Ms. Pierce,
You will find the microfilm edition of the Ohio Historical Society-Michigan
Historical Collection Temperance and Prohibition Papers, which includes the
WCTU, the ASL and other organizations, useful, although it is particularly
rich in material from periods earlier than those you are investigating.
There are several copies out there at various libraries, many available
through interlibrary loan.  I'd also suggest looking for accounts of the
Mexican campaigns in U.S. newspapers in border states.  The "missionary"
activities of the WCTU were often reported, sympathetically or otherwise.
James Ivy
San Antonio College


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Kyvig" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: archival information


> Dear Ms. Pierce:
>
> Your topic sounds very interesting and worthwhile.  I'm not sure what
> you will find at the WCTU archives, but I do know that they are located
> in a brick building right behind the Francis Willard Home in Evanston.
> Good luck with your work.
>
> David Kyvig
> Northern Illinois University
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 03/09/04 2:22 PM >>>
> Hello,
>
> My name is Gretchen Pierce and I am PhD student in Latin American
> history
> at the University of Arizona.  I will soon be beginning my dissertation
> on
> anti-alcohol campaigns in Mexico (specifically the states of Oaxaca and
> Sonora) in the 1920s and 30s.  I have already done a lot of preliminary
> work on the topic, and I feel pretty confident that I know which
> archives
> to visit once I get to Mexico (though any suggestions would certainly be
> appreciated.)  I am hoping to get some help, though, on archives to
> visit
> in the U.S.  I've done some work in the Arizona Historical Society in
> Tucson and I know that WCTU branches in southern Arizona tried
> to "proselytize" to Mexican-American women, and perhaps to Mexican
> women,
> as well.  I would like to find more information about temperance work in
> Mexico, through perhaps the WCTU, the Anti-Saloon League, the Templars,
> etc.  Can anyone steer me in the right direction?  Is the main WCTU
> archive in Evanston, IL?  Is it fairly accessible?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide,
>
> Gretchen Pierce
>