Pre-Babel Inquiry
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; Foreign Language; Anti-Germanism; Evangelicalism; Parochial Schools; Education; Liberty Bonds; Elderly
Concerns over elderly in congregation
W. N. Notdorf
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/18/1918
N/A
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N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-18; Tripoli, Iowa; Bremer County;
Translation of German-Language Press
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; German-Language Press; Liberty Bonds; Telephone
Translation of German-language articles from Muscatine Herald
Unknown
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
1/25/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-01-025; Muscatine County; Muscatine, Iowa
Disloyal on Bonds
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Informants; Liberty Bonds; Banks
Watzke made the disloyal comment that "the Liberty Bonds were only worth fifty-cents on the dollar at the banks."
S. B. Hillier
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
11/24/1917
N. R. Louven
N/A
N/A
Affidavit
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-11-24; Floyd County; Charles City, Iowa
Thoughtful Anti-Babel Message
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Babel Defiance; French; Italians; Slovaks; Czechs; Translation; Red Cross; Y.M.C.A.; Liberty Bonds
Thorough denunciation of Babel, listing a number of counterpoints. Included is a newspaper clipping speaking about Korab's letter to the governor.
Paul Korab
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/27/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #15, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-27; Iowa City, Iowa; Johnson County;
Rohlff Defends Himself
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Sedition; Liberty Bonds; Agriculture
Rohlff aghast at being called a slacker and disloyal by Lafayette Young.
John Rohlff
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
11/19/1917
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-11-19; Lyon County; Rock Rapids, iowa
Jacob Russ to Lafayette Young, November 9, 1917
Patriotism; Loyalty; Iowa Council of National Defense; R.R. Taintor, Iowa; Russ, Jacob; Young, Lafayette; Liberty Bonds;
This letter is in response to a letter from the Chairman of the Iowa Council of National Defense, Lafayette Young, dated November 9, 1917. Jacob Russ is responding to the accusation that he does not whole-heartedly support the United States Government during the war effort on the home front. He lists three points that support his reasoning for not buying a liberty bond. The first is that his actions are in alignment with his conscience, which, is guided but God
Jacob A. Russ
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
11/9/1917
Letter
English
Box #6, Herbert J. Metcalf
Taintor, Iowa;
Le Mars Congregation
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Liberty Bonds; Red Cross
Vollmar notes the "old men and women weep[ing] aloud when I announced that this would probably be the last service in the german language [sic]."
J. J. Vollmar
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/2/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-02; Plymouth County; Le Mars, Iowa;
German-American Loyalty
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Banking; Liberty Bonds; Religion; Elderly; Red Cross; German-American Loyalty
Prominent local German appointed to write regarding the loyalty of Arcadia's Germans as well as their difficulty in abiding by Babel.
J. C. Pruter
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/24/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-24; Carroll County; Arcadia, Iowa
Regarding Babel
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Liberty Bonds; German Americans; Draft
Regarding Babel, as church member whose notes need for "old gray people" in congregation to worship in German
Henry Hoppe
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/31/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #13, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-31; La Porte City, Iowa; Black Hawk County
Notice Statement
Loan Bonds
This Notice poster was connected to the previous document given as #2. This is a poster of propaganda the government posted to help ensure all citizens were going to by buying their bonds before Friday evening. Also, it did let the national public aware that the buying the bonds would be made public knowledge
H. E. Rex
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
6/30/1917
Letter
English
Folder 2: General Correspondence, Box 6, Metcalf collection, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa; Polk County