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Temperance Movement Papers (P0594)

Title: Temperance Movement Papers (P0594)
Identifier: P0594
Description: Articles, reports, songs, stories, and pamphlets concerning the temperance movement among Norwegian Americans. There are reports from organizations in Alberta, Canada, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, and articles by Waldemar Ager, Adolf Bredesen, Carl E. Carlson, Theodor H. Dahl, Knut Gjerset, Paul M. Glasoe, and Gjermund Hoyme.

Digitized by the Minnesota Digital Library.; The catalog record for the Temperance Movement Papers is available online here.

Collection Items

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Sangbog for Afholds=og Ungdomsmøter, Minneapolis, Minnesota, circa 1918

Songbook for the Minnesota Total Abstinence Association.
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Goodtemplarordenens Konstitution, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet about the constitution of the International Order of Good Templars.
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Minnesota Avholdsselskap i kamp for "A Dry State," Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet on Minnesota being a dry state with the prohibition amendment and opinions from prominent Norwegian-Americans in Minnesota.
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Hon. E. E. Lobeck Prohibition Candidate for Governor, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet for Hon. E. E. Lobeck, a prohibition candidate for governor of Minnesota. Lobeck ran on the Prohibition Party ticket.
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Memorandum and Manual of Information: Some Facts About the Liquor Situation in Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet on facts about the liquor situation in Minnesota.
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Think After Ten Years Test One Town Had, The Other Had, Minnesota

Pamphlet comparing Fargo, North Dakota to Moorhead, Minnesota.
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"The Key to the Liquor Problem in Questions and Answers," Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet showing answers to the liquor problem and reminding voters to not forget the primaries and general election.
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Do You Want This In Your Town?, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet showing the benefits of Willmar, Minnesota after six years of being dry.
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Statement of County Opinion by Hon. Seaborn Wright, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet on the statement of Hon. Seaborn Wright. Wright was a politician from Georgia a strident prohibitionist.
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Don't Vote To Kill Your Town, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet stating the prohibition towns are gaining populations faster than wet towns.
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Stop! Read! Think!, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet covering the business standpoint of why a no-license town is a great success.
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Summary of the annual report of Herberg H. Parish, administrative director of the United Temperance Movement of Minnesota, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet on the annual report of the administrative director of the United Temperance Movement of Minnesota for the fiscal year ending October 21, 1944.
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"A Birthright Restored" or County Opinion -- What It Is and How It Will Work, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet of an address given by P. J. Youngdahl. Youngdahl was the state superintendent for the Minnesota Anti-Saloon League.
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The Truth and Some Statements of the Liquor Interests Side by Side, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet by the Minnesota Anti Saloon League comparing truths and statements of the liquor interests.
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Business Men Prefer "No License," Minnesota

Pamphlet on statements from cities throughout Minnesota on "no-license."
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The Minnesota Dry Federation: Its Plans and Why It Was Organized, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pamphlet covering why the Minnesota Dry Federation was organized and its plans.
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Postcard of Andrew S. Sather, Rice Lake, Wisconsin

Postcard showing Andrew S. Sather of Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Sather travelled extensively for the cause of Temperance among the Norwegians.
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Postcard of the St. Olav Lodge of the International Organisation of Good Templars

Postcard is addressed to Charles Johnson.
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Postcard of Heiberg Park, Twin Valley, Minnesota

Postcard is addressed to Waldemar Ager.
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A gospel temperance meeting by P.I. Williams broadside, Minnesota

Broadside saying there will be a gospel temperance meeting by P.I. Williams. It claims" Mr. Williams speaks from experiences, having ben for a number of years a confirmed inebriate, and his utterances have the ring of sincerity and are marked by practical common sense."

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