INTRODUCTION The papers of the Council of Defense contain correspondence, bulletins, circulars, and posters.

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1 C Missouri Council of, Papers, linear feet This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more information, please contact us at INTRODUCTION The papers of the Council of contain correspondence, bulletins, circulars, and posters. DONOR INFORMATION The papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by an unknown donor on 15 February 1971 (Accession No. 733). ORGANIZATIONAL SKETCH The Missouri Council of was established by Governor Gardner on April 12, 1917, to stimulate patriotism and organize Missouri resources for programs and activities. Emphasis was on food production and conservation. Disloyalty, sedition and problems of German minority groups in Missouri are also mentioned. FOLDER LIST f General correspondence between local and national groups on planning, organization, intentions, and purposes of Council of. Contains letters on: various speakers; bulletins; printed and mimeographed material put out by Council. Some of the correspondence reveals mood, attitude and feeling prevalent in American thinking during years f Printed congressional acts and bills proposed or enacted during war years. f Pamphlets, correspondence and miscellaneous on farming, crop product ion and statistics on Missouri's war effort in field of agriculture. f Bulletins, pamphlets, brochures of various government agencies and Missouri Council of committees on Americanization. Particular emphasis on learning and speaking English. Miscellaneous correspondence from committees and chairmen. F. 210 Missouri Council of resolution on aliens obtaining citizenship and voting in Missouri. f Material and correspondence on Aviation Section, Signal Corp of the Regular Army. Correspondence on: "Bacon Day," established for purpose of Missouri farmers donating food to Allies; donations of binoculars and eye glasses to Navy; Boys' Working Reserve Farm Camp; conservation of bread; recruitment for British forces. f Bulletins issued by Missouri Council of Dense on plans, organization and activities in Missouri. Covers wide range of topics, i.e. fund raising, loyalty, sedition, Americanization, economics,

2 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 2 venereal diseases, mobilization. f Canning demonstrations; child welfare; Christmas buying; Missouri Council of circulars to county chairmen on numerous phases of Missouri war efforts; newspaper clippings from various state councils on local activities; letters from Missouri colleges on food conservation; correspondence and material on commercial economy; development of Community Councils of ; conservation of resources; soldiers ' dependents; lists and descriptions of U.S. Army deserters from Missouri. f Correspondence and material from and about people, organizations and companies within the State of Missouri who were reported or suspected of disloyalty to the Allied cause. f Correspondence on Missouri draft; analysis of the Espionage Act; expense vouchers; correspondence on explosives; financing of farmers; letters on the securing, use and distribution of government films; financial papers of Missouri Council of ; material on "meatless" days, instructions from U.S. Food Administration, statistics, food conservation recommendations. f Bulletins printed by Committee on Public Information; general correspondence on conferences, meetings, activities and programs of the Four Minute Men. f Correspondence on franking privilege; material on censervation of fuel; German language in Missouri; Governor's proclamation; letters regarding Missouri highways; home demonstrations; organization of home guards; Hoover card holders listed by county. Correspondence on Hoover registration related to food campaigns; tables on illiteracy in the U.S. F. 374 Address by Missouri Governor Gardner. f Mimeographed material and letters on income tax law; war risk insurance; pamphlets and correspondence on industrial and farm labor; legal opinions; general report, pamphlets, correspondence on Liberty Loan; organization of mass meetings; establishment of Committee on Public Health; report of the War History Committee and letters and materials pertaining to essay contest on "Why the U.S. is at War;" "Missouri on Guard," a publication on the activities of the State in aiding the nation. Questionnaire on war effort participation. f Song books of period; correspondence on Nation's Forum; U.S. Junior Naval Reserve; formation of Negro councils and committees; correspondence on "Missouri on Guard." Council newspaper; newspaper articles from various states; comments on German newspapers, text books, language; recruitment of nurses. f Reports on organization and activities of State Councils; minutes of Missouri Council. Correspondence to, from and on regional councils within the State. f Correspondence, plans and expenses for local productions of patriotic pageants and for carrying out "Patriotic Day;" prepared speeches and topics for speakers;

