BROWN COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
RECORDS, 1941-1946Area Research Center
Brown Series 138
Brown County Council of Defense. Records, 1941-1946. 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box).
Abstract
Records concerning eight World War II war bond drives conducted by the War Finance Committee of the Brown County Council of Defense. The records were compiled by Joseph Donovan, a member of the Committee, and consist of correspondence, statistics, and reports of war bond sales for each drive. The correspondence, which is mainly routine, concerns meetings and collection strategies. The statistics list bond sales by town, village, and city, and individual name. Of greatest interest are the mobile unit reports made by the collectors. These reports document those individuals who did not purchase bonds, their reasons, and the efforts made to persuade them to do so. Also included is a report of the Brown County school's participation in the war effort, discussing scrap metal collection, the Junior Red Cross, and curriculum changes. There is also documentation of a "Citizenship Day" ceremony, including two speeches.
The collection is located at the Green Bay Area Research Center.
Presented by the Green Bay School District, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1979.
M79-069
Processed by Barbara Gilson and Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, 1987.
Container List
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RECORDS, 1941-1946 |
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Box |
Folder |
Contents |
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1 |
War Loan Drives, |
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1 |
1st, (September 1941-October 1942) |
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2 |
2nd, (March 1943-May 1943) |
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3 |
3rd, (July 1943-October 1943) |
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4 |
4th, (December 1943-February 1944) |
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5 |
5th, (March 1944-July 1944) |
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6 |
6th, (October 1944-January 1945) |
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7th, (March 1945-August 1945) |
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8 |
8th, (October 1945-October 1946) |
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Mobile Unit Reports, |
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9 |
1944 |
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War Efforts of Brown County Schools, |
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10 |
No date |
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