http://www.uclan.ac.uk/library/libspar1.htm#Livesey Collection A number of the Livesey collection words are clickable for further information. > [University Rose Logo] > > Archive Collections > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > The Library has a number of archive collections housed in the > Special Collections room on the second floor. All material is > available for consultation on a reference only basis. During the > evenings and at weekends the collections are not available unless by > prior arrangement. To use any of the collections please call at the > Special Collections room or contact Aidan Turner-Bishop or Jude > Boxall in the Library. The following collections are available: > > * University Archive > * Shepherd Street Mission Collection > * Livesey Collection > > > Livesey Collection > The Livesey Collection transferred from the British National > Temperance League in Sheffield in 1987. The collection was > named in honour of Joseph Livesey of Preston, one of the early > teetotal pioneers. It is appropriate that the collection should > return to Preston, known to some as the "Jerusalem of the > teetotal movement". The focus of the collection is primarily > temperance and prohibition but the League also gathered > materials on a wide range of social issues. > > In 1995 the Library received a grant from the Higher Education > Funding Council for England which has enabled us to establish > the Livesey Project to catalogue and more fully exploit the > collection > > The collection comprises primarily printed texts and journals > from the early 1800s through to the 1930s. It includes many > handbills and tracts used by the temperance movement to promote > the cause. Manuscript items and official reports also feature > strongly, as do visual items. > > For anyone interested in temperance and prohibition, both from > a contemporary and historical perspective the following sites > are worth a visit: > > American prohibition > > Alcohol and temperance history group > > [Back To Top] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Livesey Collection texts > The collection focuses on the temperance movement of the > nineteenth and early twentieth century, primarily in Britain > and "the Empire" but also includes material on the prohibition > movement in the United States. The history of the early > movement and its organisations in Britain is extensively > covered, consequently both Preston and Joseph Livesey feature > strongly. Biographies and autobiographies of temperance > workers, both men and women, are also well represented. The > collection also contains a wide selection of temperance > fiction, hymnals and reciters. > > Although the main subject thrust of the collection is > temperance there are also texts dealing with a wider range of > issues which exercised the movement. Crime and punishment, > prison reform and juvenile delinquency all feature in the > collection. Health issues also concerned the temperance > movement from its early days and into this century. The > collection reflects this with many works detailing the > physiological and psychological effects of alcohol consumption, > the treatment of inebriates, the effect of alcohol on > reproductive capacity, etc. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Livesey Collection journals > This area is one of the strongest features of the collection. > Included are long runs of some of the national temperance > titles including The British Temperance Advocate, The Alliance > News and The Temperance Record. > > There are runs of rarer titles such as Abkari, the journal of > the Anglo-Indian Temperance Association. Many very localised > titles are also held, for example, The York Visitor and The > Bristol Temperance Herald, although these are usually in very > short runs. Joseph Livesey's journal publications feature > strongly > > The journal holdings also reflect the wider ranging nature of > the collection. Health issues are covered by runs of The > British Journal of Inebriety and The Medical Temperance Journal > amongst others. Nineteenth century radical politics is > represented by short runs of The Black Dwarf and The White > Dwarf. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Livesey Collection handbills and tracts > Joseph Livesey was a prolific writer, and later, publisher of > tracts and handbills on temperance issues. The collection > features a large number of Livesey's writings plus other > nineteenth century tracts. > > The tradition of producing cheap, accessible writing continued > into the twentieth century and the collection also houses > handbills from the 1940s and 1950s. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Livesey Collection manuscripts > This part of the collection features the records of both local > and national organisations. Local records include minutes of > the Preston Temperance Society from 1887 - 1914 and the Halifax > Temperance Society from 1909 - 1967. > > National records include the annual conferences of the British > Temperance League 1835 - 1940 and the proceedings of the > Executive/General Committee of the National Temperance League > 1856 - 1928. > > A range of pledge books, unfortunately the majority blank, are > also held, along with the diary of Samuel Sims, an agent of the > National Temperance League in the 1880s. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Livesey Collection visual material > Visual material within the collection includes individual and > group photographs of temperance worthies, some as yet > unidentified. > > A large number of lantern slides illustrate temperance and > religious themes with the occasional uplifting personal tale > for light relief. > > There is also a wide range of pledge cards [unfilled !] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Livesey Project > In 1995 the Library received a grant from the Higher Education > Funding Council for England to enable the University to > conserve and catalogue the archive collections. This funding > will last until July 1998. Cataloguing is ongoing and in the > near future catalogue records will become available on the > University Library catalogue and thus over the Internet. > > In addition to cataloguing the collections a portion of the > grant is being used to preserve some of the more fragile and > unique items, consequently some items may not be immediately > available for use. > > We are exploring the possibility of linking visual images with > our catalogue records. This would allow the reproduction of > contents pages, selected text, illustrations, etc. > > If you have any questions about either the Livesey Project or > the Livesey Collection please contact Jude Boxall or Aidan > Turner-Bishop. > > [Back To Top] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Contact address: > > Jude Boxall Tel. 01772 892292 > or internal 2292 > email [log in to unmask] > > Aidan Turner-Bishop Tel. 01772 892285 > or internal 2285 > email [log in to unmask] > > [Back To Top] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Quick access to the primary navigation pages of the Library and > Learning Resource Services (LLRS) and other web pages of the > University of Central Lancashire is possible through the following > buttons. > > E-Mail the LLRS | LLRS Home | LLRS Phone Numbers | LLRS Pages Index > [E-Mail the LLRS] [To LLRS Home Page] [To LLRS Phone No's Page] > > [To LLRS Web Site Index] > > [University Search] [University Index] [University Home] > > Search the University | University Index | University Home > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This Page Last Updated - October 1996