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A growing number of organizations and institutions are providing Internet access to their historical materials on alcohol/drug use in America. Below is a selected list of historical resources on the Web, some of which offer full-text documents and digitized images, while others provide access to bibliographic records through library catalogs and online databases. A few of these Websites provide contact and descriptive information (regarding collections and services) only.

Alcohol and Temperance History Group
http://athg.org

• Scholarly association devoted to social history of alcohol
• Listserv and journal (Social History of Alcohol Review) for members
• Links to digitized documents, illustrations, and other alcohol history sites

• Digitized version of 1909 book by G. Thomann
• Located on website of The Brewery: Total Homebrewing Information

• Beer history library of online documents
• Photo gallery on beer and breweries
• Links to brewery sites and antique and collectible brewery advertising

• Digitized documents, images, and sound recordings from Americana collections (Library of Congress and other institutions)
• Over 70 collections represented, many with Temperance and Prohibition materials

• Digitized documents and images from Anti-Saloon League
• Selected items from World League Against Alcoholism, the Prohibition Party, and Lincoln-Lee Legion
• Museum located at Westerville Public Library (Ohio)

• Historical collection of American Temperance and Prohibition monographs, pamphlets, and images
• Web database under construction

• Collection of works by and about F.H. Ludlow on marijuana use in mid-19th century
• Part of Lycaeum website for research information on visionary plants, fungi and chemicals

• History of American business and technology
• Records of Pierre DuPont and Association Against the Prohibition Movement
• Other primary and secondary materials on Temperance and Prohibition

• History of addiction and treatment in America
• Documents, photographs, other artifacts and memorabilia
• Records not available online

• Images from the print and photographic collections of the National Library of Medicine (History of Medicine Division)
• Includes images related to alcohol use in America

• Full text of 1913 edition published by Macmillan
• Included in collection of Jack London's works, part of Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE project

• Materials on Temperance Movement, Prohibition, Alcoholics Anonymous
• Located in libraries at Brown University
• Library catalog http://library.brown.edu
• Website under construction, contact Tovah_Reis@Brown.edu

• Digital library of books and journal articles on 19^th century American social history
• Full-texts of many Temperance and Prohibition-related documents

• University of Colorado special library
• Records of state and local WCTU activities
• Documents from national WCTU, World Temperance Union, U.S. government, as well as Temperance and Prohibition leaders and groups
• Search library catalog at http://libraries.colorado.edu

• Sponsored by Partisan Prohibition Historical Society from Colorado
• History and current information on Prohibition Party, candidates, and platform
• Links to sites for Prohibition Party archives

• From the Drug Reform Coordination Network
• Section on alcohol with digitized documents related to Prohibition

• Maintained by Dr. Austin Kerr, Dept. of History, Ohio State University
• Summaries of historical events, images, full-text documents, links to related sites

• From the Wellcome Trust medical research charity (UK)
• History of Medicine and Image collections (access to bibliographic records only)

• Brief histories and illustrations of Women's Crusade and WCTU
  Photographs of WCTU presidents

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Additional Links

These links are particularly helpful in researching further the study of alcohol history in America. Most of the sites are dedicated to the Temperance and Prohibition movements, or the alcohol beverage industry, while others cover more general American history including alcohol topics. Many of the sites include full-text documents and fascinating images.

Prohibition and Temperance

Alcohol and Temperance History Group This scholarly association is devoted to the social history of alcohol. It maintains a listserv and a journal for its members. The website includes links to digitized documents, images, and other history sites. Anti-Saloon League Archives This site from Westerville Public Library (Ohio) includes digitized archival material from the Anti-Saloon League. Historical Resources on Alcohol Use in America Developed by the Center of Alcohol Studies Library, this annotated guide links to web resources on alcohol use, Temperance, and Prohibition in America. Temperance and Prohibition Developed by the Ohio State University history department, this site includes essays and political cartoons from the eras, particularly the Ohio Dry Campaign and the Anti-Saloon League. WCTU Tapestries A visually attractive site containing images of tapestries sewed by members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Canada. It is a reflection of the Museum for Textiles exhibit entitled Gather Beneath the Banner: Political and Religious Banners of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union 1877-1932. Woman's Christian Temperance Union The official website of the WCTU. The site links to descriptions of the organization's past and present. The historical information includes its development, major figures, successful 'women's crusades' and portraits.

American Alcohol History

American Beer: Glimpses of Its History and Description of Its Manufacture This site is a full-text book of the same title. It details the development of brewing in America, including the psychological and legal effects of Temperance and Prohibition. The Alcohol Studies Library owns a print copy of this work in its Rare Book Room. American Brewery History Page This site from Westerville Public Library (Ohio) includes digitized archival material from the Anti-Saloon League.