Joe King: For 19th century personal accounts, you could try the Library Company's website (address below), which links to our online catalog. Searching "temperance" yields about 450 hits. Offhand, I can recommend a couple of titles: Hosack, David, 1769-1835. Address delivered at the first anniversary of the New York City Temperance Society / by David Hosack ; May 11, 1830. [New York : s.n., 1830] 24 p. ; 21 cm. Contains "Confessions of a drunkard." Rare Am 1830 Hosack 69369.O and Dutcher, George M., b. 1839. Disinthralled : a story of my life / by George M. Dutcher ; a vivid portrayal of the evils of intemperance as exemplified in the author's own remarkable career, together with many interesting reminiscences of his six year's experience as a worker in the temperance field. Hartford, Conn.: : Columbian Book Company, 1872. 276 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Rare 2 Wright 830 102080.D (The second title purports to be autobiography, but is actually a work of fiction -- definitely temperance rhetoric!) I know there are others, and if you play around in the online catalog or make a visit to the LCP, you will probably find more. -- Jessy Randall At 02:47 PM 4/21/99 -0700, you wrote: >Greetings, > >I am currently doing research on the rhetoric of the >temperance movement. I am most interested in their use >of rhetoric -- personal accounts of how drink affected >the speaker or others. I would be most interested in >20th Century information, but 19th century is good, >too. > >Can anyone point me to any resources for such >information? > >Thank you in advance for any and all assistance. > >Joe King > Jessy Randall Library Company of Philadelphia 1314 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-546-3181 [log in to unmask] http://www.librarycompany.org