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Liberty Loan Committee Records, 1912-1919: Finding Aid
MC089
Advertisement for the Second Liberty Loan Campaign, 1917
65 Olden Street
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA
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Published on September 12, 2008
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Liberty Loan Committee.
- Title and dates:
- Liberty Loan Committee Records, 1912-1919.
- Abstract:
- The Liberty Loan Committee coordinated campaigns to sell U.S. Treasury bonds to the American public from 1917 to 1919 in order to fund United States involvement in World War I. The Committee was managed by the Federal Reserve. The Liberty Loan Committee Records document the four Liberty Loan and the Victory Loan campaigns and include advertisements, committee memoranda, forms and descriptions of the loans, and subscription information.
- Size:
- 22.1 linear feet (54 boxes)
- Call number:
- MC089
- Location:
- Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Public Policy Papers.
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA - Language(s) of material:
- English.
- Storage note:
- This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.
History of the Liberty Loan Committee
The Liberty Loan Committee coordinated campaigns to sell U.S. Treasury bonds to the American public from 1917 to 1919 in order to fund United States involvement in World War I. The Committee was managed by the Federal Reserve. Campaigns to promote the sale of the bonds were conducted by Federal Reserve District and emphasized the patriotic duty of citizens to aid the war effort through the purchase of the bonds.
United States entry into World War I necessitated a huge increase in government spending, both for the U.S. military and in aid for the Allies. One of the main fundraising efforts for the government were four Liberty Loans and a fifth Victory Loan, which sold U.S. Treasury bonds to the American public. The sale of the loans were managed by the Federal Reserve, which had been established only a few years earlier. The Federal Reserve Banks, and therefore the bond sale campaigns, were organized by twelve Federal Reserve Districts: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco. The Federal Reserve was also responsible for managing the distribution of the funds in the nation's banks and withdrawing funds as they were needed by the government.
The Liberty Loan committees organized highly successful advertising campaigns based on patriotism to inspire the American public to buy the bonds, allowing the Treasury to sell them at a lower interest rate than the market would have set. The advertising campaigns took many forms. The Committee distributed posters and pamphlets, buttons and stickers, and many businesses decorated their store front windows with the ads. Prominent politicians, sports figures, and artists publicly bought bonds, inspiring their fans and supporters to do the same. "Four Minute Men" spoke after movies and plays about the importance of buying bonds. Parades were held featuring wounded veterans, and there were war-exhibit trains and aerial demonstrations by skilled fighter pilots that traveled across the country. More than 100,000 clergymen of many denominations delivered Liberty Loan sermons, and in May 1917 the National Women's Liberty Loan Committee was organized under the premise that women would provide a moral force in war finance. The Liberty Loan Committee became one of the largest committees in American history.
The First Liberty Loan of $2 billion was offered to the public in May and June 1917 and quickly oversubscribed by an estimated 4 million Americans. All four subsequent loans were also oversubscribed, in the first three by an increasing number of individuals. The Second Liberty Loan was offered in October 1917, the third was offered April to May 1918, the fourth, the largest of the loans, was offered September to October 1918, and the Victory Loan was offered from April to May 1919. All together, the Liberty Loans raised over 21 billion dollars for the United States war effort. Given the huge sums of money involved, the government needed to balance the movement of the money to avoid disturbing money markets, and the government also required the funds sooner than the Liberty Loan campaigns could provide. One of the most significant tools used to resolve this was through issuing certificates of indebtedness, which were also coordinated by the Federal Reserve. These certificates were short term government loans with low interest rates. Eighty-four series were issued up to June 1921, mostly in anticipation of liberty loans or receipts from taxes, spreading out the payment of funds to the government.
The Liberty Loan campaigns were successful in achieving the Treasury Department's object to market a huge increase in debt at a relatively low direct cost to the Treasury. The public bought most of the debt, and commercial banks bought approximately 20% of the total issue of the loans. The Loans also marked a significant shift in American credit, moving lending and borrowing into the social mainstream, where before it had been the province of skilled investors only.
Description
The Liberty Loan Committee Records document the four Liberty Loan and the Victory Loan campaigns and include advertisements, committee memoranda, forms and descriptions of the loans, and subscription information. Additionally, the records include materials about other organizations active during World War I, especially those involved in fundraising and aid work, including the sale of war savings stamps by the National War Savings Committee.
Please see the series descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual series.
Arrangement
The Records have been arranged in five series:
- Series 1: Certificates of Indebtedness and Other Bank Data, 1917-1919
- Series 2: Liberty Loans, 1917-1919
- Series 3: Topical Files, 1912-1919
- Series 4: War Savings Stamps (W.S.S.), 1917-1919
- Series 5: Oversized Materials, 1915-1919
Access and Use
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Curator of the Public Policy Papers. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
Acquisition and Appraisal
Provenance and Acquisition
The scrapbooks were transferred to the Mudd Manuscript Library in February 2008 from the General Collection in Firestone Library, Princeton University. No other provenance or acquisition information is available for this collection.
Appraisal
Appraisal has been conducted in accordance with Mudd Library guidelines. No materials were separated from this collection during processing in 2008.
Related Materials
Related Archival Material
The Mudd Manuscript Library holds many collections related to World War I, including the papers of government officials, soldiers, journalists, individuals involved in aid work, peace negotiations and the economic rebuilding of Europe, and collected materials related to the war. Researchers wishing to access these collections should search for the subject "World War, 1914-1918" or related terms in the Princeton University Library Finding Aids website. Collections at the Mudd Manuscript Library of particular relevance to the Liberty Loan Committee Records include the Papers of the Woodrow Wilson Project Records and other collections on Wilson, and the papers of Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison, Secretary of State Robert Lansing, Chairman of the Commission on Training Camp Activities Raymond Blaine Fosdick, and the Carey Cartoon Collection on foreign policy issues during World War I.
