Milwaukee County Council of Defense Records, 1910-1925

Container Title
Series: 3: Department of Manufactures, 1911-1918
Scope and Content Note: The Department of Manufactures dealt with war-time problems of manufacturing, including assisting local businesses obtaining government contracts and converting non-essential businesses into essential businesses. Businesses consulted include not only Milwaukee County but the entire state of Wisconsin as well. This series contains correspondence, reports, minutes, and specifications and drawings for war equipment.
Box   26
Folder   10
Articles Purchased by the Quartermaster Corps of the Army, 1918
Box   9
Folder   2
Bureau of Aircraft Production, includes Lawson Aircraft Corporation, 1917-1918
Box   9
Folder   3
Fuel Bureau, fuel use in Milwaukee businesses, 1917
General Files
Box   9
Folder   4
Blank Forms and Mailings, 1918, undated
Box   37
Census of Manufactures, undated
Box   9
Folder   5
Correspondence, 1917-1918
Box   37
Index of Businesses, undated
Box   31
Meetings and Reports, 1917-1918
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   9
Folder   6
Miscellaneous, 1918, undated
Box   9
Folder   7
Reports and Departmental Descriptions, 1917-1918
Box   9
Folder   8
Wisconsin Gun Company, includes photographs, 1917-1918
Milwaukee Industrial Bureau
Box   9
Folder   9
Account Book, 1918
Box   9
Folder   10
Fundraising and Move to Washington, D.C., 1918
Box   9
Folder   11
Lists of Businesses and Representatives, 1918
Box   10
Folder   1
Proposals, 1918
Box   10
Folder   2
Receipts, 1918
War Industries Board
Box   10
Folder   3
Applications for Construction Permits, 1918
Box   10
Folder   4
Daily Requirements, 1918
Box   61
Government Contracts (index), undated
Box   38
Inventory (index), undated
Box   10
Folder   5-9
Milwaukee County Businesses, A-M, 1917-1918
Box   11
Folder   1-2
Milwaukee County Businesses, N-W, 1917-1918
Box   27
Folder   1
Specifications, 1917-1918
Box   11
Folder   3
Vogel, August H., correspondence, 1918
Box   11
Folder   4-7
Wisconsin Businesses, 1918
Box   12
Folder   1
Wisconsin Regional Committee, 1918
War Resources Committee
Box   64
Folder   2
Drawings and Blueprints received from the War Department, 1911-1918
Box   38
Index of Regional Chairman and Factories, undated
Box   12
Folder   2
Navy Department, 1918
Box   12
Folder   3-7
Schmitt, Frank J., correspondence, April-September 1918
Box   13
Folder   1-2
Schmitt, Frank J., correspondence, October-November 1918
Box   13
Folder   3-4
U.S. Government Departments, supplies, procurements, and personnel, 1917-1918