Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Collection of temperance pledge certificates issued by churches, temperance societies, and other organizations roughly from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century in the United States and abroad. The collection consists primarily of individual pledges but, in some cases, collective pledges are also included, usually in the context of a family or a church setting. Most of the organizations included only have a few materials that do not span succeeding decades, but other...