Related collections at other institutions include records on the Liberty Loans within the United States Treasury and other department records at the National Archives, a small collection of records of the Four Minute Men (who disseminated information on Liberty Loan campaigns) at the Tennessee State Library and Archives, and a small collection of records of the Bronx Liberty Loan Committee at the New York Historical Society.
Processing and Other Information
Works Cited
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the organizational history:
The ABC of the Federal Reserve System by Edwin W. Kemmerer. Princeton University Press: Princeton,
New Jersey, 1936.
"History Lesson: Loans for Nearly Everyone" by James Grant.
Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly, June 6, 1992.
A History of the Federal Reserve by Allan H. Meltzer. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 2003.
"Liberty Loan Triumph Seen Ten Years After" by Carson H. Hathaway.
The New York Times, May 8, 1927.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Adriane Hanson, Clelia Douyon and Grace Loro in 2008. Finding aid written by Adriane Hanson in August 2008.
Descriptive Rules Used
Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Encoding
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Adriane Hanson on September 4, 2008.
Finding aid written in English.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Liberty Loan Committee Records, Box and Folder Number; Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928.
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
- Liberty Loan Committee.
- National War Savings Committee.
- Banks and banking -- United States.
- Bonds -- United States.
- Debts, Public -- United States.
- Finance, Public -- United States.
- Liberty bonds.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- United States.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Propaganda -- United States.
- Advertisements.
- Clippings.
- Memorandums.
Browse other finding aids related to the following terms:
Contents List
Series 1: Certificates of Indebtedness and Other Bank Data, 1917-1919
(1.8 linear feet in 5 boxes)
Series Description
The Certificates of Indebtedness and Other Bank Data series is composed of memoranda and pamphlets sent from the Federal Reserve Banks to the banks in their districts with information regarding loan programs to facilitate the purchase of Liberty bonds and other administrative issues related to fundraising efforts for United States involvement in World War I. The series also includes statistics from banks regarding the number of bonds they had sold.
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by Federal Reserve District and then chronologically.
General, 1917-1918
Box 1, Folder 1 First Federal Reserve District (Boston), 1917-1918
Box 1, Folder 2 Second Federal Reserve District (New York), 1917-1919
Box 1, Folder 3 Third Federal Reserve District (Philadelphia), 1917-1918
Box 1, Folder 4 Fourth Federal Reserve District (Cleveland), 1917-1919
Box 2, Folder 1 Fifth Federal Reserve District (Richmond), 1917-1918
Box 2, Folder 2 Sixth Federal Reserve District (Atlanta), 1917-1918
Box 2, Folder 3 Seventh Federal Reserve District (Chicago), 1917-1919
Box 2, Folder 4 Eighth Federal Reserve District (St. Louis), 1917-1919
Box 2, Folder 5 Ninth Federal Reserve District (Minneapolis), 1917-1919
Box 3, Folder 1 Tenth Federal Reserve District (Kansas City), 1917-1918
Box 3, Folder 2 to 3 Tenth Federal Reserve District (Kansas City), 1919
Box 4, Folder 1 to 2 Eleventh Federal Reserve District (Dallas), 1917-1919
Box 4, Folder 3 Twelfth Federal Reserve District (San Francisco), 1917-1919
Box 5, Folder 1 Series 2: Liberty Loans, 1917-1919
(9.1 linear feet in 22 boxes)
Series Description
The Liberty Loans series documents the five issues of the loans: the four Liberty Loans and the Victory Loan. The majority of the records are related to publicity efforts of the Liberty Loan committees to promote the purchase of the bonds, including press releases of the publicity committee, newspaper clippings, posters and other advertisements, addresses, and a few photographs. Other records contain information about the bonds, such as circular letters to banks, forms, and subscription information. Also included are materials to encourage sellers of the bonds and information about the sales progress, such as newsletters, pamphlets, and memoranda.
Please see also Series 5: Oversized Materials for newspaper advertisements, photograph albums, and scrapbooks related to all five of the loans.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by loan issue and then numerically by Federal Reserve District.
First Liberty Loan
General
Advertising Leaflets, 1917-1918
Box 5, Folder 2 Advertising, Treasury Department, 1917 May-June
Box 5, Folder 3 American Bankers Association, 1917 June 4
Box 5, Folder 4 Forms for Application, 1917
Box 5, Folder 5 Four Minute Men - "The Liberty Loan," 1917
Box 5, Folder 6 Law Authorizing Issue, 1917 April 11-24
Box 5, Folder 7 McAdoo - "The Liberty Loan," 1917 May 21
Box 5, Folder 8 Stickers, 1918
Box 5, Folder 9 Treasury Department Circulars, 1917-1918
