Gold star roll, [1918?]-[1921?].

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Gold star roll, [1918?]-[1921?].

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Mainly four-page forms compiled by the Public Safety Commission cooperating with the War Records Commission, giving biographical information and military service records for men and women who died in the war. Clippings, photographs, and sometimes letters accompany many of the forms.

5.3 cu. ft. (6 boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Minnesota Commission of Public Safety

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The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety was established by the legislature in April of 1917 (Laws 1917 c261), shortly after the United States entered World War I. The seven-member commission (governor, attorney general, and five persons appointed by the governor) was given broad powers to ensure the protection of persons and property, the defense of the state and the nation, and the application of the state's resources to "successful prosecution" of the war. During its...

Minnesota War Records Commission

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