National Language Legislation

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Dublin Core

Title

National Language Legislation

Subject

World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Monolingualism; Education

Description

For a national law against foreign languages, using local situation as example. His daughter's school was delayed until the neighboring German children had strong enough command of English.

Creator

D. B. Cummins

Source

N/A

Publisher

State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa

Date

5/27/1918

Contributor

N/A

Rights

N/A

Relation

N/A

Format

Letter

Language

English

Type

TEXT

Identifier

Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05

Coverage

1918-05-27; Monona County; Ute, Iowa