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Register of the Hunt (Rockwell D.) Prohibition Collection,
1914-1936
Mss138
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Title: Hunt (Rockwell D.) Prohibition Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1936
Collection number: Mss138
Creator:
Harold S. Jacoby
Extent: 0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Hunt (Rockwell D.) Prohibition Collection,
Mss138, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the
Pacific Library
Early in the 20th century, Rockwell D. Hunt (1868-1966), an Economics
Professor at the University of Southern California, gathered publications on
the problems of alcohol and prohibition (1914-1936) for courses in sociology
and economics. Hunt was interested in helping students refrain from drinking
and in studying the effects of alcohol on society and so developed a course on
the "Liquor Problem." In 1914 he corresponded with several faculty at other
universities about this course and about his efforts to have students take a
pledge against drinking.
The collection includes: correspondence; articles about college students
and alcohol written by Dr. Hunt; a course description; notes; pamphlets,
including many from the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment;
newspaper clippings; and ephemeral materials. There are also a few items on
tobacco and narcotics.