Roster of the Twelfth Group YMCA Overseas War Workers, August 1918

Item Information

Title:
Roster of the Twelfth Group YMCA Overseas War Workers, August 1918
Description:
A pamphlet titled "The Twelfth Group of YMCA War Secretaries," created in August 1918. The document lists the faculty, lecturers and graduates who participated in the special intensive course to train YMCA War Secretaries for work over in Europe during World War I. The course was held in Silver Bay, New York in August 1918. The document also lists the profession before the war of each war secretary and what armed forces they were scheduled to work with. There are photographs of activities held during the training at Silver Bay as well as at Springfield College. A brief description of some of faculty members and training is given. The document is from a bound volume of materials on War Work done by Springfield College during World War I. The volume was unbound for preservation and access concerns. The training of war work secretaries and physical education directors were important contributions to the war effort by Springfield College. The YMCA provided canteen services at the invitation of the US government and raised more than 150 million dollars (equivalent to 2.7 billion dollars in 2014) in order to comply with the request. This kind of work was not new to the YMCA which provided similar services during the Spanish American War. This item was original bound in a book titled “War-Work Courses in Great War, 1917-1918 Incomplete.” This volume was unbound and its contents foldered in the original order, which is chronological. The binding string was cut and the glue was removed with a razor blade. The edges are intact and the placement of stitches are visible. Each page or booklet was individually lifted out of the binding and placed in their own folder or a folder with like materials. Oversized materials were removed and placed in the oversized materials collection.
Creator:
Springfield College
Date:
August 1918
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
Springfield College Armed Forces Collection
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918
Young Men's Christian Association of North America
International Young Men's Christian Association College
International Young Men's Christian Association
Springfield College
Silver Bay
YMCA
War work
Catalogs
Pamphlets
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
24 Pages
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll16/id/1397
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
rg104-04-a-04-23-001
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