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

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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