Neighborhood Committee correspondence, 1917-1919.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Neighborhood Committee correspondence, 1917-1919.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37678812

Correspondence concerns county organization; honorably discharged soldiers; membership drives; patriotic speakers and meetings; war-related movies; unpatriotic activities; German language use; seditious newspapers; State Fair exhibits; and bulletin distribution. Record also includes reports about deserters or soldiers absent without leave; patriotic speaker lists; patriotic meeting schedules; lists of residents not signing loyalty oaths; and United War Work Campaign reports.

9 cubic ft.

Illinois State Archive

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7395518

Illinois State Archive

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Illinois State Council of Defense (World War I)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bh3dwv (corporateBody)

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.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c90dxd (corporateBody)