3 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 3 list of speakers, itinerary; plans and ideas submitted by speakers bureau; correspondence on securing men and aid for General Pershing. List of slides and photos available for use in war effort; war posters. f War Industries Board publications on priorities; monthly units' questionnaires of councils ' meetings and activities; complaints to Council on livestock killed by trains; Red Cross newsletters, general correspondence, applicants and planned activities; material on draft registration; letters to and from the Salvation Army; printed and mimeographed material on sedition and loyalty; letters, brochures, posters on war crops and food conservation; paper to County Councils on selective service; correspondence on ship building. f Printed material and correspondence on U.S. Signal Corp. Papers on Missouri Silo Campaign; Congressional bills, correspondence and papers on returning soldiers and sailors; newsletter and Council activities of various states; preparations for Missouri State Fair and obtaining speakers, programs and exhibitions. Letters to and from Missouri State Historical Society on coordinating efforts with Missouri Council of ; correspondence on recording Missouri's role in the war. f Application s for teachers who speak French; correspondence relative to training of more telegraphers; conservation and tin cans; letters and material on training camps and the responsibility of the State toward these camps; material on transportation; correspondence on U.S. Public Service Reserve; printed material on United War Work Campaign; correspondence on vagrancy; vocational training and rehabilitations. f Material on Missouri War Conference held January, Folders contain addresses, resolutions and miscellaneous; correspondence with War Department on equipping Home Guard; war gardens campaign; non-war construction ; war relief communications, war savings certificates and stamps ; instruction letters and correspondence on "waste junk." f Newsletters from Women's Committee, Council of National ; government publications; county reports on local activities; speaker's bureau circulars; general correspondence on meetings, plans, membership, programs and business; letters to and from Women 's Christian Temperance Union and YMCA. f Instruction letters to county councils on various subjects related to war effort at home or abroad; form letters from chairman of Missouri Council of to organizations and professional people. f Correspondence, printed material, brochures, and miscellaneous on county plans, activities, events, appointments, business and committees. Counties are arranged alphabetically.

4 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 4 INDEX TERMS Aero Supply Company 92 Aeronautics 35,218,1065,1109 Agricultural credit 309 Agriculture--Statistics 200,324,325 Aliens 30,93,202,204,209,210,212, American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief 687 American Society 128,129,182,284,292 American Electric Railway Association 658 American Library Association 664 American Protective League 99,102,111,182,226, ,608,678,996 American Red Cross 134,241,294,338,340,343, ,1108 Americanization Arnold, Sarah Louise 1,2 Baer, Sigmund 89,106,112,246,248,249,254 Bagby, John L. 373b Bagues, Robert 3-6 Birckhead, Hugh 8-11 Blacks 477,478 Blyth, Lewis S. 7 Bonds, Liberty 35,79,130,136,338,339,341,344, Boy Scouts 49,113 Bush, B. F., Mrs. 72,78 Butler, Ed 158 C. C. Buchard and Company, "I Hear America Singing," Carson, C. C. 89,92 Cattle Prices 90 Central Dig Plate Company 294 Chamber of Commerce, St. Louis, Missouri 207 Child welfare 231,235,252 Children 28,224,235 Clark, Champ ( ) 197 Clarkson, Grosvenor B. ( ) 12,13 Conservation 254 Cravens, John S. 18 Daylight Saving Time 113

5 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 5 de Bryas, Madeline 19 Democracy Service League 29 Desertion, Military--USA 233, Discrimination in employment 107,129,134,280,477,478,946,1114 Dobbs, Ella Victoria ( ) 20, 21 Dunlap, I. B. 35, 218 Dunmore, Lord Espionage--Law and legislation, 1910s 294, 302 Explosives 308 Family Enrollment Campaign 25-27, 46-49, 70, 79, 82-86, 89, , 239, 240, 241 Farnsworth, Don 25-27, 70 Fertilizers and manures 311, 1016, 1017 Fire prevention 36, 343 Fireworks 107 Fischel, Walter E. 72, 123 Fischel, Walter E., Mrs. 72, 123 Fleming, Arthur H , 159 Florence, Mabel, B. Loving and Sydney Collins, "Imperial Missouri" 474 Folk, Joseph Wingate ( ) 155, 156, 163 Four Minute Men, Missouri Division 40-42, 81, 86, 89, 94, 98, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 112, 113, 121, 132, 233, Fuller, Aaron 246 Gardner, Frederick Dozier ( ) , 374, 375, 945 German Americans--Missouri, World War, , 15, 30, 42, 93, 101, 110, 114, 123, , 212, 216, 283, 295, 297, 945, 990, 1062, 1117 German language--missouri 14, 15, 30, 101, 114, , 212, 216, 283, 295, 297, 373a-373e, 1062, 1117 German newspapers--missouri Ghidoni, E. V Gifford, W. S. 35, 36 Glenn, Robert A , 143 Grossman, E. M. 28, 40-42, 86, 97, 101, 286, 287, 302, 351 Hallowell, H. H. 43 Hallowell, J. W. 44 Hidden, Edward 107

