Film Review: Prohibition

July 5, 2012

Historian Tona Hangen takes a look at Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s three-part documentary on Prohibition.

Instigating a Ban on "Spirituous Liquors"

April 13, 2012

Discover the motivations fueling the 19th-century temperance movement.

Alcohol, Temperance, and Prohibition

April 14, 2008

More than 1,800 primary sources provide a window into the Temperance Movement and Prohibition.

Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in 19th-Century America

January 25, 2008

Provides full-text transcriptions and page images of 1815–1865 Sunday school books addressing religious instruction for youth.