Where Leaders Are Made (1918)

Item Information

Title:
Where Leaders Are Made (1918)
Description:
This is a pamphlet produced by the International YMCA College, now Springfield College, titled "Where Leaders Are Made." It was published in 1918. The pamphlet talks about the War Work training that was done on the campus of the college during World War I of the Student Army Training Corps. Also there is a bit of the history of the college and the YMCAs work and how the college is helping in the training of the YMCA secretaries. There are quotes in support of the program and the college. The purpose of the document is a call for money to support this endeavor. 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.; This document is glued onto a sheet of paper. It was part of bound volume containing this and other documents. It was disbound, but the paper it was attached to was unable to be removed for fears of damaging the document. For purposes of use, it was decided that this paper need not be in the digitization. In addition, the back cover was not able to be digitized. From the portion able to be observed, it appears that the back cover is blank;
Creator:
Springfield College
Date:
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
YMCA
War work
Pamphlets
Fund raising
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
11 Pages
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll16/id/1426
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-04-28-001