Military, 1917-1918
Content Description
The material contained in this collection includes correspondence and financial records from some of the companies comprising the Potlatch Forests, inc. These companies include Bonners Ferry Lumber, Washington, Idaho, & Montana Railway, Red Collar Line, St. Joe Boom, Edward Rutledge Timber and several smaller subsidiaries. There is also one box of material relating to the Kootenai County Defense Council.
Much of the material in this collection complements the material in the George Frederick Jewett, Sr. papers, Manuscript Group MG043. A descriptive inventory of these papers was completed by Barbara Richards in 1969. A researcher in this area should consult both inventories in order to make maximum use of the material in these two collections.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1918
Creator
- From the Collection: Potlatch Forests, inc (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13 linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Materials Specific Details
1. Boards of Instruction to be Appointed by Selective Service Boards. Outline of Scope and Methods. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office (6 p.) - 1918 2. Keeping Fit to Fight. New York, American Social Hygiene Association (16 p.) - undated 3. Letter to Businessmen from War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities 4. Deals with venereal disease and includes informational material to be given to employees, especially those most likely to be drafted. - April 19, 1918 6. 5. Next Steps: A Program of Activities Against Prostitution and Venereal Diseases for Communities Which Have Closed Their "Red Light" Districts, by Major Bascom Johnson. Washington, D.C., War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities (23 p.) - 1918 7. "Register!" National Registration Day. Committee on Public Information, Division of Four Minute Men. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office (12 p.) - 1918 8. Syllabus of an Address to Assist in the Instruction of Drafted Men in the Knowledge and Avoidance of Venereal Disease. Issued by the Surgeon General. Washington, D.C., War Department (7 p.) - 1918 9. The War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities. Washington, D.C. (29 p.) - 1917?
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository