Conditions Governing Use:

Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Virginia Anti-Saloon League Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase. Additional Accession 1930.38 was a gift of Mr. Viereckt, received 01/01/1930.

Processing Information

Box and Folder list compiled by Kelsey Kavanagh, SCRC student, in September 2011.

Historical Note:

The Virginia Anti-Saloon League was an organization that supported prohibition.

Scope and Contents

Papers including correspondence, circular letters, accounts, minutes, reports, speeches, printed matter and newspaper clippings relating to the campaign for prohibition in Virginia. Includes correspondence with members of anti-saloon leagues in other states and the Woman's National Christian Temperance Union. (2162 items; 1930 addition: 132 items).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Financial records
• Receipts (financial records)
• United States--History--Prohibition
• Virginia--History
• Woman's National Christian Temperance Union