Collection Number: SC#102
Title:
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Illinois Collection
Dates:
1904-1987
Collection Size:
2 Boxes
The Nokomis, Illinois Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded in 1879 and would continue meeting until the Nokomis local union was dissolved in mid-1962. Remaining members of the Nokomis local union joined the Montgomery County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Hillsboro, Illinois, which was the regional chapter of the organization.
Local union occurred around once a month. These meetings consisted of discussions of various topics, including temperance issues. These discussions usually included the reading of newspaper clippings about the subject. Meetings also included prayers, scripture readings and the singing on hymns. Once a year, members would meet in the local cemetery to decorate graves and remember those who had passed.
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union members had to pledge to ‘solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented, and malt liquors, including beer, wine, and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use and traffic in the same.’ While promoting temperance was the WCTU’s titled purpose, the organization was also involved in social welfare issues, such as promoting child labor laws, prison reform and women’s suffrage. The WCTU worked closely with the Red Cross and promoted peace and arbitration, and Christian education.
The meeting minutes, with the names of members and meeting notes, of the Nokomis Illinois Woman’s Christian Temperance Union from 1905-1962; records of the annual convention of the Montgomery County WCTU, 1945-1978; pamphlets and papers with information about the regional and national WCTU; and scrap books with newspaper clipping and photographs.
Nokomis, Illinois Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Montgomery County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
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Loose in Box - WCTU Hillsboro Scrapbook (Creme Cover)
(Loose) Undated – “Cocktail Hour a Curse, Says 77 Year-Old Foe of Alcohol” newspaper clipping
(Loose) Undated – “Illinois WCTU State Headquarters” picture
(Loose) Oct. 17, 1953 – “Vol. 79 No. 37: The Union Signal” magazine
(Loose) Feb. 11, 1967 – “Vol. 93 No. 3: The Union Signal: A Journal of Social Welfare” magazine
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Loose in Box - WCTU Scrapbook (Red Cover)
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Loose in Box - WCTU Scrapbook (Red Cover - Large)
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Loose in Box - Scrapbook (Black Cover)
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