Support from Church
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; German Associations
German Congregational Conference supports Babel
Baumann; Fred Worth
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/3/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-03; Pottawattamie County; Avoca, Iowa
German Meeting Places
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Babel Enforcement; German Associations;
Germans hold meeting place where they "gather to talk play cards [sic] and discuse [sic] all topics of the day." How do we shut this down?
C. E. Read
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/24/1918
S. M. Davis; H. E. Kelly; W. F. M. Carty
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-24; Clarence, Iowa; Cedar County;
Babel and Associations
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; German Associations
Does Babel apply to fraternal organizations?
J. C. Jensen
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/31/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Telegram
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-31; Pottawattamie County; Council Bluffs, Iowa
Situation in Davenport
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Leisure; German Associations
On the situation in Davenport, with aside about problems with German Singing Society
Sam T. White
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
12/28/1917
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-12-28; Scott County; Davenport, Iowa
Postwar Maennerchor
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Leisure; German Associations
Muscatine's Maennerchor requests permission to resume singing German lieder, as war is over.
Unknown
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/5/1919
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1919-05-05; Muscatine County; Muscatine, Iowa