ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL OF NORTH DAKOTA RECORDS

COLLECTION: OGL #327

DATES: 1941-1945

SIZE: One folder

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The State Defense Council of North Dakota Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection. Acquisitions records are unavailable.

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The State Defense Council of North Dakota was established by a proclamation of Governor John Moses on June 3, 1941. The Council's purpose was to serve as coordinator and means of communication between the Federal Defense Agencies and the State and Local Defense Councils. Council members were unpaid appointees. By the United States' entry into WWII in Dec. 1941, local Councils of Defense had been organized in all counties in North Dakota. The Women's Service of the State Defense Council of North Dakota, renamed the Women's Division by Jan. 1943, coordinated women's civilian activities, including: salvage, consumer service, conservation, war bond and stamp sales, recreation, education, public health, transportation, housing of war industries workers, victory gardens, Red Cross Training Schools, Extension Service of the ND Agricultural College.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The State Defense Council of North Dakota Records consist of two series of newsletters. The first series contains the State Defense Council Bulletin, no. 1-47, 49-52 (Aug. 30, 1941 - Aug. 25, 1945). The second series contains the Women's Service Bulletin, no. 1-8 (Feb. 26, 1942 - Dec. 7, 1942), and its successor, the Women's Division Bulletin, no. 9-14, 16-19, 21-30 (Jan. 15, 1943 - Apr. 2, 1945). The newsletters contain information about the civilian war effort in North Dakota and contain lists of officers in the local Councils of Defense.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1

Folder 1. State Defense Council Bulletin, 
          no. 1-47, 49-52 (Aug. 30, 1941 – Aug. 25, 1945) 

          Women’s Service Bulletin, 
          no. 1-8 (Feb. 26, 1942 – Dec. 7, 1942)

          Women’s Division Bulletin, 
          no. 9-14, 16-19, 21-30 (Jan. 15, 1943 – Apr. 1945)

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