Gardening Campaign for Land use
WWI; Agriculture; Finances;
A citizen working for the gardening campaign informs Mr. Metcalf that many citizens are refusing to have their lots broken up for gardening use, and he feels this is very unpatriotic. He asks Metcalf to help encourage the plowing of additional lots to help boost the garden campaign.
R. K. Bliss
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
4/17/1918
Letter
English
Text
Box 7, folder #9, The Herbert J. Metcalf collection, State Historical Society, Iowa City, Iowa.
Ames, Iowa;
Gardening Campaign Response
WWI; Agriculture; Finances;
Mr. Metcalf responds to the letter regarding citizens
H. J. Metcalf
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
4/20/1918
Letter
English
Text
Box 7, folder #9, The Herbert J. Metcalf collection, State Historical Society, Iowa City, Iowa.
Ames, Iowa
German at Work
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Enforcement; Labor; Agriculture; Red Cross; Liberty Loans
Thresher notes working amongst German Americans and wonders whether he can "demand" fellow workers speak "American."
James Gurvin
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/20/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #15, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-20; Woodward, Iowa; Dallas County
German Prisoners as Model Migrants
World War I; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Prisoners of War; German Prisoners; Agriculture; Immigration
Writing his Senator, Rand suggests putting German prisoners of war to work in the Yakima Valley. NOTE: "I think a large percent of these Germans will never go back to Germany, but will settle right there in the Valley." Not a trace of concern over acclimation or erstwhile enemy service, denoting their perceived easy entry into extant communities.
H. S. Rand
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/5/1917
N/A
Letter
English
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-05-05; Burlington, Iowa; Des Moines County
German-American Loyalty
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Demographics; Agriculture
Local writes to Metcalf and Council of Defense on demographic makeup of county [95% German].
E. A. Allbee
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
3/15/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #15, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-03-15; Johnson County; Montpelier, Iowa;
Germans and Agriculture
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Agriculture
Local CoD business and German connections.
George B. Stewart
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
11/3/1917
Letter
English
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-11-03; Lee County; Fort Madison, Iowa
Helen Tylee Doing Farmwork with a Team of Horses
Agriculture: German-American Women; World War II
Helen Tylee was left alone to manage the family farm during World War II while Ben Tylee was deployed in Europe. In 1942, the <em>Cedar Rapids Gazette</em> ran a story on her situation, entitled 'She's a Soldier, Too" and this photograph accompanied the story.
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1942
Iowa Women's Archive
Magdalena "Helen" Tylee Papers, Iowa Women's Archive: <a href="http://collguides.lib.uiowa.edu/?IWA0471" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://collguides.lib.uiowa.edu/?IWA0471</a>
jpg
photograph
Box #4, Magdalena "Helen" Tylee Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Iowa; Linn County; Cedar Rapids
HJM to John Wasson
Babel Enforcement; Slackers; Farming; Food Conservation
This letter is addressed to a Linden farmer, John Wasson, who had presumably been suspected by others in his community of being a slacker. HJM reports that his
H. J. Metcalf
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
3/26/1918
Letter
English
Text
Metcalf Papers, Box 7
Linden, Iowa;
Husking
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Agricultural; Labor
On labor prices for farm work.
Samuel Fryer
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
10/15/1917
Letter
English
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-10-15; Plymouth County; Kingsley, Iowa;
Informing on Pro-Germans
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Informants; Pro-Germanism; Agriculture
Farmer informs on pro-Germans in the county
Glenn A. Wilson
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
10/15/1917
Letter
English
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-10-15; Kossuth County; Wesley, Iowa; Hancock County