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Temperance and Anti-Temperance

SBA collections

Glasgow and District Licensed Trade Defence Association;  (Ref: GDL)
1928-1933; Minute Book. Includes minutes of board, AGMs, and joint meetings with other groups, such as local license holders.  (Ref: GDL 1/6/1)
1899; Directors’ Report and Treasurer’s Financial Statement.  (Ref: GDL 1/10/1)
1900; Directors’ Report and Treasurer’s Financial Statement.  (Ref: GDL 1/10/2)
1901; Directors’ Report and Treasurer’s Financial Statement.  (Ref: GDL 1/10/3)
1916; Annual Report.  (Ref: GDL 1/10/4)
1925; Annual Report.  (Ref: GDL 1/10/5)
1926; Annual Report.  (Ref: GDL 1/10/6)

Scottish Licensed Trade Defence Association;  (Ref: SLT)
1893; Annual Report, Balance Sheet, Defence Fund Subscriptions and Appendices.  (Ref: SLT 4/1/1)
1894; Annual Report, Balance Sheet, Defence Fund Subscriptions and Appendices.  (Ref: SLT 4/1/2)
1898; Annual Report, Balance Sheet, Defence Fund Subscriptions and Appendices.  (Ref: SLT 4/1/3)

William Younger & Co. Ltd.;  (Ref: WY)
1920-1930; Box of correspondence and samples of leaflets produced by The Anti-Prohibition Campaign Council. Includes publications, copies of articles, parliamentary bills.  (Ref: WY 11/1/6)
1922-1948; Newspaper scrap books. Includes anti-temperance articles.  (Ref: WY 11/1/2 & 3)

See also Minute Books of brewery companies for directors’ views and policies towards the temperance movement and participation in the trade defence organisations.

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Temperance-related publications in the SBA Library

The National Guardian
1889-1913; The trade paper for the licensed trade in Scotland. Volumes from 1889 to 1913. This was a staunch anti-temperance paper and includes anti-temperance articles and reports of parliamentary proceedings relating to the industry. The Mitchell Library, Glasgow has a complete series from 1889 onwards. (1889-1913 are on microfilm)

The Brewers’ Almanack
1895-1971; Includes details of parliamentary proceedings that affected the brewing trade; lists of temperance societies and newspapers; directory of trade defence societies; outcome of Local Option Veto Polls (stored off-site).

King, E., Scotland, Sober & Free: the Temperance Movement 1829-79. Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries: Glasgow, 1979.  (Shelf Ref: AA10)

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Glasgow University Archive Services collections

1846-1939; Scottish Temperance Alliance.  (DC 19)

1895-1956; The Independent Order of Rechabites.  (DC 25)

Sir Archibald Cameron Corbett, (see obituaries 1933).  (DC 26)

1864-1976; Scottish Licences Mutual Insurance Association.  (UGD 119)

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Other sources of information (not at Glasgow University Archive Services)

Temperance newspapers
This is not an exhaustive list and is only intended to be a guide to some contemporary newspapers and journals to begin your research. This list was extracted from The Brewers’ Almanack and Wine & Spirit Trade Annual 1907.

Alliance News
Established 1854. Official organ of the United Kingdom Alliance for the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic. Published Thursdays.

Temperance Chronicle
Established 1874. Official organ of the Church of England Temperance Society. Published Fridays.

Temperance Record
Established 1856. Official organ of the National Temperance League. Published monthly.

Good Templars’ Watchword
Organ of the English Grand Lodge of Good Templars. Weekly.

British Temperance Advocate
Organ of the British Temperance League. Monthly.

Reformer
Organ of the Scottish Permissive Bill Association.

League Journal
Established 1857. Organ of the Scottish Temperance League. Weekly.

Irish Temperance League Journal
Organ of the Irish Temperance League. Monthly.

To locate libraries holding these temperance newspapers and journals try http://edina.ed.ac.uk/salser/gui/index.html for Scottish Academic and Research libraries;
or British Library, Newspaper Library, Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HE.

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The Chief Teetotal Societies in 1907
This is not an exhaustive list and is only intended to be a guide to some contemporary societies to begin your research. This list was extracted from The Brewers’ Almanack and Wine & Spirit Trade Annual 1907.

  • United Kingdon Alliance, established 1853. Alliance News.
  • Church of England Temperance Society, founded 1862. The Temperance Chronicle.
  • Temperance Legislation League.
  • National United Temperance Council.
  • National Conservative & Unionist Temperance Association.
  • Central Public-House Trust Association, formed 1900.
  • Central Association for Stopping the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday, established 1867.
  • National Temperance Federation.
  • National Temperance League. Temperance Record.
  • Scottish Permissive Bill and Temperance Association.
  • Scottish Temperance League.
  • Irish Temperance League.
  • Irish Association for the Prevention of Intemperance.
  • Church of Ireland Temperance Society.

For the location of archives of these societies consult the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1HP.

Tel: 0171 242 1198
E-mail: nra@hmc.gov.uk

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 Last Update: 9 October 2009