Research Guides: HIST 200: United States History: Prohibition

Prohibition: Affirmative

Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition Collection
These digitized items are from the Alcoholism and Addiction Studies Collection, as well as from various collections in the Brown University Library — broadsides, sheet music, pamphlets and government publications.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Digitized CollectionsPublications
From the University of Pennsylvania, this page has links to various publications related to the WCTU. Many of these are available at HathiTrust Digital Library.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text journals, many back to the original issue. Provides access to journals in the arts & sciences, business, ecology & botany, and languages & literature. JSTOR's coverage typically begins 3 -5 years after the current year.

Pro-Temperance titles
Available through The Online Books Page
Frank Leslie's Weekly
Available in the Accessible Archives (History Commons) database. An illustrated literary and news publication that ran from 1855-1922.

Prohibition: Negative

Tips: Try searching the term "anti-temperance" and limiting by date range. Other groups/keywords related to opposition or indifference to the temperance movement: Democratic Party, liquor lobby, Catholic Church, United States Brewers Association. Also try searching for editorials opposing the Anti-Saloon League, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and blue laws.

Catholic News Archive
This site has thousands of newspaper pages, from different cities, over multiple years. The Archive is a project of the Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA), a non-profit alliance of archives and libraries collaborating in support of the mission to provide enduring global access to Catholic research resources.

Newspapers.com - Southeast Collection This link opens in a new window
The Newspapers.com -Southeast Collection archive offers historical coverage to full page newspaper images with searchable full-text for millions of pages of historical newspapers (1766 -2023) in the southeastern region of the United States.

New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1851 - 2013) This link opens in a new window
The ProQuest Historical New York Times (1851 - 2013) w/ Index (1851-1993) historical newspaper collection provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times.
Washington Post (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1877 - 2004) This link opens in a new window
The ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877 - 2004) provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

The Yearbook of the United States Brewers' Association
Available through HathiTrust Digital Library
Frank Leslie's Weekly
Available in the Accessible Archives (History Commons) database. An illustrated literary and news publication that ran from 1855-1922.
The Anti-Prohibition Manual
Available through HathiTrust Digital Library
Prohibition and Anti-Prohibition
Available through HathiTrust Digital Library
Bound to Dry Up the Country
Available through HathiTrust Digital Library

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