Title: Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Milwaukee, Wis.) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1926-1950

Creator:

• Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 2

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of several Milwaukee area Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizations, including the Milwaukee County Union and the First Milwaukee, Lillian Stevens, and Willard chapters. The work of the chapters included temperance and allied social reform activities, and was carried on through monthly meetings; programs, speakers, and county conventions dealing with alcohol and narcotics; and community and school education work. Records comprise scattered correspondence, minutes, secretaries' books, and other records.

Language: English

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The Milwaukee-area chapters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) included the Milwaukee County Union, and First Milwaukee, Anna Gordon, Lathrop, Lillian Stevens, and Willard chapters; later, the Alice LeFeber (formerly West Allis) chapter was added. All of the chapters were affiliated with the Wisconsin Union of the WCTU. The date of establishment is known only of the Lillian Stevens chapter, November 6, 1914. The work of the chapters included temperance and allied social reform activities, and was carried on through monthly meetings; programs, speakers, and county conventions dealing with alcohol and narcotics; and community and school education work.

The collection consists of records of the Milwaukee County Union; and the First Milwaukee, Lillian Stevens, and Willard chapters. Milwaukee County records include a few items of correspondence, and the record book of the county corresponding secretary, which contains reports of work done during the year, lists of officers, and records of county correspondence written and sent. The records of the First Milwaukee Chapter are comprised of cash books and scattered treasurer's annual reports, some of which are also to be found in the cash books. The Lillian Stevens Chapter records include correspondence; minute books, with membership lists; officers' reports; and secretary's records, consisting of lists of members and officers, the secretary's expense account, attendance records, minutes of meetings, and treasurer's reports. A single membership list is the only record of the Willard Chapter.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mary Birr, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1964. Accession Number: M64-278

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, December 1979.

	Milwaukee County Records
Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1931, 1937, 1946
Box   1 Folder   2	Record Book of Corresponding Secretary, 1927-1949
	First Milwaukee Chapter
Box   1 Folder   3-4	Cash Books, 1928-1935, 1941-1948
Box   1 Folder   5	Treasurer's Annual Reports, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1946
	Lillian Stevens Chapter
Box   1 Folder   6	Correspondence and Miscellany, 1943, 1949-1950
Box   1 Folder   7-9	Minute Books, 1926-1949
Box   1 Folder   10	Officers' Reports and Membership Lists, 1931-1932, 1938-1939, 1944-1949
Box   1 Folder   11	Secretary's Records, 1949-1950
	Willard Chapter
Box   1 Folder   12	Membership List, 1944-1945