The records consist of correspondence, arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically, mimeographed information, clippings, accounts, pamphlets, posters, minutebooks, government publications, maps, periodicals, and books. The correspondence arranged chronologically was separated from the correspondence filed according to subject and seem to be arranged in no particular order. It includes both inward and outward correspondence. Clippings are arranged by subject in six boxes. On August 25, 1915 a convention of temperance forces was held in Vancouver after the Premier, Sir Richard McBride, had decided to put the question of instituting prohibition of the sale of liquor as a war measure to a plebiscite of the electorate. Out of this Vancouver Convention came the formation of the British Columbia Prohibition Association [BCPA], otherwise known as the People's Prohibition Movement. A committee was set up on an ad hoc basis initially, with Mr. J. Rogers as President to mobilize support for prohibition and organize for the referendum McBride had decided to call. When it was announced that the anti-prohibitionists had won, the temperance forces charged that there had been serious irregularities in the soldiers' vote on the referendum. A Royal Commission was subsequently set up in 1917 to investigate these charges and it revealed that an overall majority of 3,875 were in favour of the Prohibition Act proposed by the referendum instead of the 800 majority originally tallied against it. As a result a Prohibition Act was passed by the Provincial assembly and became law on October 1, 1917. During the 1920s the Association carried on its activities under its executive secretary, W.G.W. Fortune, followed by Methodist minister, Rev. R.J. McIntyre, in 1925. At an executive meeting of the BC Prohibition Association on Nov. 27, 1933, a motion moved by Dr. Dobson was adopted by the Executive Committee which changed the name of the BCPA to the BC Temperance League. A constitution for the BC Temperance League was adopted by an executive meeting on Feb. 23, 1934, and this was formally approved on May 20, 1934 at the annual convention. The purpose of- the BC Temperance League was to be "the solution of the liquor problem in the interest of human welfare by evangelism, abstinence, education and legislation, having in view the ultimate elimination of the drink evil (Constitution, BCTL, adopted May 10, 1934). Almost a year after the Rev. McIntyre's retirement in May, 1947, the League appointed Rev. A.W. Small to carry on the work of executive secretary. On May 7, 1952, the Anglican Bishop Godfrey Gower was made the President of a new organization, the Alcohol Research Council, charged with the task of securing as large a vote as possible against the sale of liquor by the glass. In November 1952, the BC Temperance League and the Alcohol Research Council joined forces and became known as the BC Alcohol Research and Education Council, with A.W. Cowley appointed its first executive secretary.

Correspondence, annual reports, minutes and financial papers; research files, reports, briefs and surveys produced by the association and dealing with alcohol and the community; published reports collected as reference materials.

The Greater Victoria Association on Alcoholism (GVAA) was established to educate members and initiate programs relating to alcoholism.

The records consist of correspondence, annual reports, minutes and financial records, research files, reports, briefs and surveys created and received by the Greater Victoria Association on Alcoholism.

Ellen “Nellie” Letitia (Mooney) McClung was born in Chatsworth, Ontario on October 20, 1873. Her family moved to Wawanesa, Manitoba in 1880 and upon graduation from the Winnipeg Normal School at the age of 16, she began her teaching career at Manitou, Manitoba. In 1896 she married Robert Wesley McClung, a pharmacist in Manitou. In 1908, her first novel, Sowing Seeds in Danny, was published. Other novels, essays, short stories, and sketches soon followed and continued to appear into her seventieth year. The McClung's moved to Winnipeg in 1911 when Robert took up work with an insurance company. Nellie became active in various organizations, including the Canadian Women's Press Club and the Winnipeg Political Equality League. Her activities in temperance and women's suffrage leagues continued when they moved to Edmonton in 1914 where she campaigned vigorously for social reform and women's rights. She served in the Alberta Legislature with the Liberals from 1921 to 1926. After her political defeat she fought to establish Canadian women's rights to seats in the Senate. In 1933 the McClung family moved to Victoria, B.C.. From 1936 to 1942 she served as the first woman member of the CBC Board of Governors. In 1938 she represented Canada as a delegate to the League of Nations. She died in 1951 at the age of 77.

The fonds consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, handwritten and typescript copies of published and unpublished works, notes for speeches, scrapbooks and a photograph album. The original manuscripts (the first rough drafts) in the McClung fonds are contained in nine boxes. The articles and novels are written in scribblers. Where a title has been placed at the start of a composition, this has been noted in the list below. Each scribbler has been examined but the list of titles is not necessarily comprehensive. The photograph album was transferred to Visual Records, accession 198307-001. The over-sized address presented to the McClungs by the citizens of Manitou (vol. 63) was found in a drawer in 2008 and was added to MS-0010.

Series consists of a pence book, postage account, and treasurer's report, Victoria Alliance, 1886-1888; minutes and newspaper notices of meetings, Blue Ribbon Temperance Society, 1888-1890.