Jakob Naumann confirmation certificate.

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…

Snippets concern registering aliens, food production, and others.

The second of twelve exhibit banners on German immigration to Iowa, 1846-1946

Banner 11 of the 2016/17 exhibit on "German Iowa and the Global Midwest"

Lewis notes Braun's disappointment in Harding--he didn't vote for him this year--and worries about low-wage immigrant labor coming from Germany

Man of the people notes that many long-time German residents still cannot speak English.

A widowed mother in Germany writes her son and daughter-in-law explaining why she cannot bring herself to emigrate, even though they have sent money for her passage. She includes information on perceptions of immigrant life in America, as well as the…

Pastor notes his measured support for Babel and the consequences of Babel on his congregation.

Pastor, naturalized in 1898, asks for permission to preach more German, now that war has ended.