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Selected World War I Draft Registration Cards: Famous, Infamous, and Interesting
in NARA's Southeast Region
The 24 million World War I Draft Registration Cards in the custody of the National Archives Southeast Region provide an invaluable resource for academic researchers and genealogists. All males in the United States, born between the years 1872 and 1900, were required by law to register for the draft throughout 1917 and 1918. This series of records includes cards from all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The answers provided to the questions on the cards typically reveal details about where a man lived, his occupation, race, immigration status, and in many cases his place of origin and nearest relative. The following selection presents a unique snapshot of what is available in this extensive collection.
Name of Registrant | Draft Board Location |
Louis Armstrong
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New Orleans City #2, LA
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Frederick Austerlitz Astaire (aka) Fred Astaire
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New York City #125, NY
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Irving Berlin
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New York City #124, NY
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Hector Boiardi (aka) Chef Boyardee
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Cleveland City #8, OH
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Cook County #5, IL
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James Francis Cagney
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New York City #138, NY
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Alphonse Capone (aka) Al Capone
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New York City #48, NY
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Charles Spencer Chaplin (aka) Charlie Chaplin
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Los Angeles City #17, CA
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Walter Percy Chrysler
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Flint City #1, MI
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Tyrus R. Cobb
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Augusta City #2, GA
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Cecil Blount DeMille
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Los Angeles City #14, CA
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William Harrison Dempsey (aka) Jack Dempsey
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San Francisco City #13, CA
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Thomas Stearns Eliot (aka) T. S. Eliot
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St. Louis City #25, MO
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Samuel James Ervin, Jr.
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Burke County, NC
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Douglas Elton Fairbanks
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Los Angeles County #3, CA
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William Claude Fields (aka) W. C. Fields
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Philadelphia City #44, PA
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Andrew Rube Foster (aka) Rube Foster
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Chicago City #3, IL
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Robert Frost
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Grafton County, NH
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Marcus Garvey
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New York City #139, NY
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George Gershwin
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New York City #145, NY
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Robert Hutchings Goddard
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Worcester #4, MA
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Rodolfo Guglielmi (aka) Rudolph Valentino
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San Francisco City #13, CA
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Oscar Hammerstein
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New York City #129, NY
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William Christopher Handy (aka) W. C. Handy
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New York City #140, NY
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Conrad Nicholson Hilton
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Socorro County, NM
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Duncan Hines
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Chicago City #14, IL
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Harry M. Horwitz (aka) Moe of The Three Stooges
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Columbia County, NY
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Harry Handcuff Houdini
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New York City #136, NY
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Edwin Powell Hubble
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Walworth County, WI
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Joseph F. Keaton (aka) Buster Keaton
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New York City #116, NY
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy
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Brookline City, MA
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Ben Kubelsky (aka) Jack Benny
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Lake County #2, IL
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Fiorello Henry LaGuardia
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New York City #154, NY
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Sinclair Lewis
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New York City #159, NY
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Huey Pearce Long, Jr.
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Winn Parish, LA
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Julius Henry Marx (aka) Groucho Marx
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Chicago City #7, IL
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Oscar Gottfried Mayer
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Chicago City #54, IL
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Reinhold Niebuhr
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Detroit City #17, MI
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J. C. Penney
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Salt Lake City #4, UT
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Cole Porter
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New York City #154, NY
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Sam Rayburn
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Fannin County, TX
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Norman Rockwell
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New Rochelle City, NY
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William Penn Rogers (aka) Will Rogers
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New York City #175, NY
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Kermit Roosevelt
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Nassau County #3, NY
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George Herman Ruth (aka) Babe Ruth
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Boston City #8, MA
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Charles August Sandburg (aka) Carl Sandburg
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Cook County #4, IL
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Upton Beall Sinclair
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Pasadena City #2, CA
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Charles D. Stengel (aka) Casey Stengel
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Kansas City #13, MO
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson
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McLean County #2, IL
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Alvin Cullum York
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Fentress County, TN
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