Jim, Thanks for your reply to my inquiry. I already have your 1986 article on Dashaway Hall in CONTEMPORARY DRUG PROBLEMS and know of your dissertation (which I will order),but certainly would appreciate any additional information you might have on the hall. This is for a book on temperance entertainments (particularly drama ) I am writing and which is being vetted by Cambridge University Press at this very moment. I look forward to hearing from you and your input into my project. Sincerely, John Frick U.of Virginia At 11:33 AM 4/16/01 -0400, you wrote: >hey, john. dashaway hall in san francisco (est. 1862) was a well-known >facility of this sort. its records didn't survive the earthquake and fire, >but it was relatively well chronicled and photographs survive from the >1870s. it began as a temperance hall but as its founding organization (the >dashaway association, 1859-1898) began to decline in the 1870s, it was >rented for a variety of purposes. if you'd like information short of actual >records, let me know. jb > >At 06:39 AM 4/16/01 -0400, you wrote: >>I am searching for the records of a late (1870-1900) >>nineteenth-century temperance hall that might have hosted or >>sponsored temperance entertainments. If you can help me, >>please write, fax or e-mail me at one of the addresses listed >>below. >> >>Thanks. >> >> >>John Frick >>Department of Drama >>University of Virginia >>Charlottesville, VA 22903 >>FAX: 804-924-1447 >>E-mail: [log in to unmask] > >