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Record Group Number: |
900000 |
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Series/Collection Number: |
M97- 12 |
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Creator: |
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Florida |
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Title, Dates: |
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Florida records, 1886-1984. |
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Amount: |
1.00 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: |
Arranged by record type (minutes, financial records, programs, etc.), then chronological. |
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Biographical/Historical: |
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was a prohibitionist and philanthropic organization active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Founded in 1894, its members lobbied for the adoption of a Constitutional amendment outlawing the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. Their efforts culminated in 1919 with the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment that established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
Several WCTU chapters were active in Florida. The Jacksonville WCTU formed on January 31, 1878 and formally organized on February 7, 1878 "to promote the cause of total abstinence." At the January 18, 1883 meeting of the Jacksonville WCTU, members established the state-wide Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Florida. The first state WCTU convention was February 28-29, 1884. At the second convention in 1885, Jacksonville was made the headquarters for the state union. The headquarters has moved several times over the years at the convenience of the state president.
The Florida WCTU has engaged in many activities relating to abstinence and related issues throughout its history, including alcohol use prevention education, literature distribution, lobbying for legislation at the state and nation levels, and prison visitation and evangelism.
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Summary: |
This collection contains records documenting the history and activities of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Florida and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Jacksonville. The collection includes minutes of the Jacksonville Union from 1886 to 1926 (with gaps); treasurer's cash books, cancelled checks, and dues receipts; Florida WCTU annual convention programs and reports from 1903 to 1966 (with gaps); a history of the Florida WCTU from 1883 to 1983; and a small number of scrapbook items including photographs of union members at special events, programs for special events, and newspaper clippings.
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Location of Originals/Duplicates: |
Duplicates (photocopies) held by Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Florida, 925 West Patterson Street, Tampa, FL 33604
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Associated Materials: |
Collection M89-7 contains related W.C.T.U. records from the Tampa chapter. |
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Ownership/Custodial History: |
The collection was brought to the Florida State Archives by historian Sandra Kowalchyk. She had received the records on loan from Maxine Smith, a Florida W.C.T.U. official who died before the records could be returned to her. Upon being informed by the State Archives of the whereabout of the records, the current W.C.T.U. president agreed to donate them to the Archives. |
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Subject Access Fields: |
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Jacksonville, Florida
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Florida
Temperance Societies, etc
Women History 19th century Florida
Women History 20th century Florida
Minutes. aat
Financial records. aat
Photographs. aat
Clippings. aat
Programs. aat
Jacksonville (Fla.)
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Jacksonville, Florida
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