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Box 1

 Container

Contains 18 Collections and/or Records:

Maryland Temperance collection

 Collection — Box: 1 0381-MDHC
Scope and Contents

The Maryland Temperance Collection spans the years 1848 to 1922 and comprises a variety of materials about the temperance movement in the state, including constitutions, reports and correspondence of temperance societies, fliers for temperance events, advertisements for temperance political candidates and a postcard depicting a temperance rally. The collection shows how the temperance movement marketed itself to gain political and social power.

Dates: 1848-1922; Majority of material found within 1886-1909

Maryland Temperance Materials, 1848-1922

 Series — Box: 1 1
Scope and Contents This series is divided into two folders -- temperance organization materials and temperance events and political materials. The temperance events and political materials folder contains advertisements for a temperance pic-nic and pro-temperance political candidates, as well as a postcard of a temperance rally and an advertisement for a pro-temperance book. The temperance organization folder contains constitutions of divisions of the Sons of Temperance and the...
Dates: 1848-1922