The State Historical Society of Missouri

Famous Missouri Leaders

Carry A. Nation (1846 – 1911)

Selected Resources
from The State Historical Society of Missouri, Manuscript Collection

Carry A. Nation (1846 – 1911)


  • The Missouri Collection (C3982)
    Folder 92 contains material on the Missouri Anti-Saloon League, including brochures, broadsides, and miscellaneous material pertaining to the temperance movement in Columbia, Missouri.
  • Upton, Lucile Morris, Papers, 1823-1986 (C3869)
    The personal and professional papers of a Springfield, Missouri, journalist and writer are especially strong in the history of Springfield and the Ozarks region and in Ozark folklore. Information about Carry Nation is included in several files, including a photograph of her giving a speech in Excelsior Springs.
  • WCTU Minute Book, Columbia Missouri, 1884-1888 (C0262)
    Carry Nation is mentioned in the book, which contains the constitution, meeting minutes, roll of members, activities, and bylaws of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.