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Prohibition -- United States.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of American history miscellany

 Collection
Identifier: 6995
Abstract

Documents related to various events in Unites States history. Includes items related to the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, a Washington, D.C. lottery ticket, and prescriptions for alcohol written during Prohibition.

Dates: circa 1776-1933.

Paige Bartholomew papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064944139]
Identifier: 404
Scope and content Consists mainly of social and business letters written by various people, mainly in central New York State, interspersed with receipts and routine legal contracts. Included are many letters to former Dryden resident Paige Bartholomew from friends and relatives living in central New York and also in Litchfield, Minnesota (1884-1888). Correspondents include Paige's father D. Bartholomew and mother D. A. Bartholomew, his brothers David and Lee Bartholomew, friends Frank N. Wood and Warren P....
Dates: 1843-1919-(bulk 1884-1892).

Social issues pamphlet collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1220
Abstract Pamphlets on social issues at the local, state, and national levels in the United States, with local and state pamphlets focused mainly but not exclusively on New York State or its localities. Topics include education, religion and moral issues, politics (especially surrounding the issue of slavery and the Civil War), temperance, agriculture, and railroads. Also included are pamphlets relating to libraries, historical societies, and history, as well as literary pamphlets (literary essays,...
Dates: 1806-1960-(bulk 1840-1880).