Postwar Babel
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism
Babel status postwar.
Henry Breitsprecher
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
1/6/1919
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Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-01-06; Winneshiek County; Ossian, Iowa
Copies
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism
Copies of Babel.
O. B. Harding
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/31/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-05-31; Osceola County; Sibley, Iowa
On Babel
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism
Eichman on telephones
Lewis Eichman
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
1/14/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-01-14; O'Brien County; Sheldon, Iowa
Parochial Schools
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Parochial Schools
Wondering how Babel affects the teaching of foreign languages in parochial schools.
Albert Feuger
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/23/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-06-23; Kossuth County; Whittemore, Iowa
Lutheran Protest
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Religious Services
Lutheran congregation in Kossuth makes formal protest against anti-German legislation.
William Sohl
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
2/25/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-02-25; Kossuth County;
German Lutherans in Fenton
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Religious Services
Repeat request for permission to alternate languages weekly.
Hansen
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
2/8/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-02-08; Kossuth County; Fenton, Iowa
Alternating Languages
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Religious Services; Postwar
Permission to alternate languages during service.
Hansen
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
1/21/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-01-021; Kossuth County; Fenton, Iowa
Veteran on Language
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Veterans; Army Service;
Veteran on hearing foreign language after returning from "fields of Flander."
Melvin Stauffer
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
7/18/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-07-18; Humboldt County; Gilmore City, Iowa
Gilmore City German
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Telephones; Y.M.C.A
German on the phone in Gilmore City
G. E. Stopten
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
4/29/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-04-29; Humboldt County; Gilmore City, Iowa
German in Livermore
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Babel Defiance
Germans ignoring Babel in Livermore
Geo. Henderson
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
1/4/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-01-04; Humboldt County; Livermore, Iowa