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
German-American Account Book
Business; German Language; German Americans;
Jacob Naumann's account book from the mid-nineteenth century, showing Naumann's transition from German to English as a language of both public business and personal memory.
Jakob Naumann
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1850
Account Book
German; English
Box #3, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1850; 1873; Ohio; Iowa; Germany; Wiebelskirchen, Germany; Wayne County, Ohio; Blairstown, Iowa; Benton County;
Jakob Naumann Civil War Diary, 1862-1863
Civil War; German Americans; Diaries;
Selections from Civil War diary kept by the thirty-year-old Jacob Naumann, a German-born Union soldier. Includes hand-drawn sketches of individual skirmishes and individual entries.
Jakob Naumann
N/A
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1862
Diary
German; English
Box #3, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; Ohio; Iowa; Germany; Wiebelskirchen, Germany; Wayne County, Ohio; Blairstown, Iowa; Benton County; Vicksburg, Mississippi;
Pre-Babel Discussion
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism
Hungerford advises caution regarding action on language issue, as "there is so much politics in the state, and politicians are so active and unfair, I fear the result."
J. B. Hungerford
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
12/31/1917
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-12-31; Carroll County; Carroll, Iowa; Indiana; Ohio
Sedition in Denver
World War I; German Americans; Sedition; Disloyalty
Widow of German-American writes from Ohio, noting that husband asked to join secret society of German Americans who would fight for Fatherland in case of war. Centered in Denver, Iowa.
Mrs. Carl G. Eifert
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
3/28/1917
Letter
English
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-03-28; Cincinnati, Ohio; Denver, Iowa; Des Moines, Ohio; Waverly, Iowa; Bremer County
Labor Unrest and Sedition
World War I; Disloyalty; Pro-Germanism; Council of Defense; Violence; Socialism; Labor
Concerning unpatriotic actions, and violence, by groups, namely "labor leaders" and those "stirring up dissension among the workers."
T. P. Menton
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
9/15/1917
Letter
English
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-09-15; Boone, Iowa; Boone County; Springfield, Illinois; Ohio
Wedding Image of Jacob Naumann and Catherine Ann Keck
German Americans; Marriage
Photograph following the wedding of German immigrant Jacob Naumann and his Ohio-born bride, Catherine Ann Keck.
Unknown
Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1866-01-01
Photograph
English
Box #4, Keyes Family Papers, Iowa Women's Archive, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
1866; Marshallville, Ohio; Wayne County, Iowa; Linn County