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Berrien County Draft Board records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00233
Scope and Contents

The records of the Berrien County Draft Board include lists of the draft registrants, those with exempt or non-exempt status, and those drafted for service in World War I.

Dates: 1917 - 1918

Berrien County World War I collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00211
Scope and Contents

This collection of World War I materials contains printed materials relating to war bonds and stamps, draft registration, alien enemy registration, and rationing.

Dates: 1917 - 1920

Claude Bywater papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00143
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Bywater's letters to family members in Grand Rapids, Michigan (1917-1918). The collection also contains his draft notice, a note of welcome from King George V to American soldiers, and documents relating to Bywater's death and burial. Also included is a tintype portrait of Roger McDowell.

Dates: 1917-1918, undated

Guy G. Speeker papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.43
Scope and Content

The Guy Speeker papers contain gradebooks for mathematics and physics classes that Speeker taught at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Also included are letters of recommendation for Speeker, correspondence from Speeker as dormitory inspector and correspondence regarding World War I. There is a newspaper clipping about the resignation of M.A.C. President Jonathan Snyder and postcards of M.A.C. students and faculty.

Dates: 1912 - 1948

Putnam family collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00208
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials relating to social and political issues in Michigan during the World War I era. They include pamphlets circulated by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association advocating women's suffrage. It also includes pamphlets and sample ballots from the Michigan Anti-Saloon League concerning a proposed "Beer and Wine Amendment" to the state constitution, which would set up protection for the liquor trade. Other materials relate to voter registration procedures,...
Dates: 1918-1919, circa 1925