1917 Report to War Committee of The Lawyers Club NYC — WWI Resource Organization Charts & Recommendations — Charles Evans Hughes, Hamilton Fish Jr.

Original 1917 report booklet titled “Report to the War Committee of The Lawyers Club, New York City, Analyzing Existing War Resource Organizations — National, State and Local, with Charts and Recommendations.”
Presented by Perley Morse and Robert C. Morris, and adopted May 31, 1917, just weeks after the U.S. entered World War I.

This rare publication documents the early legal and civic mobilization of wartime resources by New York lawyers and officials. It includes the names of prominent figures such as Charles Evans Hughes (future Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court), Hamilton Fish Jr., and other influential leaders from New York’s political and legal communities.

The booklet contains multiple fold-out organizational charts (Exhibits A & B) detailing the national, state, and local structures of war resource coordination. These charts are often missing in surviving copies but are intact and legible here.

Details:

• Published: May 31, 1917 — The Lawyers Club, 115 Broadway, New York City

• Size: Approx. 9" x 6"

• Condition: Good overall for age; complete with fold-outs intact. Moderate foxing and surface wear to covers, small stains and edge toning consistent with age. Staple binding tight, all pages present.

• Notable Names: Charles Evans Hughes, Hamilton Fish Jr., Samuel Seabury, Ormsby McHarg, and others

A scarce piece of World War I-era American legal and civic history, ideal for collectors of WWI ephemera, early 20th-century New York memorabilia, or legal organizational documents.