http://library.usask.ca/spcol/collections/079e.html FYI: > 079 > > Temperance Collection > Division of Archives and Research Collections > Mills Memorial Library > McMaster University > > Subjects > > Temperance, literature, sermons, etc.; Prohibition. > > History > > The collection is composed largely of three groups of materials > bought in 1974, 1984, and 1985. Single items have also been > purchased. > > Description > > The collection is an extensive collection of literature, sermons, > and medical material on the temperance movement in North America, > from 1800 to 1950. The collection contains much primary material, > particularly manuscripts and ephemeral Also included are many scarce > items (pamphlets, bulletins, and broadsides). Items are acquired > from antiquarian booksellers when available. > > Language > > English. > > Holdings > > 2200 monographs; 200 serials; .5 linear metre of manuscripts; > ephemera (broadsides, pledge cards, newspaper clippings, etc.). > > Bibliographic Access > > About ninety per cent of the collection is catalogued. Uncatalogued > material is not accessible. LC subject headings and classification > are used. The holdings are recorded in UTLAS. > > Physical Access > > The collection is in a special collections area which is open to the > public, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. > > Interlibrary loan: Limited to selected libraries on IUTS. > > Reprography: Photocopying is done by the staff. > > Reference Assistance: Yes. > > Publications Describing Collection > > Stewart, Charlotte A. ; Spadoni, Carl. - "The research collections > at McMaster University Library". - Library research news. - Vol. II > [i.e. Vol. 11], no.l (1987). - Hamilton, Ont. : McMaster University > Library Press, 1987. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > Home | Search | Institutions | Feedback | Titles > > ------------------------------------------------ > Digital Collections