Series 8
National WCTU records,
1893-1981
Boxes 30-49, AV1, CLP2 and OP6
Scope and Content Note
The material in Series 8 includes mimeographed correspondence and printed material that documents the relationship between the national body and the state organizations particularly in the routine operation of WCTU programs. The letters are those prepared and mimeographed at the national office and mailed to all state officers. The letters are organized according to the individual department and arranged chronologically. Personal exchanges between individuals regarding issues that were specific to the Georgia WCTU can be found in Series 1, Correspondence. In Box 34 there are three folders containing information about the operation of the national body at national conventions. These folders were apparently compiled by Georgia state officers who attended the conventions.
Boxes 35-40 contain a large number of tracts and pamphlets printed by the national office and distributed to lower-level unions and to the public. Some of these are organized according to the type document and include songs, alcohol-free recipes, directories, president's addresses, convention programs, plans of work, devotional material, program guides, lists of movies and books, skits, and biographies of WCTU leaders. The remaining material in these boxes is arranged alphabetically by title.
Boxes 41 and 42 contain reports of the national conventions for most years from 1928 through 1967 as well as a report of a 1971 meeting of the Executive Committee. The series is concluded with a fairly complete sequence of the national organ, The Union Signal, 1914-1981. In an oversized folder there is a fragment of one 1893 issue of The Union Signal.
For additional information see Series 1, Correspondence, for personal letters between national and Georgia officers. Because the two youth organizations, YTC and LTL, operated at both the state and national levels, related papers are located in Series 6, Youth Temperance Council Records, and Series 7, Loyal Temperance Legion Records. Photographs of a few national officers may be found in Series 11, Photographs and Memorabilia.
Arrangement Note
The series is organized by type of document.
Program correspondence | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
30 | 1 | Armed Services Department, 1956 |
30 | 2 | Circulation Department, 1939-1950 |
30 | 3 | Circulation Department, 1951-1962 |
30 | 4 | Citizenship Department, 1975 |
30 | 5 | Character Education Department, 1959-1960 |
30 | 6 | Child Welfare Department, 1955-1959 |
30 | 7 | Christian Citizenship Department, 1955-1960 |
30 | 8 | Christian Outreach Department, 1968 |
30 | 9 | Corresponding Secretary, 1935-1950 |
30 | 10 | Corresponding Secretary, 1953-1963 |
30 | 11 | Drama and Pageantry Department, 1956 |
30 | 12 | Evangelistic and Sabbath Observance Department, 1935 |
30 | 13 | Exhibits Department, 1942 |
30 | 14 | Health and Medical Temperance Department, 1938-1941, 1955-1957, 1960 |
30 | 15 | Home Protection Department, 1967-1968 |
31 | 1 | Institutes Department, 1940-1941, 1954-1956, 1959-1960 |
31 | 2 | International Relations for Peace Department, 1960 |
31 | 3 | Legislative Department, 1948, 1951, 1953 |
31 | 4 | Legislative Department, 1956, 1959-1960 |
31 | 5 | Moral Education Department, 1955-1956 |
31 | 6 | Motion Pictures Department, 1938, 1940-1941 |
31 | 7 | Narcotic Education Bureau, 1960 |
31 | 8 | Natural Fruit Beverages Department, 1960 |
31 | 9 | Parliamentary Law Department, 1941, 1955-1956, 1960 |
31 | 10 | Peace Department, 1955-1957 |
31 | 11 | President, National WCTU, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1944-1951 |
31 | 12 | President, National WCTU, 1952-1956, 1959-1960, 1978-1980 |
31 | 13 | Promotion Secretary, 1978-1981 |
