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Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). North End (Portland) Branch.
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30 cm of textual records
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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) originated in Owen Sound, Ontario, in 1874. Under the leadership of Letitia Youmans, a national association was formed in 1885. The Saint John branch located in Portland and later North End of Saint John, New Brunswick. It was organized in 1877 as the Gospel Temperance Union. The organization constructed and maintained the Union Hall, 361 Main St. The building was demolished in 1980.
The WCTU campaigned principally for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages. It also advocated female suffrage, sex hygiene and mothers allowances.
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This fonds includes:
- Minute book, 1899-1901
- Minute book, 1901-1903
- Minute book, 1903-1905
- Minute book, 1912-1915
- Minute book, 1915-1918
- Minute book, 1929-1931
- Minute book, 1931-1933
- Minute book, 1938-1941
- Minute book, 1944-1953
- Account book, 1880
- Account book, 1881-1882
- Account book, 1882-1924
- Account book, 1884-1898
- Account book, 1890-1898
- Account book, 1925-1946
- Dividend book, 1883-1921
- Record of stock certificates, 1885-1895
- File of miscellaneous documents includes: assignment of lease, Jessie Keltie to Rhonda Barnhill, Margaret Baisley, and Phoebe T. Dunham, 1879; tax levy, Daniel Ramsay, 1881; lease, Count DeBury to Union Hall, 1889; insurance policies, stock receipts, and financial statement, 1928
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Purchased, 1980
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- English
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