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Temperance -- Societies, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Coventry Temperance Society records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065229381]
Identifier: 524
Scope and content

Pledges, constitution, resolutions, and lists of membership for a temperance society in Coventry, Chenango County, New York.

Dates: 1838-1859.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Coventry Temperance Society records

Edward C. Sturges, collector, International Order of Good Templars records

 Collection
Identifier: 2573
Abstract

Files of the International (originally "Independent") Order of Good Templars.

Dates: 1845-1978.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Edward C. Sturges, collector, International Order of Good Templars records

Farmington, N.Y. records

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6023
Abstract

Minute book of the Farmington Temperance Society (1833-1844); and the New Salem Branch of the Society (1870-1876); military roll of the town (1831); miscellaneous letters, and the farm and household account book of George S. Allen (1845-1874)

Dates: 1830-1876.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Farmington, N.Y. records

Hobbs family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1641
Abstract

Business records of the Nineveh carriage factory established in 1844 by Joseph W. Hobbs and operated by his two sons, George and Charles; and family correspondence. Other papers consist of records of the Afton School District No. 15, the Nineveh Sons of Temperance, the New York Road Hone Company, the Susquehanna Valley Telephone Company; and personal, financial, and business papers of Mrs. S.F. Humphreys.

Dates: [ca. 1850-1935]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Hobbs family papers

Johnson family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1200
Abstract Family and business papers of Benjamin Johnson, including early Tompkins county deeds; bills; gristmill, teamsters', and personal accounts (1816-1878); correspondence and papers relating to the interest of Jesse Johnson and Charles D. Johnson in the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company and in a brick-making venture (1867-1870); membership papers of Charles D. Johnson in the Royal Templars of Temperance (1880); numerous letters written to family and business associates by Benjamin Johnson, a...
Dates: 1816-1936.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Johnson family papers

Sons of Temperance of Penn Yan record book

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6129
Scope and content

Printed text of the constitution for the Keuka Divison number 72, Sons of Temperance, a membership list, financial records (1847-1848), a list of fees collected for membership cards (1852), and a list of fees collected for initiations. A chart of flower types and scribbled notes (1866, 1877), unrelated to the bulk of the volume are also contained in it.

Dates: 1847-1848.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Sons of Temperance of Penn Yan record book

Temperance Society (West Bloomfield, N.Y.) record book

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6267
Scope and content

1 vol. labeled "The Property of the West Bloomfield Town Temperance Society".

Dates: 1837-1850.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Temperance Society (West Bloomfield, N.Y.) record book

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