Dike, Samuel W. (Samuel Warren) 1839-1913 creator mixed material monographic eng 9,800 28 12 Correspondence, speeches, writings, annual reports, articles, lecture notes, family papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Dike's activities as a Congregational minister and social reformer. Chiefly correspondence with members of the National Divorce Reform League (after 1897 the National League for the Protection of the Family) and other social reformers pertaining to Dike's responsibilities as corresponding secretary for both leagues. Subjects include attitudes toward society and societal problems, especially attitudes toward the family in society. Topics include divorce, marriage, Mormons and polygamy, temperance, the home study movement in the Congregational Church, and the elections of 1884, 1888, and 1892. Includes articles written by and about Dike; his unpublished autobiography; A Report on Marriage and Divorce in the United States, 1867-1886, published in 1889 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor; and material on temperance published by the Committee of Fifty for the Investigation of the Liquor Problem and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Correspondents include Herbert Baxter Adams, Newton Diehl Baker, Francis Greenwood Peabody, and Carroll Davidson Wright. Open to research. Two medals transferred to Smithsonian Institution. Congregational minister and social reformer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011207 Select index of correspondents available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011207.apx Adams, Herbert Baxter 1850-1901 Correspondence Baker, Newton Diehl 1871-1937 Correspondence Peabody, Francis Greenwood 1847-1936 Correspondence Wright, Carroll Davidson 1840-1909 Correspondence Dike family Committee of Fifty for the Investigation of the Liquor Problem. National Divorce Reform League (U.S.) National League for the Protection of the Family (U.S.) Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Alcoholism United States Congregational churches United States Congregational churches Education United States Divorce United States Domestic relations United States Families United States Elections United States 1884 Elections United States 1888 Elections United States 1892 Marriage United States Mormon Church Mormons Polygamy Social problems United States Temperance United States United States Social conditions 1865-1918 Clergy Reformers United States. Bureau of Labor. mm 73018499 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011207 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011207.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011207 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011207.3 Open to research. DLC 730523 20260227111614.0 mm 73018499