Neighborhood Committee administrative files, 1917-1918.

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Neighborhood Committee administrative files, 1917-1918.

Files for each county include correspondence and questionnaires. Correspondence concerns committee appointments; war activities; intelligence; unpatriotic activities; pamphlet and poster requests; and committee organization. Questionnaires concern county committee organization, activities, and efficiency. Files also include questionnaires from other organizations involved in wartime activities.

9 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7395517

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...

Illinois State Council of Defense (World War I). Neighborhood Committee.

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