Poster produced for the National War Garden Commission. Designed by illustrator James Montgomery Flagg, c.1918.
Bibliography
“Community Gardens Grow Well.” Eveleth News, May 17, 1917.
“Developers donate land for gardens.” Minneapolis Journal, April 15, 1917.
“Editor’s Potato Garden.” Mankato Ledger, May 9, 1917.
Eighmey, Rae Katherine. Food Will Win the War: Minnesota Crops, Cooks, and Conservation During World War I. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2010.
Hasselberg, A.W., ed. and comp. Vegetable Gardening in Minneapolis. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Garden Club, 1914.
“Large Awake America Parade.” Crookston Daily Times, May 2, 1917.
Mackintosh, R.S. “A Garden for Every Home.” University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Division Special Bulletin, no. 11 (May 1917).
Minnesota Federal Food Administration and State Food Conservation Committee records, 1917–1919
Minnesota Federal Food Administration and State Food Conservation Committee
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: The collection contains the files of Mildred Weigley, home economics director of the Minnesota Federal Food Administration and chairman of the State Food Conservation Committee.
Main files, 1917–1919
Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00954.xml
Description: The food conservation bulletins folder contains posters, pamphlets, issues of Minnesota Farm Review, circulars, etc., distributed by the Committee of Food Production and Conservation.
"Northern Pacific Gardens.” Crookston Times, April 28, 1917.
“School Garden.” Crookston Times, May 5, 1917.
“School Gardens.” St. Cloud Daily Journal Press, April 15, 1917.
UARC 935
University of Minnesota Extension records, 1858–1996, 2003 (bulk 1917–1985)
University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Description: The collection contains the letters of A.D. Wilson, the Extension Service’s director from 1912 until 1920.
“Value of Crops in Home Gardens.” St. Paul University Farm Press News, December 5, 1917.
“Walker Offers 7,000 Lots to Gardeners.” Minneapolis Journal, April 15, 1917.
“War Garden Crops Grown on Railroad Rights of Way.” Bemidji Daily Record, November 9, 1917.
Chronology
August 1914
Fall 1916
April 6, 1917
April 15, 1917
Spring 1917
May 1917
July 1917
Summer 1917
August 1917
November 1917
March 31, 1918
April 1918
Spring 1918
July 1918
November 11, 1918
Bibliography
“Community Gardens Grow Well.” Eveleth News, May 17, 1917.
“Developers donate land for gardens.” Minneapolis Journal, April 15, 1917.
“Editor’s Potato Garden.” Mankato Ledger, May 9, 1917.
Eighmey, Rae Katherine. Food Will Win the War: Minnesota Crops, Cooks, and Conservation During World War I. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2010.
Hasselberg, A.W., ed. and comp. Vegetable Gardening in Minneapolis. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Garden Club, 1914.
“Large Awake America Parade.” Crookston Daily Times, May 2, 1917.
Mackintosh, R.S. “A Garden for Every Home.” University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Division Special Bulletin, no. 11 (May 1917).
Minnesota Federal Food Administration and State Food Conservation Committee records, 1917–1919
Minnesota Federal Food Administration and State Food Conservation Committee
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: The collection contains the files of Mildred Weigley, home economics director of the Minnesota Federal Food Administration and chairman of the State Food Conservation Committee.
Main files, 1917–1919
Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00954.xml
Description: The food conservation bulletins folder contains posters, pamphlets, issues of Minnesota Farm Review, circulars, etc., distributed by the Committee of Food Production and Conservation.
"Northern Pacific Gardens.” Crookston Times, April 28, 1917.
“School Garden.” Crookston Times, May 5, 1917.
“School Gardens.” St. Cloud Daily Journal Press, April 15, 1917.
UARC 935
University of Minnesota Extension records, 1858–1996, 2003 (bulk 1917–1985)
University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Description: The collection contains the letters of A.D. Wilson, the Extension Service’s director from 1912 until 1920.
“Value of Crops in Home Gardens.” St. Paul University Farm Press News, December 5, 1917.
“Walker Offers 7,000 Lots to Gardeners.” Minneapolis Journal, April 15, 1917.
“War Garden Crops Grown on Railroad Rights of Way.” Bemidji Daily Record, November 9, 1917.