This item is in fact still and important reference
source. It is filled with information. Of course it has a
"dry" bias--it was prepared by a branch of the Anti-Saloon
League. Nevertheless, I use it all of the time. I own a
personal set.
To have these volumes digitized would require some sort of foundation
grant, and a publisher willing to host it somewhere.
I think it is a matter worth pursuing.
At 07:45 AM 4/12/2001 -0400, you wrote:
Arguably, the most important
reference work in temperance history is the
Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem, 6 vols., ed. Ernest
Hurst
Cherrington (Westerville, Ohio: American Issue, 1925-30), which tried
to
cover the entire world. Would it be worth the trouble of somebody
to scan
it and place it on the Web? A number of larger reference works
published
early in the 20th century are available on the Web. What would be
the
problems? What would be required to post the Standard
Encyclopedia? Is
the print version readily available to researchers?
K. Austin
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