Letter from Frank N. Seerley to H.N. Smith (May 31, 1916)
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A letter from Frank N. Seerley to H.N. Smith written on May 31, 1916. In the letter, Seerley tells Smith about a man named Gray who had suffered from serious injuries from a shell. Seerley also mentions people by the name of Campbell, and Kruidenier, and how he fears that many other boys have lost their lives. Seerley concludes the letter by wishing Smith luck in his work. Frank N. Seerley graduated from the International Young Men’s Christian Association College in 1890 and began working at the college as an instructor in the same year. He served as a member of the Springfield Board of Education from 1896 to 1912. In 1907, he served as an official lecturer for the American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis. From 1917 to 1918, he gave lectures on sex hygiene in encampments for the War Work Council. After World War 1, he served as Dean of Springfield College from 1918 to 1934. Seerley was awarded the Tarbell Medallion in 1942.
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