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Total Abstinence Teaching in Recitation and Story, National WCTU Publishing House

Billed as “stories for the adult to tell and the child to recite,” these selections were approved for the WCTU’s junior speech contests, which were…

Tags: children, contest, elocution, oratory, recitation, story, storytelling, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union

Professional Women Lecturers

Linnie Carl of Portland, Oregon served as the Field Secretary of the Young People’s Branch and as a National Lecturer for the WCTU. Carl was a…

Tags: drama, elocution, lecturer, Linnie Carl, lyceum, oratory, Oregon, public speaking, temperance, theater, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history

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

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

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, 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, 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

Julia Colman

Julia Colman (1828-1909) was the superintendent of literature for the WCTU from 1875 to 1890, and she also worked with the National Temperance…

Tags: drama, elocution, Julia Colman, lecture, nineteenth century, oratory, public speaking, scientific temperance, temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union

Recitations and Dialogues for Bands of Hope

This book is the second volume of selections for young people to recite at Band of Hope meetings. It contains solo recitations and dialogues for…

Tags: band of hope, Britain, children, children's literature, dialogue, elocution, England, lecture, lyceum, oratory, poetry, public speaking, recitation, story, temperance

William Darrah, The Onward Reciter, 1872

The Onward Reciter is a product of the Band of Hope movement in Northern England, specifically Lancashire and Cheshire. Most of the selections were…

Tags: band of hope, Britain, children, children's literature, elocution, England, lecture, lyceum, nineteenth century, oratory, poetry, recitation, story, temperance, youth group