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The Chautauqua Movement consisted of popular educational summer
camps. These certainly regarded the temperance cause favorably, and
meetings may have been characterized as "temperance camps."
The movement started in southwestern New York, on the shores of Lake
Chautauqua, in 1874. The first meeting attracted 25,000 visitors from
25 states, with daily attendance estimated at 4,000 people. President
Grant attended the second meeting, in 1875, and Frances E. Willard
attended the third meeting, in 1876. Independent assemblies organized
after the Chatauqua model began to appear as early 1876. I draw these
details from a paper written by my father, George Miller (Dept. of
English - Univ. of Delaware). He knows a lot more about the
Chautauqua Movement than I do. Your librarian friend might contact
him if this sounds like a match or a good lead for the mysterious
"temperance camp" in Maryland.
Jon
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Jon Miller, Asst. Prof. of English, Dept. of English, Univ. of Akron,
Akron, OH 44326-1906. office and voice mail, 1-330-972-5717.
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