6 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 6 Hill, Harvey J Hoover Registration Hoover, Herbert ( ) 123 Illiteracy 411 Income Tax 242, 341, 412 Industrial Workers of the World 73, 991, 994, 996, 5748 Infants--Mortality 235 Jewish Welfare Board 664 Labor legislation 36 Lake, Fred C. 246 Lamkin, Uel W. ( ) 50 League for National Unity 128, 129 League to Enforce Peace 511 Lee, William 39, 72, 76, 98, 105, 107, 108, 110, 148, , 236, 287, 319, 322, 351, 352, 354, 356 Leonard, L. L. 97, 98, 100, 101, 104, 106, 112, 113, Lincoln Patriotic Army 29 Lind, J. W. 50, 86, 279, 281, 993, 995 Loeb, Isidor ( ) 207 Loeb, Watson 208 Marshall, Elliott 74 Mayes, Jewell ( ) McAllister, Frank W. ( ) 101, 105, , 209, 323, 428 McCan, Martha Nelson 51, 52 McQuarrie, Hector 53-55, 66 Merchants Association of Kansas City Merchants Laclede National Bank 322 Meyer, A. J. ( ) 61-68, 221 Meyer, Max F. ( ) Military personnel--civil rights 191, 192 Mississippi Valley Waterways Association , 285, 373a, 373d Missouri on Guard 71, 72, 74, 79, 145, 465, Missouri Pacific Railroad 239 Missouri, Adair County. Council of Missouri, Andrew County. Council of Missouri, Atchison County. Council of

7 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 7 Missouri, Audrain County. Council of 97, 98, 746 Missouri, Barry County. Council of Missouri, Barton County. Council of 14, 164, Missouri, Bates County. Council of Missouri, Benton County. Council of 110, 763, 764 Missouri, Bollinger County. Council of 765 Missouri, Boone County. Council of 73, Missouri, Buchanan County. Council of 136, Missouri, Butler County. Council of Missouri, Caldwell County. Council of Missouri, Callaway County. Council of Missouri, Camden County. Council of 800 Missouri, Cape Girardeau County. Council of Missouri, Carroll County. Council of Missouri, Carter County. Council of Missouri, Cass County. Council of Missouri, Cedar County. Council of 824, 825 Missouri, Chariton County. Council of 74, 102, Missouri, Christian County. Council of Missouri, Clark County. Council of Missouri, Clay County. Council of Missouri, Clinton County. Council of 842, 843 Missouri, Cole County. Council of Missouri, Cooper County. Council of Missouri, Crawford County. Council of 852, 853 Missouri, Dade County. Council of Missouri, Dallas County. Council of 858 Missouri, Daviess County. Council of Missouri, DeKalb County. Council of 299, 863, 864 Missouri, Dent County. Council of 101, 865, 866 Missouri, Douglas County. Council of 867, 868 Missouri, Dunklin County. Council of Missouri, Franklin County. Council of Missouri, Gasconade County. Council of Missouri, Gentry County. Council of , 98, 99, 102, 106,

8 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 8 Missouri, Greene County. Council of 100, Missouri, Grundy County. Council of Missouri, Harrison County. Council of 74, 901 Missouri, Henry County. Council of 107, Missouri, Hickory County. Council of 907, 908 Missouri, Holt County. Council of Missouri, Howard County. Council of Missouri, Howell County. Council of Missouri, Iron County. Council of 920 Missouri, Jackson County. Council of 299, 300, Missouri, Jasper County. Council of Missouri, Jefferson County. Council of Missouri, Johnson County. Council of Missouri, Knox County. Council of Missouri, Laclede County. Council of Missouri, Lafayette County. Council of Missouri, Lawrence County. Council of 968, 969 Missouri, Lewis County. Council of 970, 971 Missouri, Lincoln County. Council of Missouri, Linn County. Council of 104, 301, Missouri, Livingston County. Council of Missouri, Macon County. Council of Missouri, Madison County. Council of 993, 994 Missouri, Maries County. Council of 995, 996 Missouri, Marion County. Council of Missouri, McDonald County. Council of Missouri, Mercer County. Council of 99, Missouri, Miller County. Council of 106, 107, Missouri, Mississippi County. Council of Missouri, Moniteau County. Council of 1015, Missouri, Monroe County. Council of Missouri, Montgomery County. Council of Missouri, Morgan County. Council of 1028, 1029

