Employment Service administrative files, 1917-1919.

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Employment Service administrative files, 1917-1919.

Files include office leases, vouchers, and requisitions; Soldiers and Sailors Bureau executive committee minutes; other state employment service reports; bulletins; Employment Service employee lists and job applications; and correspondence concerning war worker housing; railroad employment following the Armistice; Liberty loan; U. S. Boys' Working Reserve; Public Service Reserve; War Industries Board; and the Ordnance Department. Also included are Home Registration Service Committee membership lists; applications for French service; Illinois Public Service Reserve enrollment; and shipbuilding trades employment list.

33 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7395291

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Council of Defense (World War I)

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The Illinois State Council of Defense, comprised of fifteen gubernatorially appointed defense experts, was created on May 2, 1917 and served for the duration of WWI. Council duties included assisting and cooperating with the Council of National Defense and other state councils of defense; recommending necessary defense legislation; and administering state defense plans established with the Council of National Defense. Besides the authority to adopt its own procedures; the council could form comm...

United States. War Industries Board

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Illinois Public Service Reserve.

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United States Boys' Working Reserve.

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Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Bureau.

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