Wisconsin Folk Art: A Sesquicentennial Celebration Project Collection, 1995-1999

Container Title
Series: 2: Department of Commerce and Finance, 1917-1918
Scope and Content Note: The Department of Commerce and Finance handled the problems of commercial and industrial businesses faced due to the war, including transportation and commercial economy, and also helped with waste elimination. This series contains correspondence, reports, minutes, and planning documents. Also included are materials for the Non-War Construction Committee, which oversaw any type of building and remodeling going on in Milwaukee County in order to ensure materials and energy were not being used unnecessarily.
Commercial Economy Board
Box   26
Folder   3
Correspondence, 1917-1918
Box   57
Pledge Cards, undated
Box   6
Folder   1-5
Employee Questionnaires for Local Businesses, 1918
Box   26
Folder   4-5
Employees Eligible for the Draft (by company), 1917
Box   7
Folder   1
Explosives Committee, 1917-1918
General Files
Box   7
Folder   2
Blank Forms and Mailings, 1918, undated
Box   7
Folder   3
Committee Appointments, 1917-1918
Box   7
Folder   4
Correspondence, 1917-1918
Box   7
Folder   5
Miscellaneous, undated
Box   26
Folder   6
Planning Documents, 1917
Box   7
Folder   6
Reports and Minutes, 1917-1918, undated
Box   31
Scrapbook and Reports, 1917-1918
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Non-War Construction Committee
Box   26
Folder   7
Affidavits, 1918
Box   7
Folder   7-9
Applications for Building Permits, 1918
Box   7
Folder   10
City of Milwaukee, 1918
Box   7
Folder   11
Clearance Cards, 1918
Box   7
Folder   12
Construction Outside of City, 1918
Box   26
Folder   8
Contractor Reports and Updates, 1918
Box   8
Folder   1-2
Correspondence, 1918
Box   8
Folder   3
Minutes, 1918
Box   8
Folder   4-6
Questionnaires, 1918
Box   26
Folder   9
Report of Action on Affidavits, 1918
Box   8
Folder   7
State Council of Defense, 1918
Box   8
Folder   8
War Industries Board, 1918
Box   9
Folder   1
Transportation Committee, 1917-1918