• Collection: World War I
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Letter from Postville, Iowa regarding local concerns in context of First World War.
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The Committee on Publicity is creating a fellow committee which will go through the newspapers of Iowa looking for important pieces of propaganda that they which for the entire Iowa National Defense team to know.
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J.L. Giesler wrote to H.J. Metcalf requesting that G.W. Fisher be appointed as a member of the County Council of Defense because he is the only
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James Hunter wrote to H.J. Metcalf concerning the numerous talks he has given on the importance of signing up with the Reserve and the difficulty reaching
Letters between L. Schubbert and H.J. Metcalf, January 5, 1918_Metcalf_Page1.JPG

These two letters contain a conversation addressing the possible need to translate German newspapers. While L. Schubbert claimed there was nothing worth translating and the German-Americans seemed to be loyal, H.J. Metcalf still insisted on having…
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C.W. Robinson discusses the investigation of Superintendent Lohr of Davis City and says the report of disloyalty is unfounded. Metcalf responds saying the use of government time is wasted investigating false reports.
Letters between R.G. Miller and H.J. Metcalf, December 11, 1917_Metcalf_Page1 (1).JPG

Miller wrote to Metcalf asking if he would be considered an accessory for not informing on his neighbor that he believed to have pro-German sympathies.
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