Browse Items (15 total)

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

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

Lost and Saved

With words by poet and songwriter Eben Rexford and music by singer, teacher, and composer T. Martin Towne, Lost and Saved was quite elaborate,…

Tags: cantata, chicago, drama, Illinois, musical, nineteenth century, parlor drama, temperance, theater

George Melville Baker

George Melville Baker (1832-1890) was a playwright and publisher based in Boston. He first worked for Lee & Shepard publishers before establishing his…

Tags: Boston, drama, George baker, George melville baker, nineteenth century, parlor drama, parlor guide, playwright, publishing, temperance, theater

"Signing the Pledge" tableau diagram

In his popular parlor guide The Sociable, George Arnold included a three-part series of temperance tableaux that contrasts the impact of alcoholism on…

Tags: drama, George Arnold, nineteenth century, parlor drama, parlor guide, tableaux, temperance, the sociable, theater

"Come Home Father"

Illustration from T. S. Arthur's 1854 temperance novel, "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room," which was subsequently adapted into a bestselling play.

Tags: children, drama, illustration, novel, play, T. S. Arthur, temperance, ten nights in a bar-room, theater

Mrs. W. P. Chase, The Crusade Story: A Pageant, National WCTU Publishing House, ca. 1925

This pageant is an adaptation of the story of the Woman’s Crusade as described by Elizabeth Putnam Gordon in Women Torch-Bearers: The Story of the…

Tags: adaptation, drama, nineteenth century, pageant, temperance, theater, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's crusade

Lost Museum Archive, Abstinence Pledge

A recreation of the temperance pledge that may have been given to audience members at Barnum's American Museum.

Tags: barnum, Barnum's american museum, drama, nineteenth century, P. T. Barnum, temperance, temperance pledge, theater

Lost Museum Archive, "The Drunkard"

A recreation of a poster for "The Drunkard" at Barnum's American Museum.

Tags: barnum, Barnum's american museum, drama, museum, nineteenth century, P. T. Barnum, play, temperance, the drunkard, theater

Jane Good, The Uncrowned Queen, Northwestern School of Speech, 1939

The Uncrowned Queen was advertised to Woman’s Clubs, Parent-Teacher Associations, churches, “Business and Professional Women’s clubs” and other groups…

Tags: children, creative drama, drama, elocution, Frances Willard, monologue, northwestern university, solo performance, temperance, theater, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union