Edward G. Levy collection relating to temperance
Scope and Contents
Papers and other materials collected by Edward G. Levy, relating to temperance and prohibition, most nineteenth-early twentieth centuries, most from the United States, with a small amount of material about temperance in Great Britain. Materials include documents and fragments, signed, by temperance advocates Marie Caroline Brehm, John B. Gough, Theobald Mathew, and John G. Woolley; a circular letter of the American Temperance Society, 1832; printed license and tax documents issued by the United States government, 1794-1929; clippings, including a scrapbook relating to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Connecticut, 1887-1888; postcards issued by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, undated; trade cards and other advertising materials of manufacturers of alcoholic beverages, circa 1865-1885 and undated; buttons, medals, and paper fans advertisting temperance organizations and beverage manufacturers, 1895-1930s and undated; and beverage bottles, bottle labels, and a brass whiskey tap, undated.
Dates
- 1794-1970s
- Majority of material found within 1880 - 1970
Creator
- Levy, Edward G., 1898-1990 (Collector)
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Box 6 (glass beverage bottles): Restricted fragile material. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Conditions Governing Use
The Edward G. Levy Collection Relating to Temperance is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Edward G. Levy, 1976.
Arrangement
Organized in to three series: I. Documents, 1794-1930s. II. Printed Material, 1850s-1970s. III. Objects, 1895-1930s.
Extent
1.13 Linear Feet ((4 boxes) + 2 art objects)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Papers and other materials collected by Edward G. Levy, relating to temperance and prohibition, most 19th-early 20th centuries, most from the United States, with a small amount of material about temperance in Great Britain. Materials include documents and fragments, signed, by temperance advocates Marie Caroline Brehm, John B. Gough, Theobald Mathew, and John G. Woolley; a circular letter of the American Temperance Society, 1832; printed license and tax documents issued by the United States government, 1794-1929; clippings, including a scrapbook relating to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Connecticut, 1887-1888; postcards issued by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, undated; trade cards and other advertising materials of manufacturers of alcoholic beverages, circa 1865-1885 and undated; buttons, medals, and paper fans advertisting temperance organizations and beverage manufacturers, 1895-1930s and undated; and beverage bottles, bottle labels, and a brass whiskey tap, undated.
Edward G. Levy (1898-1990)
Edward G. Levy received his LL.B from Boston University in 1921 and joined his brother's New Haven law practice. In 1939 he was sentenced to a year in jail for his participation in a kickback scheme led by the mayor of Waterbury. In later years he and his wife, Hortense R. Levy, collected autographs and dime novels and made substantial donations of these materials to several libraries. Edward G. Levy died in 1990.
Processing Information
This collection consists of materials formerly classed as Uncat MS Vault 839. In 2013, the collection received a baseline level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization. Most folder titles were based on information provided by the donor, while some were assigned by Library staff. Folder titles were not verified against contents.
- American Temperance Society
- Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
- Bottle labels (paper labels) -- United States -- 20th Century
- Bottles -- United States -- 20th Century
- Brehm, Marie Caroline, -1926
- Buttons (information artifacts) -- United States -- 20th Century
- Demorest, William Jennings, 1822-1895
- Fans (costume accessories) -- United States -- 20th Century
- Gough, John B. (John Bartholomew), 1817-1886
- Levy, Edward G., 1898-1990
- Matchbooks -- United States -- 20th Century
- Mathew, Theobald, 1790-1856
- Medals -- United States -- 19th century
- Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911 -- Caricatures and cartoons
- Plumbing fixtures -- United States -- 20th Century
- Prohibition -- United States
- Scrapbooks -- United States -- Connecticut -- 19th century
- Temperance -- Great Britain
- Temperance -- Great Britain -- Societies, etc.
- Temperance -- United States
- Temperance -- United States -- Societies, etc.
- Trade cards (advertising) -- United States -- 19th century
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Woolley, John G. (John Granville), 1850-1922
- Title
- Guide to the Edward G. Levy Collection Relating to Temperance
- Author
- by Karen Spicher
- Date
- 2013 June
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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