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Box 39

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

Elisha Kent Kane open letter, 1903 July 4

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Open letter from Elisha Kent Kane to his customers, printed, explaining his decision to discontinue the sale of tobacco in his stores, “I stop selling tobacco because I am unwilling to take people’s honestly earned money and give them worse than nothing in exchange for it,” gives 6 reasons why he would advise his friends to stop using tobacco, 1 p., 4 July 1903.

Dates: 1903 July 4

L.T.L diploma and post-graduate courses

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Leaflet, “L.T.L. Diploma and Post-Graduate Courses,” 8 printed pp., n.d.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1869-1929

Annual leaflet of the national woman's Christian temperance union, 1905

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

“Annual Leaflet of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union,” 80 printed pp., 1905.

Dates: 1905

Advertisement, approximately 1905

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Advertisement for The Crusader Monthly, a temperance publication, 1 p., printed on 4 sides, n.d. [ca. 1905].

Dates: approximately 1905

Cultural programs

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

4 programs for various cultural functions, not professionally printed, each 1 p.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1869-1929

Sabbath observance

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Pamphlet, “Sabbath Observance,” contains statistics such as number of prayer meetings, sermons, manuals, pledges signed, etc., for congregations in various counties, 6 printed pp., n.d.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1869-1929

Newsletter, 1905

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Newsletter of The Loyal Temperance Legion, Branch of Pennsylvania W.C.T.U., 1 p., folded, printed on 4 sides, 1905.

Dates: 1905

Elma M. Preston autograph letter signed Margaret Strang, 1905 January 17

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signe, from Elma M. Preston, General Secretary of the Loyal Temperance Legion, to Margaret Strang, refers to sending “samples” of supplies and manuals to Strang, she sent Mrs. Elisha Kent Kane a package of samples the previous year, includes envelope, 1 p., written on both sides, 17 January 1905.

Dates: 1905 January 17

The booze business

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

The Booze Business, by George A. Sutton, calls for prohibition of alcohol in McKean county, 1 page, n.d. [5 copies]

Dates: Majority of material found within 1869-1929

Farm women's national congress reprints

 Item — Box: 39, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Reprints of Resolution passed by the Farm Women’s National Congress, calling for prohibition of raising tobacco, 1 page, n.d. [27 copies]

Dates: Majority of material found within 1869-1929