Records / Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. 1917-1919.

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Records / Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. 1917-1919.

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The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety was established in 1917 to help Massachusetts prepare for the entry of the United States into World War I. The collection contains minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports and publications of the Committee and its various subcommittees. The largest group of records is from the Food Administration Committee and consists of pamphlets, posters and leaflets urging citizens and businesses to conserve food and change eating habits to aid the war effort.

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

State Library of Massachusetts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7414740

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Massachusetts. Committee on Public Safety (1940-1945)

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The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety was a direct descendant of the Committee on Safety appointed by the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and dissolved in 1775. The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety was appointed by Governor Samuel McCall on February 9, 1917 and dissolved on November 20, 1918. It was resurrected by Governor Leverett Saltonstall on August 23, 1940, confirmed by him through Executive Order no. 1, December 31, 1841, pursuant to St 1941, c 718, as an agenc...