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Alcoholic beverages -- Law and legislation

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Anheuser-Busch, Inc. anti-Prohibition ephemera

 Collection
Accession: 2865
Abstract:

Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (now Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC) is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. This small collection consists of three items seeking support against an upcoming Prohibition bill: an explanatory letter, a blank petition form against the bill, and a newspaper article reprint about the Dry Movement. 

Dates: 1943 May-1943 June

Beer and craft brewing oral history interviews

 Collection
Accession: 2016-287
Abstract:

Craft beer is defined by the Brewers Association as being a small brewery (six million barrels of beer or less annually), independent (less than 25 percent owned by a non-craft brewer industry member), and traditional (in reference to ingredients, fermentation, flavor, and alcohol volume). This collection contains a series of interviews conducted in 2015 and 2016 on the business of craft brewing in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. The collection includes interviews with brewers and brewery owners from Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.

Dates: 2015-2016

Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR), Pennsylvania Division records

 Collection
Accession: 2271
Abstract:

The Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR) National Committee investigated the increase in drunkenness and effect of Prohibition, operated a publicity campaign, created a speakers' bureau, spoke at legislative hearings, and enrolled members. This collection of the Pennsylvania division records consists of the Executive Committee minutes, administrative files, financial records, and membership records.

Dates: 1930-1934