German Coat of Arms on Letterhead
Politics; WWI
A St. Louis bank named,
H. H. Nevemann
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
4/29/1918
Letter
English
Text
Box 7, folder #10, The Herbert J. Metcalf collection, State Historical Society, Iowa City, Iowa.
St. Louis, Missouri; Des Moines, Iowa; Polk County
Apostolic Church on Language
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Religious Services; Apostolic Church; Mennonites; Amish;
Apostolic elders note church's longtime dependence on German, their loyalty, and opposition to any upcoming language legislation, noting as well their independence from Amish and Mennonite communities.
Joseph Banwart
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/6/1918
Henry Reha
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-06; Clayton County; Norton, Illinois; Switzerland; Croghan, New York; New Jersey; Connecticut; New York; Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Minnesota; Iowa; Missouri; Kansas; Oklahoma; Utah; Oregon; West Bend, Iowa
Letter from Widow Elizabeth Hoehne to her son and daughter-in-law
Religion; Transatlantic Correspondence; Immigration; Agriculture; Domestic Service; Chain Migration
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 experience of an acquaintance who has gotten work as a domestic servant in St. Louis.
Elizabeth Hoehne
Cora Eversmeyer Papers, Box 1
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
http://collguides.lib.uiowa.edu/?IWA0418
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
25 August 1868
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
Letter; jpg
German; English translation
text
Box #1, Cora Eversmeyer Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
http://collguides.lib.uiowa.edu/?IWA0418
1868; St. Louis; Lee County; Boehne, Hesse