The Case Against the Red Light
Venereal disease bulletin, no. 54.
Public health pamphlet arguing that prostitution spreads venereal disease and cannot be "segregated, licensed, and made sanitary."
American Social Hygiene Association, New York City
M 9 Box 54, Folder "Social Hygiene" <a href="http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00102.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978. </a>
United States Public Health Service cooperating with the State Board of Health, Richmond, Virginia
1920
In <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4575745?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" title="available in JSTOR" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Publications Recently Issued by the Bureau of the Public Health Service”</a> <em>Public Health Reports</em> (1896-1970) Vol. 35, No. 41 (Oct. 8, 1920), pp. 2403-2408.
What the Bottle Does. One Year's Work.
Handbill showing a bottle of alcohol. The bottle's label depicts a boy in short pants with a snake coiled around his body, The label reads "Fluid Extract of Hell. GUARANTEED TO KILL BOYS." Written on the bottle itself are statistics attributed to the effects of alcohol. The bottle sits on a platform labelled "Public Sentiment."<br /><br />Beneath the illustration is the caption, "What the Book Says" and three passages from the Bible. An adress for ordering additional handbills is given at the bottom of the page.
Anti-Saloon League of Virginia
<a href="http://search.library.vcu.edu/VCU:all_scope:VCU_ALMA21452576370001101"><span class="EXLResultStatusAvailable" id="RTADivTitle_0"><span class="EXLAvailabilityCallNumber">HV 5235.V5 A58 1900</span></span></a>
between 1901 and 1916
Sit-in Songs : Songs of the Freedom Riders
Songs recorded by participants in CORE's Freedom Highways project in the summer of 1962. The project was designed to open chain restaurants along major federal highways to all persons.
Vinyl LP and songbook.
Dauntless DM 4301, a division of Audio Fidelity Records
Edward H. Peeples Collection
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
<a href="http://search.library.vcu.edu/VCU:all_scope:VCU_ALMA21365282100001101" target="_blank">M 1977 .P75 S57 1962</a><br /><br />
1962
Letter to Kate Waller Barrett from Calvin Coolidge
Letter from President Coolidge to Kate Waller Barrett regarding the Florence Crittenton Mission which managed homes for unwed mothers and prostitutes.
My dear Mrs. Barrett:
It is not easy to imagine a single reason why the work of the Florence Crittenton Mission should not have the most unqualified endorsement from every good citizen. I can think of a long list of the persuasive reasons why that endorsement should be given, and for myself I gladly extend it.
I wish you the fullest encouragement and cooperation in the splendid work you are carrying on.
Very truly yours,
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge, Calivin
M 9 Box 111, <a href="http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00102.xml">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>
1924 October 23
Errand Boys, Child Labor Street Permit #254. Pinback button.
Child labor street permit. This pinback button for an errand boy was issued in 1929. Variant state seal with armored Virtus and mountains in the distance.
Department of Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Virginia
M 9, Box 230, <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00102.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>
1929
Soldier Attention: A Private Word with You
World War I pamphlet warning soldiers of the effect of sexually transmitted diseases.
From the William E. Blake Collection.
State Board of Health of the Commonwealth of Virginia
<a href="http://search.library.vcu.edu/VCU:all_scope:VCU_ALMA21452871380001101" target="_blank">UH 630 .S65 1914</a>
State Board of Health of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Between 1914 and 1918
U.S.A. Temperance Union Pledge
We, the undersigned, connected with the Army of the United States, feeling the necessity of some fafe-guard against the evil of Intemperance so prevalent among us, and believing that Total Abstinence alone will prove effectual, do adopt the following PLEDGE:
I do hereb solemnly pledge myself to this Union, before God and my country, never to use as a beverage any distilled or malt liquors; wine or cider; and that I will do all in my power to promote Temperance among the Officers and Solders of the Army.
Signing this Pledge constitutes me a Member of the U.S.A. Temperance Union.
U.S.A. Temperance Union
M 4, Box 1, folder 1, <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00097.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thompson Collection of Lincolniana 1803-1965</a>
McGill & Withrow, Printers and Stereotypers
When They Come Home
Educational pamphlet on the topic of venereal disease.
United States Public Health Service
M 9 Box 55, Folder "Supplemental Literature," <a href="http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00102.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>
1918
What the Employers of America Can Do for the Disabled Soldiers & Sailors.
Issued by the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D.C.; Series: Monograph ; no. 3.; Vocational Rehabilitation Series ; no. 3 <br /><br />"The great American Congress felt the pulse of the Nation. It has charged the Federal Board for Vocational Education with the specific task of reeducating, retraining all disabled soldiers and sailors to take their place in the world as independent, self-supporting citizens. <strong>YOU, the employers of America, are charged with the duty of cooperation.</strong>"<br /><br /><strong>Federal Board for Vocational Education Members:<br /></strong><br />David F. Houston, Chairman, Secretary of Agriculture<br />James P. Munroe, Vice Chairman, Manufacture and Commerce<br />William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce<br />Charles A. Greathouse, Agriculture<br />William B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor<br />Arthur E. Holder, Labor<br />P. P. Claxton, Commissioner of Education<br /><br /><strong>Executive Staff:</strong><br /><br />Layton S. Hawkins, Chief Vocational Education Division<br />Charles H. Winslow, Chief Research Division<br />J. A. C. Chandler, Chief Rehabilitation Division<br />Lewis H. Capris, Assistant Director for Industrial Education<br />F. G. Nichols, Assistant Director for Commercial Education<br />Josephine T. Berry, Assistant Director for Home Economics Education<br />W. H. Hummel, Assistant Director for Agricultural Education
United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education.
<a href="http://search.library.vcu.edu/VCU:all_scope:VCU_ALMA21396643960001101" target="_blank">UB 363 .A2 1918</a>
Government publication
1918 November
Protect our American Youth by Prohibiting the Liquor Traffic
Woman's Christian Temperance Union placard. A stick handle was once attached to this sign.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
M 9 Box 51, <a href="http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00102.xml">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>
Adventure Comics: Superboy no.203 AUG 1954
Adventure Comics: Superboy no.212 MAY 1955
Adventure Comics: Superboy no.215 AUG 1955
Adventure Comics: Superboy no.218 NOV 1955
Adventure Comics: Superboy no.219 DEC 1955
Adventure Comics: Superboy no.240 SEP 1957
Batman: The Joker Announces Danger no.97 FEB 1956
Batman: The Return of Mr. Future no.98 MAR 1956
Batman: The Golden Eggs no.99 APR 1956
Batman: Batmantown, U.S.A. no.100 JUN 1956
Batman: The House of Batman no.102 SEP 1956
Batman: The man Who Knew Batman's Secret no.104 DEC 1956
Batman: The Challenge of Batwoman no.105 FEB 1957
Batman: The Big Batman Quiz no.108 JUN 1957
Batman: The Dog That Betrayed Batman no.131 APR 1960