Oscar Gottlieb Christgau papers, 1908-1971.

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Oscar Gottlieb Christgau papers, 1908-1971.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34423517

Correspondence, scrapbooks, dramatic productions, photographs, and printed material concerning the enforcement and repeal of the 18th Amendment, the political activities of the Anti-Saloon League, particularly during the election of 1928, and the temperance activities of William Jennings Bryan, Morris Sheppard, Billy Sunday, and F. Scott McBride. Correspondents include: Patrick H. Callahan, James Cannon, Arthur Capper, Luren D. Dickinson, F. Scott McBride, Homer Rodeheaver, Howard H. Russell, Morris. Sheppard, Billy Sunday, Clayton M. Wallace, and Alvin C. York.

16.2 linear ft., 2 v., and 1 outsize folder.Photographs .2 linear ft. and 1 outsize folder.

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Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935

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Anti-saloon League of America

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McBride, Francis Scott, 1872-1955

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Wallace, Clayton Morey, 1897-

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Christgau, O. G. (Oscar Gottlieb), 1884-1978

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Temperance leader, assistant to the general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America. From the description of Oscar Gottlieb Christgau papers, 1908-1971. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423517 ...

Dickinson, Luren Dudley, 1859-1943

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Russell, Howard H. (Howard Hyde), 1855-1946

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Congregational minister and founder of the American Anti-Saloon League. From the description of Howard Hyde Russell papers, 1840-1946. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 154302192 Howard Hyde Russell was the leading spirit in inaugurating the Anti-Saloon League movement. As a founder and the first superintendent of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, Russell played an influential role in establishing the Anti-Saloon League of America and became the national ...

Callahan, P. H. (Patrick Henry), 1866-1940.

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Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951

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Publishing, radio executive; Kansas governor; U.S. senator from Kansas. Of Garnett, Topeka, Kan. From the description of Arthur Capper papers, 1853-1956 (bulk 1918-1948). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 85600345 ...

Rodeheaver, Homer A. (Homer Alvan), 1880-1955

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Sheppard, Morris, 1875-1941

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Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) was born May 28, 1875, in Wheatsville, Texas. He received his AB degree from the University of Texas in 1895 and his LLB in 1897. He also earned an LLM degree from Yale University, before beginning his law practice in Pittsburgh and Texarkana. In 1902, Sheppard was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to fill the space left vacant by his father’s death. He served until 1913 when he became a U.S. Senator, a post he would hold until his own death in...