Employment Service correspondence files, 1915-1919.

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Employment Service correspondence files, 1915-1919.

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Correspondence concerns Employment Service district organizers; shipbuilding enrollment campaign; personnel; services and supplies; farm and farm labor conditons; worker transportation funds; women war workers; veterans' jobs; appropriations; and expenses. Also included are community labor board membership lists; Employment Service officials and enrollment agent lists; and an Illinois branch list. Files also include orders; labor requests; pamphlets, and an Illinois map with Public Service Reserve district, headquarters, and community labor board locations .

4 cubic ft.

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