dear tanya and list members.  i have not worked with prohibition bureau
records on the alcohol side, but i have worked with them extensively on the
narcotics enforcement side.  in brief:   very little regional office
material survives.  jb
 
 
 
>I have a question concerning Prohibition Bureau records.  I'm working on
>a master's thesis dealing with prohibition in New Orleans and am curious
>as to if the records from the enforcement agency here have survived.  I
>do remember reading in an historiographical essay or chapter in a book
>that the records for New Orleans and Chicago were missing or sketchy at
>best.  Unfortunately, I can't locate my notes on this to find out what
>book this information came from.  I have been going back through all of
>my notes from my secondary source readings and the books themselves with
>no luck.  I don't think this was some idea I created in my mind.  I was
>hoping some one on the list would be able to help me.  It seems to be a
>question no one here can answer for me and I need to find this
>information again for obvious reasons.  Also, I would be eternally
>grateful to anyone out there who would have any pointers on primary
>materials dealing with prohibition in New Orleans.  I have been living
>in the archives for months it seems, but am holding out hope that there
>are places I've not considered or missed that will help me flesh out my
>research.
>
>Thank you kindly,
>Tanya Marie Sanchez
>University of New Orleans
>
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