32 | 1 | Publicity Department and Research Council, 1937-1939, 1943, 1945-1946, 1952-1956, 1959-1960, 1972 |
32 | 2 | Radio and Television Department, 1940-1941, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1958-1960 |
32 | 3 | Scientific Temperance Instruction Department, 1937, 1939-1942, 1952-1954, 1956, 1959 |
32 | 4 | Social Morality Department, 1940 |
32 | 5 | Social Services Department, 1972 |
32 | 6 | Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Veterans Department, 1941-1944, 1951-1956 |
32 | 7 | Speech Contests Department, 1955-1956, 1960 |
32 | 8 | Spiritual Life Department, 1955-1956 |
32 | 9 | Temperance Education in Church Schools Department, 1953, 1955-1956, 1960 |
32 | 10 | Treasurer, 1942-1943, 1953-1954, 1956-1957, 1959, 1969, 1979 |
32 | 11 | Visual Education Department, 1956, 1959-1960 |
32 | 12 | Young People's Branch, 1935 |
Organizational files | ||
32 | 13 | Highlights of national conventions, 1931-1974, undated |
32 | 14 | National Convention, 1959 |
32 | 15 | National Convention, 1978 |
32 | 16 | National Convention, Headquarters brochure, [1949?] |
Printed material: by type of document | ||
33 | 1 | Songs: Original manuscript |
33 | 2 | Songs: Mimeographed song sheets |
33 | 3 | Songs: Mimeographed songbooks |
33 | 4 | Songs: Published sheet music |
33 | 5-7 | Songs: Published songbooks |
34 | 1 | News releases: "From the National WCTU", 1932-1940, undated |
34 | 2 | News releases: Fred D.L. Squires, 1959 |
34 | 3 | News releases: Miscellaneous, 1973, undated |
34 | 4 | Radio releases: R19-R56 |
34 | 5 | Radio releases: R58-R68 |
34 | 6 | Radio releases: R70-R77 |
34 | 7 | Radio releases: R107-R250 |
34 | 8 | Publicity notices, 1937-1938, 1945 |
34 | 9 | Literature promotion, 1946-1947, 1951, 1954/55, 1957, 1961-1963, 1972-1981 |
Printed material: by type of document: other | ||
35 | 1 | Alcohol-free recipes |
35 | 2 | Directories and handbooks |
35 | 3 | Presidents' addresses |
CLP2 | - | President Glenn G. Hays, "Which Do You Choose?" [Side A] and "Youth Proud to Abstain" [Side B], undated [original: LP] |
AV1 | - | President Glenn G. Hays, "Which Do You Choose?" [Side A] and "Youth Proud to Abstain" [Side B], undated (duplicate audiocassette in AV1) |
35 | 4 | Convention programs, 1926, 1931, 1938-1940, 1944 |
35 | 5 | Convention programs, 1949-1954, 1978 |
35 | 6 | "Plans of Work" by department, A-L |
35 | 7 | "Plans of Work" by department, M-Z |
36 | 1 | Quarterly Temperance Lesson, 1935, 1951-1962 |
36 | 2 | Program guides, 1951/1952-1952/1953, 1959/1960, 1963/1964, 1974/1975-1981/1982 |
36 | 3 | Book and movie lists |
36 | 4-5 | Plays and skits |
36 | 6-7 | "How to. . ." pamphlets |
36 | 8 | Biographies of WCTU leaders |
36 | 9 | Miscellaneous |
Printed material: by title | ||
37 | 1-7 | A |
37 | 8-11 | B |
37 | 12-16 | C |
37 | 17-19 | D |
37 | 20 | E |
37 | 21-24 | F |
37 | 25-26 | G |
38 | 1-4 | H |
38 | 5-7 | I |
38 | 8 | J |
38 | 9 | K |
38 | 10-12 | L |
38 | 13-15 | M |
38 | 16 | N |
38 | 17 | O |
38 | 18-21 | P |
38 | 22 | Q |
38 | 23 | R |
38 | 24-26 | S |
39 | 1-4 | T |
39 | 5 | U |
39 | 6 | V |
39 | 7-15 | W |
39 | 16-17 | Y |
Printed material: National Convention Reports, 1928-1954 | ||
40 | 1 | National convention reports: 1928, 1932 |
40 | 2 | National convention reports: 1934, 1935 |
40 | 3 | National convention reports: 1940, 1941 |
40 | 4 | National convention reports: 1942, 1943 |
40 | 5 | National convention reports: 1944, 1945 |
40 | 6 | National convention reports: 1946, 1947 |
40 | 7 | National convention reports: 1948, 1949 |
40 | 8 | National convention reports: 1950, 1951 |
40 | 9 | National convention reports: 1953, 1954 |
41 | 1 | National convention reports: 1955, 1956 |
41 | 2 | National convention reports: 1957, 1958 |
