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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82038315
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The records of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, which advocated repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, were given to the Library of Congress by Grace McClure Dixon Cogswell Root (Mrs. Edward Wales Root), research director of the organization, in 1935.
The collection was processed in 1984. The finding aid was revised in 2011 by David Mathisen. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The records of Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
he records of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform span the years 1896-1933, with the bulk of the material dating from 1931 to 1933. The collection consists mainly of responses to a query by Grace McClure Dixon Cogswell Root (Mrs. Edward Wales Root), director of research for the organization, sent to consuls general and other representatives of foreign countries about their liquor policies and regulations. Founded in 1929, the organization favored the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment because of concerns about the ineffective enforcement of Prohibition and the lawlessness and disrespect for authority associated with the failure of government-imposed abstinence. Included are copies or transcriptions of liquor laws and regulations of the countries queried or studied.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by name of country, with miscellaneous material filed at the end.