16 August 1934

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Tobe Strickland (c/s Harold W. Stephens)

Convicted of manufacturing, transporting and possessing liquor.

GLC02836

14 March 1942

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Lucien Cazebonne (c/s Francis Biddle)

Convicted of illegal sale of whiskey and maintenance of a public nuisance.

GLC04280

February 1904

Hall's Studio

Photograph signed

Title: Carry A. Nation, Home Defender

Full-length portrait, with hatchet in hand. Inscribed by Carrie Nation: "Carry A. Nation, Home Defender" This photograph shows Nation wielding a hatchet over her head with a grim look of determination on her face. With ink note on verso: "Dear Grandma. Carry Nation gave this picture to give to you. Your loving Grandson G.P. Handbrecht. 2-14-1904. New Haven".

GLC05147

26 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe tells Sylvia to get her father to save his liquor as it has become as scare as it was in the days of Prohibition. He wonders what Alvin will do now that he is making money for the first time.

GLC09414.1211

1933-1945

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Header Record

Title: [Thirty-two presidential messages] [Decimalized .01- .32]

Collection of thirty-two presidential messages issued during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration, 1933-1945. The pamphlets concern many topics including; banking, commerce, taxes, agriculture, weapons, employment, transportation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Volstead Act, drugs and alcohol, education, and veterans.

GLC09693

13 March 1933

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Pamphlet

Title: Immediate Modification of Volstead Act -- Message from the President of the United States.

One pamphlet entitled, "Immediate Modification of Volstead Act -- Message from the President of the United States," dated March, 13, 1933 calling for a modification to the Volstead Act approving the manufacturing and sale of alcohol.

GLC09693.02

January 1932

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: NAACP 1931 22nd annual report: a year's work for justice to the Negro

Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1932. Foreword declares that the NAACP's aims "are in the path of manifest destiny of the darker races of the world. The world crisis and the social and political experiments that are its accompaniment all emphasize the fact which the Association was formed to promulgate- that the human family is one, and that all men are entitled to equal opportunity regardless of color or creed." Reports on African Americans saved from death or life imprisonment, school segregation, a fund for legal work, voting and the "white primary," discrimination (citing…

GLC06135.06

17 December 1884

Coleman, Daniel, fl. 1884-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Letter is addressed "Dear Cousin." Says he has bought an additional twenty acres of land for pasture. Plans to plant thirty-eight acres of corn. Comments "I think all over the land there is deadness in the church owing to the bitter feeling between the Political parties in the Election this fall..." Discusses John St. John and the Prohibition party. Claims, "The Prohibitionist is here to stay..." Mentions he would like to visit. Declares "...a republican would be about as safe in the south as a St. John's man in Urbana..." Letter has several holes.

GLC03523.10.200

1943/03/09

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam re: opposition to prohibition

Signed as President on White House stationery. Written as a follow-up to meeting with Methodist bishops.

GLC02793.085

1923/11/19

McCarter, H.C., 1893-?

Printed document signed

Title: [Treasury Department Prescription Blank - National Prohibition Act]

Prescription for Ira Altman of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, for "Sp[iritus] Frumenti" (alcohol) issued by Dr. McCarter. Treasury Dept. US Internal Revenue B 38246 / Blank no. 57. Watermarked "Prohibition."

GLC06097

1932/07/17

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

Typed letter signed

Title: to Anne Hinkley

Typed on stationery of the Executive Mansion, Albany, to Hinkley, the leader of a "wet" organization. "I have never joined the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, because as you know I am a dry." Roosevelt notes that the organization's leadership is "more interested in seeing it made easy for all of us to have anything we might want." She notes "I do not object to the limited sale of light wines and beer" and concludes "prohibition has done more harm in encouraging a group of people who are law breakers and in creating a new and illegal way to make fortunes." She would…

GLC06002

1923/12/22

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed letter signed

Title: to Gertrude Ely

Notes that he shares Ely's "impatience and amusement" with the Molly Pitcher Club. Discusses attempts to alter the Volstead law and his personal opposition to prohibition. But because of his belief in popular government he must respect the law. After Taft's signature he writes by hand: "We were delighted with your visit. Come after and shake up our dry bones." Some hand written, law related notes appear on the verso of the second page. Written on stationary of the Supreme Court.

GLC07319

1891 ca.

Bidwell, John, fl. 1891

Pamphlet

Title: General Bidwell's letter of acceptance [Prohibition Party nomination - election]

GLC04707.01

1891 ca.

Bidwell, John, fl. 1891

Document

Title: Prohibition Party election ticket with Bidwell as candidate for president

GLC04707.02

1929/03/04

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed document signed

Title: Inaugural Address of President Herbert Hoover

Takes the opportunity to express "simply and directly" his "opinions...on matters of present importance." Discusses national progress, especially since World War I; the failures of the criminal justice system and his general strategy to "reestablish the vigor and effectiveness of law enforcement"; the need to enforce prohibition; his plan to "appoint a national commission" to investigate "the whole structure of our Federal system of jurisprudence"; the relationship between government business as a regulator, not an owner; the need for government to promote business cooperation and…

GLC05612

circa 1900

Engraving Signed

Title: Engraving of Frances E. Willard

One engraving of Frances E. Willard dated circa 1900. Bust portrait of Willard.

GLC08878.0888