Fries writes to the U.S. Public Service Reserve of the Department of Labor to request information (e.g. wages) about enrolling in the shipbuilding industry. Additionally, Fries describes how he was in the draft, but rejected for service because he…

Nelson writes to W.E. Hall of the U.S. Department of Labor offering to volunteer to recruit people to enroll for the U.S. Public Service Reserve. Nelson writes from a Davenport, Iowa address.

A response from HJ Metcalf to the Milwaukee Journal about how to respond to and control German propaganda and influences within their society.

This letter is written by the Milwaukee Journal asking Metcalf about how he controls German influence within Iowa and how Wisconsin could follow suit.

Letter informing Metcalf about a Holland School in Sanborn, Iowa. He originally thought it was a German school but found out it was not upon arrival.

Metcalf's response to CBE Read

This letter is written by a citizen of Clarence, Iowa, stating that German was not being taught in any of the public schools. After pointing this out, the writer informs his subject that there was a German Lutheran Church conducting its services in…

H.J. Metcalf has written a 2 page letter addressed to the managing editor of The Nonpariel in Council Bluffs, IA. The Nonpariel is one of the largest newspaper publications in the Council Bluffs area at the time. Metcalf has stated he would like to…

H.J. Metcalf has written to F.A. O

A private correspondence between H.A. Davis and H.J. Metcalf, in which Metcalf has persuaded Davis to