9 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 9 Missouri, New Madrid County. Council of 1030, 1031 Missouri, Newton County. Council of Missouri, Nodaway County. Council of Missouri, Oregon County. Council of 1040, 1041 Missouri, Osage County. Council of Missouri, Ozark County. Council of 1047 Missouri, Pemiscot County. Council of 1048, 1049 Missouri, Perry County. Council of 1050, 1051 Missouri, Pettis County. Council of Missouri, Phelps County. Council of Missouri, Pike County. Council of Missouri, Platte County. Council of 1065 Missouri, Polk County. Council of 1066 Missouri, Pulaski County. Council of 1067 Missouri, Putnam County. Council of 1068, 1069 Missouri, Ralls County. Council of 1070 Missouri, Randolph County. Council of 1071, 1072 Missouri, Ray County. Council of Missouri, Reynolds County. Council of 1077 Missouri, Ripley County. Council of 1078 Missouri, Saline County. County of Defence Missouri, Schuyler County. Council of 1131 Missouri, Scotland County. Council of 1132, 1133 Missouri, Scott County. Council of Missouri, Shannon County. Council of Missouri, Shelby County. Council of 1141, 1142 Missouri, St. Charles County. Council of 1079, 1080 Missouri, St. Clair County. Council of Missouri, St. Francois County. Council of Missouri, St. Louis County. Council of Missouri, St. Louis, Council of Missouri, Ste. Genevieve County. Council of , 1106 Missouri, Stoddard County. Council of Missouri, Stone County. Council of 1146, 1147

10 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 10 Missouri, Sullivan County. Council of Missouri, Taney County. Council of Missouri, Vernon County. Council of Missouri. Council of, Americanization Committee Missouri. Council of, Committee on Agriculture and Food Production Missouri. Council of, Committee on Commercial Economy Missouri. Council of, Committee on Farm Labor Missouri. Council of, Committee on Historical Service Missouri. Council of, Committee on Public Health Missouri. Council of, Committee on Training Camp Activities Missouri. Council of, Community Councils 97, 98, 104, 107, , 106, 112, , 98, 183, , , 90 19, 20, Missouri. Council of, Finance of 39, 42, 72, 94, 101, 108, 152, , , Missouri. Council of, Highways Transport Committee 376 Missouri. Council of, Members Missouri. Council of, Organization and Works Missouri. Council of, Political Activities of Missouri. Council of, Post-War Activities 71, 72, 73, 75, , 240, , 125, 153, 155, 156, 163, 185, 242, Missouri. Council of, Publicity on 106, 125 Missouri. Council of, Speaker's Bureau Missouri. Council of, War Conference Missouri. Council of, War History Committee Missouri. Council of, Woman's Committee Missouri. Fair, , Mumford, Frederick Blackmar ( ) Nardin, George F , 75, 78, 79, 135, 153, , 176, 319, 334, 445,

11 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 11 Nashon, George 1114 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1114 National Catholic War Council 664 National Conference of Social Work 511 National League 127, 956 National Implement Inspection and Repair Week 201, 240, 242 National Loyalty League 29, 30, 100, 102, 678 National Midland Trail Association 658 National Security League 91, 92, 511, 512, 673 National Woman's League 29 Naturalization 202 Navy League of the United States, a Newspapers, Censorship of 182 Newspapers, German language 29, 30, Noyes, Guy L. ( ) 117 Patriotic Day, July 28, , 104, 107, 123, 125, , 1027 Patriotism 342 Payne, Barney 122 Perigord, Paul Pettit, Sarah 234 Political crimes and offenses, 1910s 230, 608 Porter, George F. 123 Posters, World War, , 97, 101, 102, 109, 133, 572, Potatoes 239 Railroads 114, 239, 596, 996, 997, 1096 Recreation 235 Reed, Ira F Reed, James A. ( ) 185 Republican, Salem, Missouri 286, 288 Reynolds, D. M. 141, 164 Robinson, Frank , 174 Romance languages, Study and teaching 86 Roy, Sidney J. 658 Rye 231 Salvation Army 104, 607, 664, 995 Sanders, William 34, 108, 110, 149, 163, 322