Box 5, Folder 10 Women's Liberty Loan Committee, 1917
Box 5, Folder 11 First Federal Reserve District (Boston)
Advertising, 1917 May-June
Box 5, Folder 12 Conversion, 1917 December
Box 5, Folder 13 Forms, 1917 August 17-24
Box 5, Folder 14 Partial Payment, 1917
Box 5, Folder 15 Subscriptions, 1917 May-June
Box 5, Folder 16 Second Federal Reserve District (New York)
Accounting, 1917 May-June
Box 5, Folder 17 Address and Meetings, 1917 May-June
Box 5, Folder 18 Advertising
General, 1917 May-July
Box 5, Folder 19 Towns and Committees, 1917 May-June
Box 6, Folder 1 Towns and Committees, 1917 June 5-22
Box 6, Folder 2 Committees, 1917 May-June
Box 6, Folder 3 Conversion, 1917 June-October
Box 6, Folder 4 Forms, 1917 May-September
Box 6, Folder 5 News Clippings, 1917 June-July
Box 6, Folder 6 Partial Payments, 1917 May-June
Box 6, Folder 7 Speakers Bureau, undated
Box 6, Folder 8 Subscriptions, 1917 March-June
Box 7, Folder 1 Third Federal Reserve District (Philadelphia)
Committees, undated
Box 7, Folder 2 Forms, 1917
Box 7, Folder 3 Partial Payment, 1917 May 25
Box 7, Folder 4 Subscriptions, 1917 June 9-21
Box 7, Folder 5 Fourth Federal Reserve District (Cleveland)
Advertising, 1917
Box 7, Folder 6 Forms, 1917 June 1
Box 7, Folder 7 Subscriptions and Bank Circulars, 1917 May 25-June 14
Box 7, Folder 8 Fifth Federal Reserve District (Richmond)
Advertising, Newspaper, 1917 June 6-12
Box 7, Folder 9 Descriptions, 1917 June 6
Box 7, Folder 10 Forms, undated
Box 7, Folder 11 Subscriptions, 1917 May-September
Box 7, Folder 12 Sixth Federal Reserve District (Atlanta)
Description, 1917 May 14
Box 7, Folder 13 Law, 1917 April 24
Box 7, Folder 14 Seventh Federal Reserve District (Chicago)
Committees, 1917 May 22-31
Box 7, Folder 15 Conversion, 1917-1919
Box 7, Folder 16 Descriptions, 1917 May 4-22
Box 7, Folder 17 Partial Payment, 1917 May 10
Box 7, Folder 18 Subscriptions, 1917 May-June
Box 7, Folder 19 Eighth Federal Reserve District (St. Louis)
Advertising, undated
Box 7, Folder 20 Conversion, 1917 November 28
Box 7, Folder 21 Forms, undated
Box 7, Folder 22 Partial Payments, 1917 May 24-26
Box 7, Folder 23 Subscriptions, 1917 May-August
Box 7, Folder 24 Ninth Federal Reserve District (Minneapolis)
Advertising, 1917 May
Box 7, Folder 25 Forms, 1917
Box 7, Folder 26 Partial Payments, undated
Box 7, Folder 27 Subscriptions, 1917 May-June
Box 7, Folder 28 Tenth Federal Reserve District (Kansas City)
Advertising, undated
Box 7, Folder 29 Committees, undated
Box 7, Folder 30 Subscriptions, 1917 May-July
Box 7, Folder 31 Eleventh Federal Reserve District
Advertising, 1917 May
Box 7, Folder 32 Committees, 1917 May
Box 7, Folder 33 Subscriptions, 1917 May-June
Box 7, Folder 34 Twelfth Federal Reserve District (San Francisco)
Advertising, 1917 May-June
Box 8, Folder 1 Committees, 1917 May-June
Box 8, Folder 2 Conversion, undated
Box 8, Folder 3 Forms, 1917 June
Box 8, Folder 4 Partial Payments, undated
Box 8, Folder 5 Subscriptions, 1917 May-June
Box 8, Folder 6 Second Liberty Loan
General
Addresses, 1917 September-October
Box 8, Folder 7 Advertising, 1917
Box 8, Folder 8 Comparison Between First and Second Loans, undated
Box 8, Folder 9 Descriptions, 1917 October-November
Box 8, Folder 10 Forms, 1917 October-November
Box 8, Folder 11 General Committees, 1917 October 12
Box 8, Folder 12 Sermonic Suggestions, 1917 October 20-21
Box 8, Folder 13 Source Book, 1917
Box 8, Folder 14 Stickers, 1919
Box 8, Folder 15 Tax Exemption, 1917 August 28-29
Box 8, Folder 16 Treasury Department Circulars, 1917 October 19
Box 8, Folder 17 Woman's Committee, 1918
Box 8, Folder 18 First Federal Reserve District (Boston)
Advertising, 1917 October 6-30
Box 8, Folder 19 Allotments, 1917 October 8-10
Box 8, Folder 20 Committees, 1917 October 5-30
Box 8, Folder 21 Conversion, 1917-1919
Box 8, Folder 22 Description, 1917
Box 8, Folder 23 Forms, 1917
Box 8, Folder 24 Partial Payment, 1917
Box 8, Folder 25 Payment of Interest Coupons, 1917 December 7
Box 8, Folder 26 Registered Bonds, 1918 January 25
Box 8, Folder 27 Subscriptions, 1917 October 13-26
Box 8, Folder 28 Taxation Features, 1917 October 23
Box 8, Folder 29 Second Federal Reserve District (New York)
Addresses, 1917-1918
Box 8, Folder 30 Advertising, undated
Box 8, Folder 31 Circular Letters, 1917 June-November
Box 9, Folder 1 Committees, 1917 September-October
Box 9, Folder 2 Conversion, 1918 August 26
Box 9, Folder 3 Federation of Labor, undated
Box 9, Folder 4 Forms, 1917
Box 9, Folder 5 News Clippings, 1917 September-October
Box 9, Folder 6 Partial Payment, 1917-1918
Box 9, Folder 7 Speakers' Bureau, 1917
Box 9, Folder 8 Subscriptions, 1917 October 17
Box 9, Folder 9 Taxation Features, 1917-1918
Box 9, Folder 10 Third Federal Reserve District (Philadelphia)
Advertising, undated
Box 9, Folder 11 Conversion, undated
Box 9, Folder 12 Subscriptions, 1917 October 10-16
Box 9, Folder 13 Taxation Features, undated
Box 9, Folder 14 Fourth Federal Reserve District (Cleveland)
General Committee, 1917 October-December
Box 9, Folder 15 Subscriptions, 1918 February 1
Box 9, Folder 16 Fifth Federal Reserve District (Richmond)
Advertising, 1917 October-December
Box 9, Folder 17 Committees, 1917 September-November
