Prohibition Scrapbook [ca. 1907-1935]

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Prohibition Scrapbook [ca. 1907-1935]

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/03031/03031-P.html

Composed of newspaper clippings and certificates, the Prohibition Scrapbook, [ca. 1907-1935], documents the prohibition movement in Texas during the early 20th century.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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The Texas Legislature's Central Investigating Committees of the House and Senate were formed in 1917 to investigate every state department and institution in Texas. The investigation was an outgrowth of general public suspicion and distrust of state government, aggravated by: the entry of the United States into World War I and the resulting distrust of German-Americans; the impeachment of Governor Ferguson earlier in 1917; and charges of corruption and collusion made against officia...