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Julia Skinner,
The University of Iowa
Libraries understood in the context of 4 time periods:
Examined the administrative records
of 6 Iowa libraries
from 1912-1920:
Burlington, Davenport,
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa City,
Cedar Rapids, & Dubuque.
Public libraries came under pressure from
government and community members.
Letters from librarians detail
the removal of 'pro-German'
documents.
two separate requests
after the war.
Libraries supported the war in
a variety of other ways as well.
Libraries also provided meeting space,
supplied war-related literature,
and sent staff to engage in 'war work.'
Postwar Libraries
Libraries received Prohibition-related challenges,
but these were handled much differently.
Some eagerly participated
but their records suggest that they were less enthused.
Impact of censorship widespread:
Julia Skinner
Censorship in the Heartland
Iowa Libraries During World War I
School of Library
& Information Science
Human Statue of Liberty.
Fort Dodge, Iowa. 1918.
Iowa Libraries Before the War:
(Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque)
(Herbert Metcalf's boss)
Senator Lafayette Young.
Head of Iowa State Council
of National Defense.
Libraries During Wartime
Libraries reacted differently to wartime climate.
Base Hospital, Camp Dodge. Des Moines, Iowa.
By donating money and
volunteer hours,
and by removing materials.
http://juliaslibraryresearch.blogspot.com
Cedar Rapids removed books
in response to
julia-skinner@uiowa.edu
Iowa Libraries During U.S. Neutrality:
by different
organizations.
Other censorship activities are less clear.
No information about what happened
to these books
Circulation continued to increase.
Were they discarded?
Returned to circulation?
Focus on assisting WWI veterans.
Other libraries participated in these same activities