Box 9, Folder 18 Conversion, 1917 October-November
Box 9, Folder 19 Subscriptions, 1917 September-November
Box 9, Folder 20 Sixth Federal Reserve District (Atlanta)
Advertising, 1917 October 3-18
Box 10, Folder 1 Committees, 1917 October 3-25
Box 10, Folder 2 Conversion, 1918 May 9
Box 10, Folder 3 Forms, 1917-1918
Box 10, Folder 4 Subscriptions, 1917 October 1
Box 10, Folder 5 Seventh Federal Reserve District (Chicago)
Advertising, 1917 October
Box 10, Folder 6 Committees, 1917 September-October
Box 10, Folder 7 Conversion, 1918 August-September
Box 10, Folder 8 Forms, 1917 October 1
Box 10, Folder 9 Subscriptions, 1917 September 27-November 26
Box 10, Folder 10 Taxation Features, undated
Box 10, Folder 11 Eighth Federal Reserve District (St. Louis)
Advertising, 1917 October
Box 10, Folder 12 Subscriptions, 1917 October 1-November 7
Box 10, Folder 13 Ninth Federal Reserve District (Minneapolis)
Advertising, 1917 October 4-19
Box 10, Folder 14 Committees, 1917 October 12-30
Box 10, Folder 15 Conversion, 1917 October 6
Box 10, Folder 16 Subscriptions, 1917 October 1-26
Box 10, Folder 17 Tenth Federal Reserve District (Kansas City)
Conversion, 1917-1918
Box 10, Folder 18 Subscriptions, 1917 September 8-November 7
Box 10, Folder 19 Eleventh Federal Reserve District (Dallas)
Advertising, 1917
Box 10, Folder 20 Subscriptions, 1917 September 29-October 25
Box 10, Folder 21 Taxation Features, 1917 October 24
Box 10, Folder 22 Twelfth Federal Reserve District (San Francisco)
Addresses, 1917 October 9
Box 10, Folder 23 Advertising, 1917 July 30-October 13
Box 10, Folder 24 Committee Bulletins, 1917 October-November
Box 10, Folder 25 Committees, 1917 August 29-October 31
Box 10, Folder 26 Forms, 1917
Box 10, Folder 27 Subscriptions, 1917-1918
Box 10, Folder 28 Taxation Features, 1917 October 8-17
Box 10, Folder 29 Third Liberty Loan
General
Advertising, 1918 January 16-July 3
Box 10, Folder 30 Descriptions, 1918 May 9
Box 10, Folder 31 Forms, 1918 April-May
Box 10, Folder 32 Subscriptions, 1918 September 9
Box 10, Folder 33 Treasury Circulars, 1918 March 25-May 1
Box 10, Folder 34 Women's Committee, 1918
Box 10, Folder 35 First Federal Reserve District (Boston)
Advertising, 1918
Box 11, Folder 1 Committees, 1918 April
Box 11, Folder 2 Conversion, 1918 April 23-June 8
Box 11, Folder 3 Description, 1918 April
Box 11, Folder 4 Partial Payment, undated
Box 11, Folder 5 Payment of Interest Coupons, 1918 May 4
Box 11, Folder 6 Subscriptions, 1918 January 4-August 12
Box 11, Folder 7 Taxation Features, 1918 April 17
Box 11, Folder 8 Second Federal Reserve District (New York)
Addresses, 1917-1918
Box 11, Folder 9 Advertising
Cards, undated
Box 11, Folder 10 Leaflets, 1918
Box 11, Folder 11 Newspaper, 1918 March-April
Box 11, Folder 12 Pamphlets, 1917-1918
Box 11, Folder 13 Stickers and Novelties, undated
Box 12, Folder 1 Miscellaneous, 1918
Box 12, Folder 2 Committees, 1918 February 20-October 11
Box 12, Folder 3 to 4 Conversion, undated
Box 12, Folder 5 Description, 1918
Box 12, Folder 6 Forms, 1918
Box 12, Folder 7 Labor Bureau, 1918 February 1-April 23
Box 12, Folder 8 News Clippings, 1918 April 11
Box 12, Folder 9 Parades, 1918 April 26
Box 12, Folder 10 Partial Payment, 1918 March 18-September 21
Box 13, Folder 1 Speakers' Bureau, 1918
Box 13, Folder 2 Subscriptions, 1918 April
Box 13, Folder 3 Taxation Features, undated
Box 13, Folder 4 Third Federal Reserve District (Philadelphia)
Advertising, 1918 April
Box 13, Folder 5 Banks, undated
Box 13, Folder 6 Committees and Canvassing, undated
Box 13, Folder 7 Conversion, 1918 March 5
Box 13, Folder 8 Descriptions, 1918
Box 13, Folder 9 Fourth Federal Reserve District (Cleveland)
Advertising, 1918
Box 13, Folder 10 Publicity Department Press Copy, 1918 March-May
Box 13, Folder 11 Subscriptions, 1918 April-May
Box 13, Folder 12 Fifth Federal Reserve District (Richmond)
Advertising, undated
Box 13, Folder 13 Committees, 1918 March 18-June 6
Box 13, Folder 14 Conversion, 1918 June 6-18
Box 13, Folder 15 Descriptions, 1918 March 26-May 4
Box 13, Folder 16 Subscriptions, 1918 April 11-June 11
Box 13, Folder 17 Sixth Federal Reserve District (Atlanta)
Advertising, 1918 March 13-May 20
Box 14, Folder 1 Conversion, 1918 April 5-19
Box 14, Folder 2 Descriptions, 1918 April 3-5
Box 14, Folder 3 Forms, 1918 April 6
Box 14, Folder 4 Loss, 1918 August 23
Box 14, Folder 5 Subscriptions, 1918 April 19-May 2
Box 14, Folder 6 Seventh Federal Reserve District (Chicago)
Advertising, 1918 August 24
Box 14, Folder 7 Committees, 1918 April 29
Box 14, Folder 8 Conversion, 1918-1919
Box 14, Folder 9 Registered Bonds, 1918 September 25
Box 14, Folder 10 Stolen Bonds, 1918 September 24-November 1
Box 14, Folder 11 Subscriptions, 1918 April 3-May 16
Box 14, Folder 12 Addresses and Meetings, 1918 April 8-21
Box 14, Folder 13 Advertising, undated
Box 14, Folder 14 Conversion, 1918 April 12
Box 14, Folder 15 Descriptions, 1918 April 5
Box 14, Folder 16 Subscriptions, 1918 April 24-May 2
Box 14, Folder 17 Ninth Federal Reserve District (Minneapolis)
Committees, 1918 March 6-April 6
Box 14, Folder 18 Conversion, 1918 April 9
Box 14, Folder 19 Forms, 1918 April 26
Box 14, Folder 20 Subscriptions, 1918 April 20-26
