Concession for Grieving German Mother
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Army Service; Loyalty League; Grief; Family Life
Empathetic note from local Loyalty League seeking concession for mother who has recently lost son in service in France.
Edwin B. Wilson
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
11/18/1918
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Letter
English
TEXT
Box #15, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-11-16; Johnson County; Iowa City, Iowa; France; Germany
Passing on Wilson's Letter
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Army Service; Loyalty League; Grief; Family Life
Young passing the buck, regarding Wilson's letter
Lafayette Young
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
11/22/1918
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Letter
English
TEXT
Box #15, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-11-22; Johnson County; Iowa City, Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa
Response to Wilson
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Army Service; Loyalty League; Grief; Family Life
Harding allows the concession, although note that the war is over at this point.
William L. Harding
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
11/23/1918
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N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #15, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-11-23; Johnson County; Iowa City, Iowa;
Four Gotter Girls
Siblings; Group Portrait; German Families
A black-and-white group portrait of the four Gotter daughters of Greene County, Iowa. The eldest, Millie, died of appendicitis in 1895 and is therefore not pictured.
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Photograph
English
Box #5, Bertha Hedges papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Iowa; Greene County
Gotter Family Home and Millie, Eldest Daughter
Mortality; Built Environment; Family Home
A scrapbook page containing two images: the Gotter family home in Greene County; Millie, the eldest daughter, who later died of appendicitis
Unknown
N/A
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1890s
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N/A
N/A
Photograph
English
IMAGE; TEXT
Box #5, Bertha Hedges papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Greene County; Iowa
Cover of Nauman Family Album
Family Album; German Americans
The leather-bound front cover of a family album of the Naumans, a German-American family in nineteenth-century Iowa
Unknown
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Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Undated
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N/A
N/A
Photograph
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IMAGE
Box #8, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Iowa; Linn County
Front Page of Nauman Family Album
Family Album; German Americans
The front page of the Nauman family album
Unknown
N/A
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Undated
N/A
N/A
N/A
Photograph
English
IMAGE; TEXT
Box #8, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Iowa; Linn County
Nauman Family Get-together
German-American Family
Cross-generational photograph of Nauman family members taken in 1906 in Blairstown, Iowa. The backside lists family members present.
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1906
Photograph
English
Box #4, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1906; Blairstown, Iowa; Benton County; Iowa
Ettinger Family Home in Waterloo Iowa
Family Home; Built Environment; German Americans
An image of the Ettinger family home in Waterloo, Iowa with three family members standing on the porch. According to the backside, the house sat at 1026 Washington Street
Unknown
N/A
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Undated
N/A
N/A
N/A
Photograph
English
IMAGE
Box #2, Rose Ettinger Papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Waterloo, Iowa; Black Hawk County
Hertzberg Family in front of Chicago Home
Family Portrait; Domestic Scenes; Residences; Middle-Class Life
Hertzberg Family in formal wear outside of Chicago home--many ages, three women, and six men.
Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Guide to the Hertzberg Bindery/LBS Records, University of Iowa Libraries: <a href="http://collguides.lib.uiowa.edu/?MSC0545" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://collguides.lib.uiowa.edu/?MSC0545</a>
Photograph
#1 A Century of Hertzberg Craftsmen, 1880-1981, Box on Shelf, Hertzberg Bindery/LBS Records, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
Chicago, Illinois; Polk County