Scope and Contents From the Collection: More than 325 registration cards from women volunteering for the Adair County (Missouri) Women's National Council of Defense. These registration forms of Adair County women "who desire to help win the war" provided the Council of Defense with a roster of those willing to help in the war effort if a need arose. Data on the registration card includes: name; address, telephone, age, marital status, race, dependents, country of birth, citizenship status, current occupation and level of education...

Scope and Contents Contents: This finding aid does not include all the information included on the cards but gives enough for researchers to be able to identify the registrants. These points should help: (1) Registrants were residents of Kirksville and Caucasians unless otherwise stated. (2) Women who did not work outside the home used various terms such as housekeeper, homemaker, housewife, etc. to describe their occupation. We have tried to be consistent here, using the term...