41 | 3 | National convention reports: 1959, 1960 |
41 | 4 | National convention reports: 1961, 1962 |
41 | 5 | National convention reports: 1963, 1964 |
41 | 6 | National convention reports: 1965, 1966 |
41 | 7 | National convention reports: 1967 |
41 | 8 | Report of the Executive Committee Meeting, 1971 July 27-28 |
Printed material: Union Signal, 1914-1933 | ||
OP6 | 1 | 1893 [fragment] |
42 | 1 | 1914, nos. 16-18, 36, 39-40, 43-44 |
42 | 2 | 1916 September-December, nos. 38-45, 47-52 |
42 | 3 | 1917 January-March, nos. 1-3, 5-11, 13 |
42 | 4 | 1917 April-June, nos. 11-23, 25 |
42 | 5 | 1917 July-September, nos. 28-33, 35-37 |
42 | 6 | 1917 October-December, nos. 38-50 |
42 | 7 | 1920 April, no. 14 |
42 | 8 | 1921 May 12, no. 30 (fragment) |
42 | 9 | 1922, nos. 46-49, 52 |
42 | 10 | 1923, nos. 29, 45 |
42 | 11 | 1924, nos. 6, 9, 11-13, 25, 27, 29, 33, 45-46 |
42 | 12 | 1925, (fragments only) |
42 | 13 | 1931, nos. 26 (fragment), 27 |
42 | 14 | 1932, nos. 12, 46 |
42 | 15 | 1933 January-March, nos. 4-12 |
42 | 16 | 1933 April-June, nos. 13-25 |
42 | 17 | 1933 July-September, nos. 26-32, 34-37 |
42 | 18 | 1933 October-December, nos. 38-50 |
43 | 1 | 1934, nos. 31, 38 |
43 | 2 | 1935, nos. 30, 32, 36, 42, 45-50 |
43 | 3 | 1936 January-March, nos. 1-13 |
43 | 4 | 1936 April-June, nos. 14-26 |
43 | 5 | 1936 July-September, nos. 27-37 |
43 | 6 | 1936 October-December, nos. 38-50 |
43 | 7 | 1937 January-March, nos. 1-13 |
43 | 8 | 1937 April-June, nos. 14-26 |
43 | 9 | 1937 July-September, nos. 27-37 |
43 | 10 | 1937 October-December, nos. 38-50 |
44 | 1 | 1938 January-April, nos. 1-2, 6-10, 13, 15-18 |
44 | 2 | 1938 May-August, nos. 19-31 |
44 | 3 | 1938 September-December, nos. 33, 37-45, 47-50 |
44 | 4 | 1939 January-April, nos. 2-8, 11-14, 16 |
44 | 5 | 1939 May-August, nos. 18-32 |
44 | 6 | 1939 September-December, nos. 35-45, 47 |
44 | 7 | 1940 January-April, nos. 1-7, 9, 11-15, 17 |
45 | 1 | 1940 May-August, nos. 18-33 |
45 | 2 | 1940 September-December, nos. 34-36, 38-50 |
45 | 3 | 1941 January-April, nos. 1-13, 15-17 |
45 | 4 | 1941 May-August, nos. 18-20, 22-23, 25-30, 31-33 |
45 | 5 | 1941 September-December, nos. 35-42, 44-50 |
45 | 6 | 1942 January-April, nos. 1-11, 13-17 |
45 | 7 | 1942 May-August, nos. 18-30, 32-33 |
46 | 1 | 1942 September-December, nos. 34-45 |
46 | 2 | 1943, (fragments) |
46 | 3 | 1944, (fragment) |
46 | 4 | 1945, (fragment) |
46 | 5 | 1946, nos. 9, 15 |
46 | 6 | 1947, nos. 14, 15 (fragment), 36 |
46 | 7 | 1948, nos. 2, 5, 8, 10, 16, 38, 44, 47 |
46 | 8 | 1950, nos. 16, 36, 48 |
46 | 9 | 1953, no. 40 |
46 | 10 | 1954, no. 6 |
46 | 11 | 1956 October 13-1957 September 28 (bound) |
46 | 12 | 1958, no. 3 |
46 | 13 | 1963, nos. 11, 19 |
46 | 14 | 1965, no. 7 |
47 | 1 | 1966 January-June (complete) |
47 | 2 | 1966 July-December (complete) |
47 | 3 | 1967 January-June (complete) |
47 | 4 | 1967 July-December (complete) |
47 | 5 | 1968 January-June (complete) |
47 | 6 | 1968 July-December (complete) |
47 | 7 | 1969 January-December (complete) |
47 | 8 | 1970 January-December (complete) |
48 | 1 | 1971 January-December (complete) |
48 | 2 | 1972 January-December (complete) |
48 | 3 | 1973 January-December (complete) |
48 | 4 | 1974 January-December (complete) |
48 | 5 | 1975 January-December (complete) |
48 | 6 | 1976 January-December (complete) |
48 | 7 | 1977 January-December (complete) |
48 | 8 | 1978 January-May, nos. 1-5 |
48 | 9 | 1978 August-December, nos. 8-12 |
49 | 1 | 1979 January-June (complete) |
49 | 2 | 1979 July-December (complete) |
49 | 3 | 1980 January-June (complete) |
49 | 4 | 1980 July-December (complete) |
49 | 5 | 1981 January-June (complete) |
49 | 6 | 1981 July-December (complete) |
49 | 7 | 1927, 1930s, 1940s front pages carrying slogans and history |