View of parade, on right background is the first Minneapolis Armory located at 8th Street between 1st Avenue South (Marquette) and 2nd Avenue South. See also MS0210-MS0213, MS0215-MS0220; MS0219 similar to MS0210; according to the Minnesota Woman's Christian Temperance Union 1877-1939, page 95, this parade was held on May 14, 1910, """"all temperance and may other organizations, churches and Sunday Schools took part in the great parade, made colorful with many banners and floats, bands of music leading many sections and singing """"Minnesota Is Going Dry"""" with original temperance songs sung as thousands watched the long parade on Hennepin and Nicollet Avenues;""""
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
View of a parade float drawn by four horses some of the individuals on the float are dressed in white short jacket and white hat, words on the float "home protected...and the saloon licensed...same flag" with unpaved streets with streetcar tracks. Trees have not yet leafed out. Photographer may have been E. D. Mayo. See also MS0210-MS0213, MS0215-MS0220; see MS0210 for more information.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
First Minneapolis Armory visible; carriage filled with well dressed men and women. See also MS0210-MS0213, MS0215-MS0220; MS0219 similar to MS0210; see MS0210 for more information.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Parade with wagon pulled by horse filled with women banner on wagon, "There are many evils but the greatest of all is intemperance." Streetcar tracks are visible. See also MS0210-MS0213, MS0215-MS0220.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Paper presented by Monsignor James M. Reardon at the 1909 annual conventions of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of St. Paul, Minnesota, and of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: HV5072 .R4 1909
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Issue 43 (August, 1899) of Temperance Truth, a pamphlet series published between 1892 and 1903 for the Catholic Total Abstinence Union, edited by Rev. Alexander P. Doyle. This issue contains the text of an address on temperance given on July 20, 1899, at the Cork Opera House in Ireland by Catholic temperance crusader Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul, Minnesota. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: HV5072 .I74 1899
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University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Bishop John Ireland's lecture on intemperance and law, presented March 10, 1884, in the Music Hall in Buffalo, New York, at the invitation of the Citizens' Reform Association. Attendees included Bishop Patrick John Ryan and representatives from other religious denominations. Includes brief article entitled How women can oppose intemperance, taken from an address by Cardinal Manning. Library call no.: HV5072 .I72 1884
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Paper presented by Monsignor James M. Reardon, president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of St. Paul, Minnesota, at the 34th annual convention held in Minnneapolis, Minnesota, on June 27-28, 1905. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: HV5110.S65 R4 1905
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Société de Temperance de la Paroisse St. Louis, de St. Paul, Minnesota
Date Created:
1875
Description:
Constitution and regulations of the Temperance Society of the Parish of Saint Louis King of France in St. Paul, Minnesota, a Roman Catholic French national parish serving French Candadian immigrants. Lists the Society's dues, member expectations, violations, fines, policies, and parliamentary procedures for conducting Society business. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: HV5298.S3 C5 1875
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
From a bi-weekly periodical titled Vatican Library (Issue 22, Mar. 15, 1884). Contents: Plea for temperance by Father Thomas Nicholas Burke; Catholic temperance cause by Rev. Henry Athanasius Brann; Wise prelate's warning by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley; Doctrine of the Catholic Church about liquor by Bishop Bernard O'Reilly of Liverpool; Rules for home education; Liquor traffic and law by Bishop John Ireland; Peril of the age (on newspapers) by Bishop Joseph Thomas Duhamel of Ottawa; and Notes on Catholic reading. Library call no.: HV5072 .T9 1884
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Proceedings of the twenty-fourth general convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America held in St. Paul, Minnesota, August 1, 2, and 3, 1894. Appendix includes: Convention address of 94 by Joseph Bernard Cotter, Bishop of Winona and president of the national CTAU; The duty of Catholics in temperance work by Archbishop John Ireland; Minutes of the mass meeting, Aug. 2, 1894, including keynote address by Dr. McSweeny of New York; Educational work in the temperance movement by Alexander Patrick Doyle; and the constitution of the CTAU of America. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: HV5287.C3 A3 1894
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
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."
Broadside claiming"Alcohol blots! 3.2 beer contains alcohol enough to be dangerous! Alcohol dims the vision, alcohol dulls the hearing, alcohol slows the muscle action, alcohol muddles the brain. Be wise...abstain! Beverage alochol is a blot of society!"
A typical Norwegian temperance district convention held in northwestern Wisconsin in the 1920s. Delegates from local socieities and people of the area would meet to hear speakers, music, and fellowship.
Photograph collage of the members of the Norwegian-American temperance movement. Includes: Gustav Eide, O. Br. Olson, Waldmar Ager, F.L. Tronsdal, O.S. Sneve, J.J. Skordalsvold, E.E. Lobeck, J.L. Nydahl, Theo S. Reimstad, Adelsten Berge, Anna Qvale Andersen, O. Løkensgaard, K.T. Thorvildsen, B.B. Haugan, H.P. Rud, and K. Lokensgaard.
Studio portrait of Gustav and Christine Eide who were married in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Eide was very active in the Norse Temperance movement in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Photograph collage of the members of the Wisconsin Totalafholdsselskab (Total Abstinence Society). Includes: E.T. Saugstad, Theo. Thorsen, F.L. Tronsdal, E.E. Lobeck, P.S. Thompson, Rev. Chr. Ytterhus, and Rev. O. Gulbrandson.
Broadside saying to "Go and see Gustav Eide (Secretary for Minnesota Totalafholdsselskab) give lectures about the saloon and drinking water in free access. Minnesota Totalafholdsselskab was the Norwegian Total Abstinence group and Eide was a leader in the Norwegian-American Temperance movement.
Formal portrait of leaders in the Norwegian Temperance Movement. Top row, left to right: F.L. Tronsdal, unidentified, Alfred Gabrielsen, Theodore Reimestad, unidentified. Middle row: Waldemar Ager, B.B. Haugan, T.K. Thorvildson, Ole Br. Olsen, Gustav Eide. Bottom row: Andrew Wold and Inga Moen.
Pamphlet comparing Fargo, North Dakota to Moorhead, Minnesota and the differences between the cities in terms of the number of saloons, city debt, city tax rate, and miles of pavement, water mains, and sewers. Includes the phrase, "The towns are not a mile apart."
Pamphlet showing the benefits to the town of Willmar, Minnesota after six years of being dry. The results include decreased taxes and an increase in post office receipts, bank deposits, and population.
Pamphlet on the annual report of the administrative director of the United Temperance Movement of Minnesota for the fiscal year ending October 21, 1944.
Pamphlet for Honorable Engebret E. Lobeck, a prohibition candidate for governor of Minnesota. Lobeck ran on the Prohibition Party ticket in the 1912 election.