Postcard from Leon Mann to Laurence L. Doggett (December 27, 1915)
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A postcard from Leon Mann to Laurence L. Doggett dated December 27, 1915. In the text of the postcard, Leon is hoping that the faculty and students of Springfield College are doing well. The front of the postcard shows a large statue of an elephant in the foreground and the Eiffel Tower in the background. On the bottom is printed "191. Paris - La Tour Eiffel vue prise du Trocadero" - translation "Eiffel Tower view taken from Trocadero". Leon Charles Mann came to Springfield College in 1906, which as then known as the International YMCA Training School. Mann graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Humanics in 1909. He served as General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. of France from 1909 to 1914. In 1914, with the outbreak of World War 1, he enlisted in the French Army and served for three years. He also worked as the Assistant Physical Director of the Paris Y.M.C.A., and as Secretary and Assistant Pastor of the French-Canadian Church in Springfield, Massachusetts. Mann also worked as a pastor in Clairac, Lot-et-Garconne, France. Leon Mann died on January 16, 1952.
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