towns - Baldwin City
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Ohio
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Financial records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records
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