Records of an organization founded by business and church leaders to overthrow commercialized vice in Lancaster by sending agents into the community to check for prostitution, obscenity, drinking, and gambling. Collection includes by-laws, minutes, annual reports, treasurers' reports, agents' expenses, reports on findings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, 25 books of agents' on-duty reports, and investigative reports. The Rev. Clifford G. Twombly was identified with this movement, as was the late William H. Hager, department store merchant.
Life of George Mifflin Dallas, vice president of the United States: Prepared and published in Sepember, 1844, by the Democratic Committee of Publication, John K. Kane, et al
From front of photograph: "(NY1) WASHINGTON, Jan.24--LEADERS ALL--Three United States presidents stand solemnly on inauguration stand in front of Capitol last Tuesday during singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" in ceremony in which Dwight D. Eisenhower was made president. In foreground is Vice President Nixon. Immediately behind him is President Eisenhower. At left is ex-President Truman and at right is ex-Presidnet Hoover. In background behind Truman and Eisenhower are Maj. John Eisenhower, the president's son, and Forrest Harness, senate sergeant-at-arms. This picture was made by a free-lance photographer who chanced to get a seat in the presidential stand where there were no authorized camera positions. (APWirephoto)
