The Correspondence series dates from 1910 to 1972, with the bulk of material dating after 1950.
Box 1
1910-June 1967
(18 folders)
Box 2
July 1967-June 1971
(20 folders)
Box 3
July 1971-December 1972
(9 folders)
Minutes and other papers [series]
The Minutes and other papers series includes minutes of the proceedings of the Prohibition Party's national executive committee and national conventions in the period of 1888-1971. These records are continuous from 1888 to 1919.
Box 4
Undated, 1940-1972
(16 folders)
Box 4
Sarah Ulmer estate
(4 folders)
Oversize Volume 1
Minutes of proceedings of National Executive Committee and of the National Convention 1888-1919
(2 volumes)
Minutes of National Committee and National Executive Committee
Box 4
1917-1928
Box 4
Scattered issues 1951-1971
Convention minutes and related
Box 4
1912-1928
Box 4
1947-1955
Convention addresses
Box 4
1916-1924
Box 4
1940-1968
Box 4
Report of National chairmen and executive secretary 1949-1956
State and regional materials
Box 4
1920-1925
Box 4
1960-1972
Box 4
Campaign materials 1919-1924
Financial materials
Box 4
1904-1927
Box 4
1944-1960
Box 4
1961-1970
Box 4
Contributions 1963-1965
Receipt book
Box 4
1965-1968
Box 4
1969-1972
Press and printed [series]
The Press and printed series consists of newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, press releases, newsletters and miscellaneous printed material.
Newspaper clippings
Box 5
Undated
Box 5
1924
Box 5
1925-1950
Box 5
1951-1959
Box 5
1960-1966
Box 5
1967-1968
Box 5
1969-1971
Scrapbook
Box 5
1901-1920, undated
Box 5
1933
Box 5
Press releases 1963-1967
Box 5
Printed material 1908-1972
(2 portfolios)
Box 6
Printed material 1960s
(1 portfolios)
Box 6
Prohibition songs 1944-1949
Box 6
State and regional prohibition newsletters
Sound recordings [series]
Box 6
Addresses of Rutherford L. Decker, E.A. Holtwick, Wilbur Hammaker, Rollin M. Severance, E. Harold Munn, Virgil Brock, and Earl Dodge
(13 audiotapes (5" and 7" reel-to-reel))
Other organizations [series]
The Other organizations series includes materials pertaining to the National Temperance and Prohibition Council and the Prohibition Party of Michigan. Included are minutes, 1872 and 1933-1934, of the Michigan State Central Committee.
Box 7
E. Scrymgeour and the British Prohibition Party 1918-1930
National Temperance and Prohibition Council
Box 7
1951-1958
Box 7
1963-1967
Box 7
1968-1972
Prohibition Party of Michigan
Minutes
Box 7
Of the State Central Committee 1872
Box 7
1933-1934, 1961
Box 7
Minute book 1933-1942 including minutes, 1947-1953 of Kalamazoo County Prohibition Committee 1933-1953
Correspondence
Box 7
1933
Box 7
1934
Box 7
1936-1944
Printed material
Box 7
1929-1933
Box 7
1934-1944
Papers
Box 7
Undated
Box 7
1934
Box 7
1935
Box 7
1936-1940
Box 7
1941-1943
Box 7
1944
Box 7
1945-1950
Box 7
1951-1966
Visual Materials [series]
The Visual materials series includes both photographs and motion pictures. The photographs are of the Party's presidential candidates, other individuals, and party activities; There also some editorial cartoons. The films are of party conventions.
Photographs [subseries]
Prohibition Party presidential candidates and campaigns
Box 7
Babson, Roger W. (1940)
Box 7
Chafin, Eugene W. (1908 and 1912)
Box 7
Colvin, D. Leigh (1936)
Box 7
Decker, Rutherford L. (1960)
Box 7
Dodge, Earl F. (1984)
(the photos are all earlier than 1984)
Box 7
Hamblen, Stuart (1952)
Box 7
Holtwick, Enoch A. (1956)
Box 7
Munn, Earl H., Sr. (1964, 1968, and 1972)
Box 7
Watson, Claude A. (1944 and 1948)
Box 7
Activities
Box 7
Editorial cartoons
(see also oversize folder Bt Out)
Box 7
Individuals, Identified
Box 7
Individuals, Unidentified
Box 7
National convention, Winona Lake, Indiana
Box 7
Miscellaneous
Box 7
Negatives
(staff use only)
Motion pictures [subseries]
Box 8
Convention: Enoch A. Holtwick acceptance speech 1956
(ca. 30 minutes)
Box 8
Convention 1963
(3 film reels (various times, ca. 15-30 min.))
(various times, ca. 15-30 min.)
Box 8
"The Brain is the Reason," Presented by the National Women's Christian Temperance Union; produced by Chicago Film Laboratories; revised by Charles Cahill and Associates. 1958
(ca. 25 min.)
(This is a reedited version of "It's the Brain that Counts")
Box 8
"Cancer by the Carton," Presented by the American Temperance Society; produced by Leston O. Post 1958
(ca. 30 min., color)
Box 8
"Skid Row," (documentary of Skid Row Chicago) Produced by Fred S. Niemann. circa 1950
(ca. 25 min.)
