Virginia Anti-Saloon League Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Virginia Anti-Saloon League Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
3.00 Linear Feet 6 Boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Virginia Anti-Saloon League Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers including correspondence, circular letters, accounts, minutes, reports, speeches, printed matter and newspaper clippings relating to the campaign for prohibition in Virginia. Includes correspondence with members of anti-saloon leagues in other states and the Woman's National Christian Temperance Union. (2162 items; 1930 addition: 132 items).

Biographical / historical:

The Virginia Anti-Saloon League was an organization that supported prohibition.

Acquisition information:
Purchase. Additional Accession 1930.38 was a gift of Mr. Viereckt, received 01/01/1930.
Processing information:

Box and Folder list compiled by Kelsey Kavanagh, SCRC student, in September 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard