Original press release from Lloyd Barbee, a state representative from Milwaukee, supporting pro-marijuana demonstrators at the Wisconsin State Capitol on April 29, 1972.
Poster advertising the Dana Beal Defense Fund in Madison, WI. Dana Beal was a marijuana activist and a leader of the Youth International Party (Yippies) who had been arrested on marijuana charges in 1971.
Poster advertising the Dana Beal Defense Fund in Madison, WI. Dana Beal was a marijuana activist and a leader of the Youth International Party (Yippies) who had been arrested on marijuana charges in 1971. The poster reads: "Dana Beal is imprisoned in…
Letter from Eli Lilly and Company to Edward Kremers, the Director of the University of Wisconsin Department of Pharmacy, on June 15, 1918, asking to "obtain any quantity possible of American Cannabis, high test."
Letter from Eli Lilly and Company to Edward Kremers, the Director of the University of Wisconsin Department of Pharmacy, on July 5, 1918, asking if Kremers would please advise if he were able to provide them "with any quantity of this drug [American…
Cover page of a pamphlet written by Herbert C. Hamilton about the medicinal value of cannabis sativa. The article originally appeared in the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association on April 4, 1915. It was reprinted by Parke Davis for its…
Letter from Edward Kremers, the Director of the University of Wisconsin Department of Pharmacy, to Eli Lilly and Company on July 16, 1918, explaining that the University of Wisconsin Department of Pharmacy has only "a few handfuls of American…
Article about hemp agriculture in Wisconsin and how the hemp grown there was sold to the U.S. Navy during World War II. From the Milwaukee Sentinel, December 1, 1940.
Pamphlet titled "Marihuana: Some Questions and Answers" (Public Health Service Publication NO. 1829) published by the Public Information Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in about…
Printers proofs of pages from the booklet, Target America: Drug Traffickers, Terrorists, and You, published by the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum in 2004.
Poster advertising the 1st Annual Marijuana Harvest Festival in Brittingham Park in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 25, 1971. The event was a fundraiser to raise money for the Dana Beal Defense Fund. Dana Beal was a marijuana activist and a leader…