Title: Women’s Christian Temperance Union of North Dakota Records
Dates: 1882-1997
Collection Number: MSS 10133
Quantity: 8 feet
Abstract: Records consist of annual convention minutes and reports, constitution, correspondence, organizational history, records of the Florence Crittenden home, activities, scrapbooks, obituaries, news clippings, printed material, financial records, songbooks, photographs and post cards, audio visual material, and records of local and
district chapters. Also includes minutes and reports from the annual meetings of the WCTU of Dakota (1884-1889).
Provenance: The collection was donated in various increments beginning in the 1950s. A gift agreement was signed by Jeannette Waldie and Helen McCleary on August 23, 1995. This finding aid was created by Emily E. Schultz in February 2012.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
Copyrights: Copyrights to materials in this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code and an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.
Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Transfer: Photographs were transferred to the State Archives Photograph Collections in August 1982 and February 1986. Eight artifacts were transferred to the Museum Division in March 1982. See case file for details. Material was also transferred from the Liessman manuscript collection (10113). Publications and additional artifacts were offered to the State Archives Publications and to the Museums Division in February 2012. Correspondence and photographs from Era Bell Thompson to Mrs. Charles Liessman were removed and added to MSS 20673.
BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY
Oversized or loose:
Audio recordings:
“Barbara and Butch In No-No Land” audio recording
“Let's Talk About VD” audio recording
“The Cancer Challenge to Youth and To Smoke or Not to Smoke” audio recording
Film:
“Any Boy USA” (two)
“Behind The Skyscrapers”
“Power of Decision (Temperance)”
“Short Distance Runner”
“The Brain Is the Reason”
“The Choice is Yours”
“The Park #60”
“The Park #82”
“Theobald Faces the Facts
Scrapbooks:
Scrapbook, n. d.
Scrapbook, n. d.
Scrapbook: Benedict (ND), 1952-1959
Scrapbook: Honor Roll Second World War, 1941-1945
Scrapbook: WCTU of Minot (ND), 1952-1959
Promotional and membership posters (map case drawer)
Box 1:
1 WCTU of Dakota annual meeting minutes and reports, 1884-1889
2 WCTU of ND annual convention/meeting minutes and reports, 1894-1897
3 WCTU of ND annual convention/meeting minutes and reports, 1898-1899, 1904
4 WCTU of ND annual convention/meeting minutes and reports, 1915, 1920-1924
5 WCTU of ND annual convention/meeting minutes and reports, 1925-1930
6 WCTU of ND annual convention/meeting minutes and reports, 1931-1936 (missing 1932)
7 WCTU of ND annual convention/meeting minutes and reports, 1937-1946 (missing 1943 and 1945)
8 WCTU of ND annual convention/meeting minutes and reports, 1947-1956 (missing 1955)
9 WCTU of ND annual convention/meeting minutes and reports, 1957-1964 (missing 1963)
10 WCTU of ND annual convention/meeting minutes and reports, 1983, 1990-1997 (missing 1991 and 1995)
11 WCTU of ND constitution
12 WCTU of ND correspondence, 1897, 1899
13 WCTU of ND reports, ca. 1908-1909
14 WCTU of ND and WCTU of Dakota history, 1900-1989
15 WCTU of ND Florence Crittenden home (Fargo) record book/register, 1892-1894
16 WCTU of ND Florence Crittenden home (Fargo) record book/register, ca. 1908
17 WCTU of ND Fargo headquarters visitor’s register, 1920-1922
18 WCTU of ND inventory of records at the State Historical Society of ND, 1950
19 WCTU of ND activities (Youth Temperance Education Week)
20 WCTU of ND scrapbook, ca. 1890-1900 (see oversized items for additional scrapbooks)
21 WCTU of ND obituaries
22 WCTU of ND newspaper clippings
23 WCTU of ND certificates
24 WTCU Songbooks
25 Manual of the Prohibition Laws in North Dakota, 1910
26 Proposed repeal of state prohibition, 1932
27 “Prohibition Facts: Questions and Answers,” 1932-1933
28 Wine Institute - Facts on North Dakota, 1935
Box 2:
1 WCTU of ND printed material
2 WCTU of ND printed material
3 WCTU photographs and post cards
4 WCTU film strips and scripts:
“For a More Charming You”
“The Secret of Your Popularity”
“Fact or Fancy, BS-23 Alcohol”
“Smoking’s Something to Think About”
“Smoking… or Health”
“Alcohol: Fun or Folly”
(see oversized items for additional audio-visual material)
5 WCTU of Bismarck membership list and report, 1930-1931
6 WCTU of Bismarck secretary’s book, 1939-1946
7 WCTU of Bismarck partial history
8 WCTU of Bismarck, miscellaneous records (correspondence, printed material, certificates)
9 WCTU Bismarck District minutes and convention programs, 1961-1995
10 WCTU of Bottineau program, 1936
11 WCTU of Cass County minute book, 1901-1910
12 WCTU 6th District (Dickinson area) convention program, 1910
13 WCTU of West Fairview membership roll book, 1894-1907
14 WCTU of Fairview minute book, 1889-1909
15 WCTU of Fairview record of WCTU work, 1903
16 WCTU of Fairview, financial books, 1906-1939 and 1939-1950
17 WCTU of Fairview minute book, 1910-1917
18 WCTU of West Fairview minute book, 1950-1960
19 WCTU Central of Fargo minutes, 1882-1885
20 WCTU Central of Fargo secretary’s record book, 1886-1892
21 WCTU Central of Fargo secretary’s record book, 1892-1897
Box 3:
1 WCTU Central of Fargo miscellaneous records, ca. 1908-1910
2 WCTU of Fargo secretary’s record book, 1899-1905
3 WCTU of Fargo secretary’s record book, 1905-1909
4 Scandinavian WCTU of Fargo secretary’s record book, 1898-1905
5 Scandinavian WCTU of Fargo secretary’s record book, 1906-1913
6 WCTU of Minot minute book, 1976-1981
7 WCTU of Minot minute book, 1982-1990
Box 4:
1 WCTU of Ransom County minute book, 1898-1914
2 WCTU of Steele correspondence and report, 1992-1994
3 WCTU of Steele financial ledger, 1928-1932
4 WCTU of Steele minutes, 1934-1940
5 WCTU of Steele minutes, 1938-1941
6 WCTU of Steele minutes, 1964-1977
7 WCTU of Steele financial ledger, 1971-1989
8 WCTU of Steele minutes and convention minutes, 1992-1995
9 WCTU of Traill County convention report, 1899
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