Box 14, Folder 21 Tenth Federal Reserve District (Kansas City)
Advertising, 1918 April 3
Box 14, Folder 22 Committees, 1918 February 7-April 25
Box 14, Folder 23 Conversion, 1918 April 8
Box 14, Folder 24 Descriptions, 1918 April 3-May 9
Box 14, Folder 25 Partial Payment, 1918 April 9
Box 14, Folder 26 Registered Bonds, 1918 April 29
Box 14, Folder 27 Subscriptions, 1918 April 23
Box 14, Folder 28 Eleventh Federal Reserve District (Dallas)
Advertising, 1918 April 11
Box 14, Folder 29 Subscriptions, 1918 March 22-May 1
Box 14, Folder 30 Twelfth Federal Reserve District (San Francisco)
Advertising, undated
Box 14, Folder 31 Committees, 1917-1918
Box 14, Folder 32 Conversion and Forms, 1918 April 2-October 30
Box 14, Folder 33 Photographs, 1918 May 16
Box 14, Folder 34 Subscriptions, 1918 April 6-September 11
Box 14, Folder 35 Fourth Liberty Loan
General
Advertising, undated
Box 15, Folder 1 Descriptions, 1918 October 14-24
Box 15, Folder 2 Forms, 1918
Box 15, Folder 3 Treasury Department Circulars, 1918 August 16-October 24
Box 15, Folder 4 Woman's Committee, undated
Box 15, Folder 5 First Federal Reserve District (Boston)
Advertising
General, undated
Box 15, Folder 6 Leaflets, undated
Box 15, Folder 7 Posters, Newspapers and Novelties, undated
Box 15, Folder 8 Boy Scouts, 1918 September 5
Box 15, Folder 9 Conversion, 1918 November 15
Box 15, Folder 10 Description, undated
Box 15, Folder 11 Forms, 1918
Box 15, Folder 12 Registered Bonds, 1918 October 15-18
Box 15, Folder 13 Subscriptions, 1918 September 18-November 8
Box 15, Folder 14 Taxation Features, 1918 September 17
Box 15, Folder 15 Miscellaneous, 1918 September 6
Box 15, Folder 16 Second Federal Reserve District (New York)
Addresses, 1918 September 24-27
Box 15, Folder 17 Advertising
Leaflets, undated
Box 15, Folder 18 Newspaper, 1918
Box 15, Folder 19 Posters, 1918 August 27
Box 16, Folder 1 Stickers and Novelties, undated
Box 16, Folder 2 Miscellaneous, 1918 September 24-December 19
Box 16, Folder 3 Committees, 1918 August 20-December 26
Box 16, Folder 4 Descriptions, 1918 October 2-24
Box 16, Folder 5 Forms, 1918
Box 16, Folder 6 Newspaper Clippings, 1918 September 29-October 19
Box 16, Folder 7 Newspaper Clippings, 1918 September 29-October 19
Box 17, Folder 1 Partial Payment, 1918 September 19-October 1
Box 17, Folder 2 Photographs, undated
Box 17, Folder 3 Programs of Events, 1918 October 2-19
Box 17, Folder 4 Registered Bonds, 1918 October 22
Box 18, Folder 1 Subscriptions, 1918 September 28
Box 18, Folder 2 Taxation Features, undated
Box 18, Folder 3 Third Federal Reserve District (Philadelphia)
Advertising, undated
Box 18, Folder 4 Committees - Bulletins, 1918 July 18-October 17
Box 18, Folder 5 Forms, 1918
Box 18, Folder 6 Fourth Federal Reserve District (Cleveland)
Advertising
Leaflets, 1918
Box 18, Folder 7 Newspaper, 1918
Box 18, Folder 8 Novelties, undated
Box 18, Folder 9 Posters, undated
Box 18, Folder 10 Committees, 1918 August 21-October 24
Box 18, Folder 11 Publicity Department - Press Copy, 1918 August 18-November 4
Box 18, Folder 12 Subscriptions, 1918 September 18
Box 18, Folder 13 Taxation Features, undated
Box 18, Folder 14 Fifth Federal Reserve District (Richmond)
Advertising, 1918 July 31-October 16
Box 19, Folder 1 Committees, 1918 September 16-October 7
Box 19, Folder 2 Descriptions, 1918 August 3-September 25
Box 19, Folder 3 Forms, 1918
Box 19, Folder 4 Partial Payment, 1918 September 25-26
Box 19, Folder 5 Subscriptions, 1918 September 26-November 1
Box 19, Folder 6 Taxation Features, 1918 September 27-October 16
Box 19, Folder 7 Sixth Federal Reserve District (Atlanta)
Advertising, 1918
Box 19, Folder 8 Committees, 1918 September 12-October 5
Box 19, Folder 9 Conversion, 1918-1919
Box 19, Folder 10 Descriptions, 1918 September 18-December 31
Box 19, Folder 11 Forms, 1918
Box 19, Folder 12 Registered Bonds, 1918 September 5
Box 19, Folder 13 Subscriptions, 1918 September 29-December 19
Box 19, Folder 14 Seventh Federal Reserve District (Chicago)
Advertising, undated
Box 19, Folder 15 Committees, 1918 July 30-December 3
Box 19, Folder 16 Conversion, 1918 March 1-20
Box 19, Folder 17 Partial Payment, 1918 November 4
Box 19, Folder 18 Registered Bonds, 1918 September 25-October 14
Box 19, Folder 19 Subscriptions, 1918-1919
Box 19, Folder 20 Eighth Federal Reserve District (St. Louis)
Advertising, undated
Box 19, Folder 21 Committees, 1918-1919
Box 19, Folder 22 Descriptions, 1918 September 24
Box 19, Folder 23 Registered Bonds, 1918 September 21
Box 19, Folder 24 Subscriptions, 1918 September 20-October 15
Box 20, Folder 1 Ninth Federal Reserve District (Minneapolis)
Advertising, 1918 September 3-November 7
Box 20, Folder 2 Committees, 1918 March 10-September 3
Box 20, Folder 3 Lost Bonds, 1919 March 1
Box 20, Folder 4 Tenth Federal Reserve District (Kansas City)
Advertising, undated
Box 20, Folder 5 Committees, 1918 August 17-October 15
Box 20, Folder 6 Registered Bonds, 1918 October 12
Box 20, Folder 7 Subscriptions, 1918 September 27-October 14
Box 20, Folder 8 Eleventh Federal Reserve District (Dallas)
Advertising, 1918 August 21-October 19
Box 20, Folder 9 Committees, 1918 August 23-September 23
Box 20, Folder 10 Subscriptions, 1918 September 16
