A Letter from Louis A. Sigaud to Herbert P. Lansdale (January 31, 1920)
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A letter from Louis A. Siguad to Herbery P. Lansdale written on January 31, 1920. In the letter, Siguad encloses information about Charles Hartman. He mentions his experiences in the war and his personality. In various parts of the letter he also mentions information about Hartman's death. After serving in the Army during WWI, Herbert Lansdale earned his undergraduate and Master’s degrees from Oberlin College and completed additional graduate studies at Clark University while serving as Educational Director of the Worcester (MA) YMCA. He accepted an assignment as the General Secretary of the YMCA in Saloniki, Greece in 1925 and two years later was selected as the National Secretary of the YMCAs of Greece, a post he held until 1939. For two years, Lansdale served as the U.S. State Department Director of the Division of Relief and Welfare of the American Mission for Aid to Greece. He returned to the United States as the General Secretary of the Rochester (NY) YMCA where he remained until 1952. Lansdale was appointed Executive Secretary of the International Committee of the YMCA of the United States and Canada, and served from 1957 to 1964 as General Secretary of the National Council. Charles C. Hartman was a student at Springfield College from 1910 to 1914. He left the college before he graduated. After leaving school he became a assistant physical director for the Y.M.C.A. in Rochester, N.Y and then for Schenectady for a year. In 1917 he joined the a medical corp. in World War I. On November 26, 1917, he died of Lobar Pneumonia.
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