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- Collection: Oratorical Contests
Elocution Lessons By Mail
Elocution Lessons By Mail
Enclosed in all of the medal contest reciters were advertisements for correspondence courses in elocution taught by women from small towns in…
Tags: advertisement, correspondence course, elocution, Illinois, nineteenth century, oratory, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
Advertisement for Elocution Schools
Advertisement for Elocution Schools
Enclosed in all of the medal contest reciters were advertisements for elocution schools in the Chicago area. The Columbia College of Expression and…
Tags: chicago, Columbia college, drama, elocution, Illinois, Mary blood, oratory, public speaking, temperance, theater, woman's christian temperance union
Oratorical Prize Medals display
Oratorical Prize Medals display
These medals were donated to the Archives by members of the WCTU. Many were won during the 1890s. They represent contests for all age groups and were…
Tags: contest, elocution, medals, nineteenth century, oratory, prohibition, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
Oratorical Contest Medals
Oratorical Contest Medals, 1921
The WCTU’s annual catalog featured images of medals that could be ordered and distributed to winners of oratorical contests. The medals came in…
Tags: contest, elocution, medals, nineteenth century, oratory, prohibition, public speaking, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
Oratorical Contest Rules Leaflet
Oratorical Contest Rules Leaflet, National WCTU Publishing House
This twentieth-century leaflet lists rules for participants and judges in WCTU oratorical contests. It features a “Judge’s Blank” and explains which…
Tags: contest, elocution, nineteenth century, oratory, public speaking, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
Adelia E. Carman, Contest Booklets
Adelia E. Carman, Contest Booklets
WCTU oratorical contest booklets were compiled by Adelia Carman, the National WCTU Superintendent of Medal Contests. They were printed at the WCTU’s…
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