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Temperance -- Societies, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variant: Temperance societies

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Chicago, Ill. Summerdale Community Church records, 1890-1954.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5218
Abstract

The Summerdale Congregational Church formed in 1899 out of a Sunday school that met in the Summerdale railway station. A year later, the Summerdale Congregational Church was organized. The records include correspondence, treasurer’s reports and receipts, church and committee minutes, and vital records.

Dates: 1890-1954

Churchman's League records, 1940-1989.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5332
Abstract The Churchman's League was created for the purpose of promoting programs of study research, education, legislation and action. They also sought to generate the forces that undergird the values which make for civic righteousness, soical justice, moral decenct and a better life for mankind. In 1963, the Churchman's League (often referring to itself as "The League") expanded its original structure and became "three leagues in one". These three branches were the Massachusetts Temperance League,...
Dates: 1940-1989