Title: Det Nationale Afholdsforbund Records
Inclusive Dates: 1894-1922

Creator:

• Det Nationale Afholdsforbund

Call Number: M2004-244

Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Records of Det Nationale Afholdsforbund (Norwegian National Total Abstinence Union), which was organized in the late 1880s or early 1890s to promote temperance among Norwegians in the upper Midwest, particularly Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Dakotas where it had state and local chapters. The papers include correspondence, minutes of meetings, and membership and financial reports of Det Nationale Afholdsforbund as well as semi-annual reports from each chapter which summarize financial and membership records. All papers are in Norwegian and have not been translated.

Language: Norwegian

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Det Nationale Afholdsforbund was organized in the late 1880s or early 1890s to promote temperance among Norwegians in the upper Midwest, particularly Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Dakotas where it had state and local chapters. The Wisconsin chapter was centered in either Barron or Eau Claire where it operated the Fremad Publishing Company and produced the Norwegian temperance weekly Reform. Other local chapters were spread throughout the state. Annual meetings were held in June of each year in various Midwestern cities and the union participated in an annual or biennial Total Abstinence Congress unusually held in Minneapolis.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota. Accession Number: M2004-244

M2004-244	Total Abstinence Congress (Det Nationale Afholdsforbund)
Box   1 Folder   1-2	Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, undated-1907
Box   1 Folder   3-4	Semi-annual papers, 1907-1921
	Total Abstinence Union (Fremtidshaabets Totalafholdsforening)
	Barron, Wisconsin
Box   2 Volume   1-3	Minutes, 1894-1918
Box   2 Volume   4	Membership record, 1894-1919
Box   2 Volume   5	Vaarblomsten, Afdeling No. 1, minutes, 1905-1907
	Eau Claire Kreds, Wisconsin
Box   2 Volume   6	Minutes, 1906-1922
Box   2 Volume   7	Financial records, 1907-1920
	Total Abstinence Congress (Det Nationale Afholdsforbund)
	Minutes
Box   2 Volume   8	Annual meetings, 1905-1920
Box   2 Volume   11-12	Minutes, 1895-1917
	Financial records
Box   2 Volume   10	Treasure reports, annual meeting, 1906-1920
Box   3 Volume   13	Financial records, 1898-1918
Box   2 Volume   9	Membership records, 1909-1921