Post-War Workers and Conditions -- The Return of the Soldier
  1. Report from First Lieutenant W. M. Penick (ASMA), Bureau for Returning Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, Chicago, May 19, 1919; Chicago Women's Club, Box B, Folder Minutes (1919-1920), The Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois.
  2. (songsheet) "When You Get Back to Illinois," words and music by Coleman Goetz, Frank Fay, and Dave Dreyer (New York: Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co., 1918).
  3. "Old 8th Back Home; Warriors March to Thunderous Cheers," The Chicago Daily News, (Chicago, Illinois), February 17, 1919.
  4. Letter from John B. Conners to his mother, March 4, 1919; Anges Nestor Papers, The Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois.
  5. (song parody) "Silver Threads Among the Gold," as sung by the Army of Occupation, transcribed from a letter from France, March 5, 1919; Fitzpatrick Papers, The Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois.
  6. Mayoral Proclamation of Armistice Day, Office of the Mayor of Chicago, November 7, 1919; City Council Collection, Illinois State Archive, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois.
  7. "Nearly Half of American Army is Demobilized; Mustering Out Faster than in Any Other War," The Chicago Sunday Tribune, (Chicago, Illinois), April 13, 1919.
  8. (song) Noble Sissle, "How Ya Gonna Keep `Em Down on the Farm"; Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois.
  9. (poem) Booth, Edna Perry,"Uncle Sam, What Will You Do?" The Chicago Defender, (Chicago, Illinois), April 12,1919.
  10. "School for Wounded Opens Today," The Chicago Daily News, (Chicago, Illinois), February 11, 1919.
  11. Letter from Marolta C. Pease (Haven School) to Mrs. W. H. Winslow, Sept. 5, 1919; Agnes Nestor Papers, The Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois.
  12. Sandburg, Carl, "Demand For Negro Labor," chapt. 5, in, The Chicago Race Riots, July, 1919, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1919, pp. 22-25.
  13. McGill, Ralph,"Preface (1969)," and Walter Lippmann, "Introductory Note (1919)," in Carl Sandburg, The Chicago Race Riots, July, 1919, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1919.
  14. Evans, Arthur M., "`Social Justice' Becomes New Religion of Big Employers of Chicago: Give Workers Share in the Profits," The Chicago Daily Tribune, (Chicago, Illinois), 15th April, 1919.
  15. Letter from the Commanders Association of Cook County, United Spanish War Veterans, to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago, May 1918; City Council Collection, State of Illinois Archives, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois.
  16. (photo) "Illinois Eighth Regiment, a Black Regiment, 1919"; The Chicago Historical Society photo archive, Chicago, Illinois.