12 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 12 Scherer, James A. B. ( ) 35 Schroeder, F. C. 97, 101, 302 Scovell, Benjamin 77 Seeds 36, 61-68, 73, 76, 200, Shapleigh, R. W. 236, 237 Smith, Elliott Dunlap Songs 473, 474 Sorghum 199 Spencer, Selden Palmer ( ) 156 St. Louis Mirror 182 State Historical Society of Missouri 106, State songs, Missouri 474 Steele, William D., Mrs. 169, 174 Steichen, Clara Smith 175, 1060 Stevens, Hugh 158 Talbot, Thomas J Talbot, Winthrop 373a Taney, George J. 182 Threshing 28, 100, 104, 233 Tramps, Law and legislation , 666 Transportation Turner, Charley 158 U.S. Army Signal Corps 218 U.S. Army, Civil Rights U.S. Army, Insurance for U.S. Army, Signal Service, Recruitment for U.S. Council of National U.S. Secret Service 279 U.S. Selective Service System, World War, , 224, 240, 338, 342, 612 U.S. War Industries Board 113, 231, 583, 584, United War Work Campaign 226, 232, 343, 664, 665 Van Winkle, Mina C. 185 Venereal Disease Control 227, 298 Viles, Jonas ( ) 183, 184 Wagner Electrical Manufacturing Company 76, 182, 279, 280 Walz, Erwin 292, 294, 1062 War Camp Community Service 664

13 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 13 Wheat Prices 108, 240 Wheat, Gladys M. ( ) 704 Wilfley, Xenophon P. 156 Wilkerson, M. F. 35, 105 Winterbotham, John H Woman's Christian Temperance Union 113, 725 Women 97, 239, Women's Liberty Loan Committee 227 Woodgate, Frank 190 World War, y World War, World War, , Agricultural Labor, Lack of World War, , Bacon Day 219 World War, , Blacks 477, , 99, 104, 127, , 221, 239, 423, 427 World War, , Boys Working Reserve 61-68, 125, 221, 222 World War, , Camp Life 241, 339, World War, , Christmas Buying, Restrictions on World War, , Conscientious objectors World War, , Construction Restrictions 105, 109, 142, 232, , 231, 585, World War, , Disloyalty 50, 102, 108, 123, 136, 158, 193, , 351, 352, 678, , 1060, 1062, 1094, 1100 World War, , Food question 107, 124, 223, 234, 239, 245, 338, 339 World War, , Fuel Conservation 231, 254, World War, , German Language, Missouri World War, , Housing Shortage 230 World War, , Insurance for Servicemen 373a-373e 187, 191, World War, , Labor 3, 102, 230, 300, 342, World War, , Liberty Choruses 109, 231, 233 World War, , Loyalty 2226, 230, 240 World War, , Missouri World War, , Missouri Home Guard 35, 239, World War, , Missouri, Attitudes 373a-373e

14 C2797 Missouri Council of, Papers, Page 14 towards Germans World War, , Music, Use of by Missouri Council of , 473, 474 World War, , Patriotism 101, 136, 154, , 242, , 473, , World War, , Production 61-68, 341 World War, , Shipbuilding 92, 164, 340, 340, 349, World War, , Veterans, Rehabilitation 226, 231, 242, World War, , War Gardens 61-68, 239, 341, 679 World War, , War Relief 15, , World War, , War Risk Insurance 133, 191, 226, , 242, World War, , War Savings Campaign 109, 340, World War, , Waste Material, Reclamation of 241, 698, 699 World War, , Women World War, , World Relief Week 242 World War, Children 704 World War, Poetry 704 World War, Propaganda 475, 704 World War, Propaganda Wyeth, Huston 18 Young Men's Christian Association 339, 664, 726 Young Women's Christian Association 664, , 97, 101, 102, 109, 133, , 704 y