Box 20, Folder 11 Twelfth Federal Reserve District (San Francisco)
Advertising, 1918 September 16-December 21
Box 20, Folder 12 Committees, 1918 August 24-October 14
Box 21, Folder 1 Conversion, 1918-1919
Box 21, Folder 2 Descriptions, 1918 September 17-October 24
Box 21, Folder 3 Forms, 1918 September 10-December 10
Box 21, Folder 4 Lost Bonds, 1919 March 1
Box 21, Folder 5 Subscriptions, 1918 August 24-December 6
Box 21, Folder 6 Taxation Features, 1918 October 11-14
Box 21, Folder 7 Victory Loan
General
Advertising, undated
Box 21, Folder 8 Descriptions, 1918 March 12-May 20
Box 21, Folder 9 Forms, 1919
Box 21, Folder 10 Tax Exemptions, 1919 April 23
Box 21, Folder 11 Treasury Department Circulars, 1919 March 21-April 19
Box 21, Folder 12 First Federal Reserve District (Boston)
Advertising
General and Miscellaneous, undated
Box 21, Folder 13 Leaflets, undated
Box 21, Folder 14 Description, 1919 April 14
Box 21, Folder 15 Forms, 1919
Box 21, Folder 16 Subscriptions, 1919 April 10
Box 21, Folder 17 Second Federal Reserve District (New York)
Addresses, 1919 February 8
Box 21, Folder 18 Advertising
Leaflets, undated
Box 21, Folder 19 Newspaper, undated
Box 21, Folder 20 Posters, undated
Box 22, Folder 1 Committees, 1919 March 19-May 1
Box 22, Folder 2 Descriptions, 1919 March 19-April 15
Box 22, Folder 3 Forms, 1919
Box 22, Folder 4 Newspaper, undated
Box 22, Folder 5 Partial Payment, undated
Box 22, Folder 6 Publicity Department
Bulletins, 1919 March 19-May 3
Box 22, Folder 7 Programs, April 15-May 2
Box 23, Folder 1 Miscellaneous, 1919 January 6-March 22
Box 23, Folder 2 to 3 Speaker's Bureau, undated
Box 23, Folder 4 Subscriptions, 1919 April 17
Box 23, Folder 5 Taxation Features, undated
Box 23, Folder 6 "Victory Bulletin," 1919 April 21-May 10
Box 23, Folder 7 Third Federal Reserve District (Philadelphia)
Advertising, 1919 April 5
Box 23, Folder 8 Committees, 1918-1919
Box 24, Folder 1 Committees, Bulletins, 1919 January 11-May 16
Box 24, Folder 2 Fourth Federal Reserve District (Cleveland)
Advertising
Leaflets, undated
Box 24, Folder 3 Newspaper, undated
Box 24, Folder 4 Posters, undated
Box 24, Folder 5 Committees, 1918-1919
Box 24, Folder 6 Publicity Department Press Copy, undated
Box 24, Folder 7 Subscriptions, 1919 April 21
Box 24, Folder 8 Fifth Federal Reserve District (Richmond)
Advertising, 1919 February 4-May 2
Box 24, Folder 9 Committees, 1919 March 17
Box 24, Folder 10 Descriptions, 1919 March 11-April19
Box 24, Folder 11 Subscriptions, 1919 April 25-May 5
Box 24, Folder 12 Taxation Features, 1919 April 22
Box 24, Folder 13 Sixth Federal Reserve District (Atlanta)
Advertising, 1919 March 27-May 7
Box 25, Folder 1 Committees, 1919 February 18-May 21
Box 25, Folder 2 Conversion, 1919 March 26-April 1
Box 25, Folder 3 Description, 1919 March 11-April 16
Box 25, Folder 4 Forms, 1919
Box 25, Folder 5 Subscriptions, 1919 March 29-April 7
Box 25, Folder 6 Seventh Federal Reserve District (Chicago)
Addresses, 1919 January 29
Box 25, Folder 7 Advertising, undated
Box 25, Folder 8 Committees, 1919 January 1-May 5
Box 25, Folder 9 Descriptions, 1919 March 22
Box 25, Folder 10 Forms, 1919 April 7
Box 25, Folder 11 Subscriptions, 1919 March 29-April 23
Box 25, Folder 12 Eighth Federal Reserve District (St. Louis)
Advertising, 1919 February 27-April 26
Box 25, Folder 13 Committees, 1919 March 10-May 8
Box 26, Folder 1 Descriptions, 1919 April 3-16
Box 26, Folder 2 Forms, 1919
Box 26, Folder 3 Partial Payments, 1919
Box 26, Folder 4 Subscriptions, 1919 April 19-May 15
Box 26, Folder 5 Ninth Federal Reserve District (Minneapolis)
Advertising, undated
Box 26, Folder 6 Committees, 1918-1919
Box 26, Folder 7 Subscription, 1919 March 3-April 26
Box 26, Folder 8 Tenth Federal Reserve District (Kansas City)
Advertising, undated
Box 26, Folder 9 Committees, 1919 February 8-May 3
Box 26, Folder 10 Forms, 1919 April 2
Box 26, Folder 11 Subscriptions, 1919 April 22
Box 26, Folder 12 Taxation Features, 1919 April 26
Box 26, Folder 13 Eleventh Federal Reserve District (Dallas)
Advertising, undated
Box 26, Folder 14 Committees, 1919 January 13-February 6
Box 26, Folder 15 Twelfth Federal Reserve District (San Francisco)
Advertising, 1919 March 28-May 10
Box 26, Folder 16 Committees, 1919 March 22-April 28
Box 26, Folder 17 Forms, 1919 April 1-25
Box 26, Folder 18 Subscriptions, 1919 February 5-April 26
Box 26, Folder 19 Taxation Features, 1919 April 15-26
Box 26, Folder 20 Series 3: Topical Files, 1912-1919
(5.6 linear feet in 15 boxes)
Series Description
The Topical Files series is composed of a variety of materials related to World War I, especially fundraising and aid work. The majority of the materials are bulletins, newsletters, and other publications of fundraising and relief organizations describing their work, seeking donations, or promoting ways that individuals could aid the war effort. The series also includes newspaper clippings and articles about the war, especially related to finance, business and industry, and rationales for United States involvement in the war, as well as a small number of publications of government departments and information on fundraising efforts in allied countries.
