State Council of Defense, Women's Committee Records, 1917-1919

Collection context

Summary

Title:
State Council of Defense, Women's Committee Records
Dates:
1917-1919
Creators:
California State Council of Defense. Women's Committee
Abstract:
Extent:
(Boxes: 18 legal)
Language:
Preferred citation:

State Council of Defense, Women's Committee Records. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Background

Scope and content:

Records of California's State Council of Defense and the state division of the Women's Committee, with its headquarters at 719 So. Hill Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Correspondence, reports, receipts and cancelled checks. Ledger; activity book, June 1917-January 1919; checkbook, 1919. Pamphlets and other ephemera. The State Council worked on domestic issues during the war years, including Americanization; child welfare; food administration; education; educational propaganda; girls war service; health and recreation; home economics; information and library; liberty loans; publicity; Red Cross; social agencies; and women in industry.

Biographical / historical:

The state's Council of Defense reported to the Council of National Defense in Washington. The Women's Committee operated within the state council.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:
1917-1919
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Research is by appointment only

Terms of access:

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:

State Council of Defense, Women's Committee Records. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
Contact:
(213) 763-3359