Arrangement
Please see also Series 5: Oversized Materials for additional materials related to the American Red Cross and to atrocities committed by Germans.
American Chamber of Commerce in Paris, 1916-1919
Box 26, Folder 21 American Red Cross
General, 1917-1918
Box 27, Folder 1 Advertising, 1918 May 20-27
Box 27, Folder 2 American Red Cross Bulletin, 1918-1919
Box 27, Folder 3 Information Leaflets, 1918 January 28-September 9
Box 27, Folder 4 News Service and News Letter of Atlantic Division, 1918 July 14-November 3
Box 27, Folder 5 Chamber of Commerce of New York State, 1918 April-1919 February
Box 27, Folder 6 Chamber of Commerce of the United States
General, 1918-1919
Box 27, Folder 7 General Bulletin, 1917-1919
Box 27, Folder 8 Legislative Bulletin, 1918-1919
Box 27, Folder 9 Special Bulletin, 1918-1919
Box 28, Folder 1 War Service and Committee Bulletin, 1918-1919
Box 28, Folder 2 Committee on Public Information, 1917-1918
Box 28, Folder 3 to 5 Dinner Invitations, 1912-1917
Box 29, Folder 1 Diplomatic Correspondence, European War, 1914-1918
Box 29, Folder 2 Federal Board for Vocational Education, Newsletter "The Vocational Summary," 1918 October-November
Box 29, Folder 3 Finance, Economy and Taxation, 1914-1919
Box 29, Folder 4 to 5 Finance, Economy and Taxation, 1914-1919
Box 30, Folder 1 Food, 1917-1918
Box 30, Folder 2 Food, National War Garden Commission Pamphlets, 1917-1918
Box 30, Folder 3 Foreign Loans
General, 1915-1918
Box 30, Folder 4 Australia, 1916 January
Box 30, Folder 5 Canada, 1917-1921
Box 30, Folder 6 France, 1916-1917
Box 30, Folder 7 Germany, 1916-1917
Box 30, Folder 8 Great Britain, 1916-1917
Box 31, Folder 1 Italy, 1915-1916
Box 31, Folder 2 German Atrocities, 1915-1917
Box 31, Folder 3 Influenza, 1918 October 31
Box 31, Folder 4 National War Savings Committee (Great Britain), 1916-1917
Box 31, Folder 5 to 6 Newspaper Clippings(Regarding the War and the United States Business and Industry), 1914-1918
Box 32, Folder 1 Pamphlets
A-B, 1917-1919
Box 32, Folder 2 to 3 C, 1916-1918
Box 32, Folder 4 D-F, 1916-1919
Box 33, Folder 1 G-H, 1917-1919
Box 33, Folder 2 to 3 I-L, 1917-1918
Box 34, Folder 1 to 2 M-R, 1916-1919
Box 34, Folder 3 to 4 S-Z, 1916-1919
Box 35, Folder 1 to 2 Private Organizations
A-B, 1914-1918
Box 35, Folder 3 Bohemian National Alliance, 1915-1918
Box 35, Folder 4 Boy Scouts of America, 1917-1918
Box 36, Folder 1 Boy Scouts of America, 1918-1919
Box 36, Folder 2 D-H, 1917-1918
Box 36, Folder 3 Knights of Columbus, 1918 March 17-November 18
Box 36, Folder 4 League to Enforce Peace, 1918 March 21-May 18
Box 36, Folder 5 L-M, 1917-1918
Box 36, Folder 6 National Committee of Patriotic Societies, 1917-1918
Box 36, Folder 7 National League for Woman's Services, 1917-1918
Box 37, Folder 1 National Security League, 1917-1918
Box 37, Folder 2 N-U, 1914-1918
Box 37, Folder 3 United War Work Campaign, 1918 November 3-18
Box 37, Folder 4 The Vigilantes, 1918 March 29-October 26
Box 37, Folder 5 W, 1918-1919
Box 37, Folder 6 Y.M.C.A., 1917-1918
Box 37, Folder 7 Railroads, 1914-1917
Box 37, Folder 8 United States Army and Navy
General, 1915-1918
Box 37, Folder 9 Commission on Training Camp Activities, 1918 June
Box 37, Folder 10 New Draft Law (18-45 Years), 1918 August 26
Box 37, Folder 11 Registration, 1918 September 9-12
Box 37, Folder 12 Signal Corps, 1918-1919
Box 38, Folder 1 "Smileage News Herald," 1918
Box 38, Folder 2 United States Department of Agriculture, 1917-1918
Box 38, Folder 3 War Data
General, 1916-1918
Box 38, Folder 4 France, 1914-1917
Box 38, Folder 5 Germany, 1916-1917
Box 38, Folder 6 Great Britain, 1916-1918
Box 38, Folder 7 United States, 1917-1919
Box 38, Folder 8 to 9 United States, 1917-1919
Box 39, Folder 1 War Trade Board
General, 1918 May 4-November 28
Box 39, Folder 2 Enemy Trading Lists, 1917-1919
Box 39, Folder 3 to 4 Export Conservation Lists, 1918-1919
Box 39, Folder 5 Journal, 1918-1919
Box 39, Folder 6 Journal, 1918-1919
Box 40, Folder 1 Rulings 12-716, 1918-1919
Box 40, Folder 2 to 3 Series 4: War Savings Stamps (W.S.S.), 1917-1919
(1.0 linear feet in 3 boxes)
Series Description
The War Savings Stamps series contains materials related to the sale of war savings stamps by the National War Savings Committee to raise funds for the war and to promote ways that people could aid the war effort through reduced consumption and an emphasis on thrift. The Liberty Loan Committee sometimes aided the National War Savings Committee in advertising and sales efforts, especially later in the war. The materials include advertisements on the importance of buying the stamps and information on how to start a war savings society, as well as newsletters on upcoming meetings and events, information for banks about issuing certificates, information for sellers of stamps, and statistics about sales progress.
Please see also Series 5: Oversized Materials for additional materials, most of which are advertisements.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by state.
California, 1918-1919
Box 40, Folder 4 Connecticut, 1918 August 20
Box 40, Folder 5 Colorado, 1918 May 22-30
Box 40, Folder 6 Delaware, undated
Box 40, Folder 7 Florida, 1918 January 8-July 31
Box 40, Folder 8 Georgia, 1918-1919
Box 41, Folder 1 Illinois, 1918
Box 41, Folder 2 Iowa, 1918 August 3
Box 41, Folder 3 Kentucky, 1918 June 20
Box 41, Folder 4 Maine, undated
Box 41, Folder 5 Massachusetts, 1917-1918
Box 41, Folder 6 Michigan, undated
Box 41, Folder 7 Minnesota, 1918-1919
Box 41, Folder 8 Missouri, 1918 March 23-September 14
Box 41, Folder 9 Nebraska, 1918
Box 41, Folder 10 New Hampshire, 1917-1918
Box 41, Folder 11 New Jersey, 1918 February 2-October 5
Box 41, Folder 12 New York, 1918-1919
Box 41, Folder 13 New York, 1918-1919
Box 42, Folder 1 to 2 North Carolina, undated
Box 42, Folder 3 Ohio (Cleveland), 1918 May 6
Box 42, Folder 4 Pennsylvania, 1918
Box 42, Folder 5 Rhode Island, 1918
Box 42, Folder 6 Tennessee, 1918 August 6-September 24
Box 42, Folder 7 Texas, 1918-1919
Box 42, Folder 8 Vermont, 1918
Box 42, Folder 9 Virginia, 1918 February 15-September 19
Box 42, Folder 10 West Virginia, 1918
Box 42, Folder 11 Series 5: Oversized Materials, 1915-1919
(4.6 linear feet in 12 boxes)
Series Description
The Oversized Materials series contains newspaper advertisements, photograph albums, and scrapbooks related to Liberty and Victory Loan campaigns, as well as war savings stamps campaigns and a small amount of material related to the American Red Cross and atrocities committed by Germans.
Arrangement
Arranged by size, and then alphabetically by subject.
Liberty Loan Publicity Motion Picture Slides, Third Liberty Loan, undated
Box 43 Second Liberty Loan Parade Photograph Albums, New York, undated
Box 44 Third Liberty Loan Parade Photograph Album, New York, undated
Box 45 First Liberty Loan
Third Federal Reserve District (Philadelphia) Advertising, 1917
Box 46, Folder 1 Fourth Federal Reserve District (Cleveland) Advertising, 1917
Box 46, Folder 2 Second Liberty Loan
Fourth Federal Reserve District (Cleveland) Advertising, 1917 October-December
Box 46, Folder 3 Fourth Liberty Loan
First Federal Reserve District (Boston) Advertising, Posters, Newspapers, Novelties, undated
Box 46, Folder 4 Victory Loan
General Advertising, undated
Box 46, Folder 5 First Federal Reserve District (Boston) Advertising, Newspaper, undated
Box 46, Folder 6 Second Federal Reserve District (New York) Newspaper, undated
Box 46, Folder 7 Third Federal Reserve District (Philadelphia) Advertising, Newspaper, undated
Box 47, Folder 1 Eleventh Federal Reserve District (Dallas) Advertising, undated
Box 47, Folder 2 Topical Files
American Red Cross, Advertising, 1918 May 20-27
Box 47, Folder 3 German Atrocities, 1915-1917
Box 47, Folder 4 War Savings Stamps (W.S.S.)
Georgia, 1918-1919
Box 47, Folder 5 Massachusetts, 1917-1918
Box 47, Folder 6 Michigan, undated
Box 47, Folder 7 New Jersey, 1918 February 2-October 5
Box 47, Folder 8 Scrapbooks
Advertisements of the Second Liberty Loan, New York, Volume 1, 1917 September-October
Box 48 Advertisements of the Second Liberty Loan, New York, Volume 2, 1917 October
Box 49 Advertisements of the Second Liberty Loan, New York, Volume 3, 1917 October
Box 50 Advertisements of the Second Liberty Loan, New York, Volume 4, 1917 October-November
Box 51 National War Savings Committee, Benjamin Strong, 1918
Box 52 Liberty Loan Scrapbooks, Volume 8, undated
Box 53, Folder 1 Liberty Loan Scrapbooks, Volume 5, St. Louis, undated
Box 53, Folder 2 Reference Book, Fourth Liberty Loan Publicity, 1918
Box 54
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