First Army Work Course class at Springfield College, June 16 to July 13, 1917

Item Information

Title:
First Army Work Course class at Springfield College, June 16 to July 13, 1917
Description:
A small fold-out poster of the first army work course class at Springfield College, then the International YMCA College. The classes were held from June 16th to July 13, 1917. The picture shows a group of young men in two lines, one seated on chairs and one standing behind, up on the hill above Lake Massasoit on the campus.
Creator:
Springfield College
Date:
June 1917
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Armed Forces Collection > a
Subjects:
Springfield College
International Young Men's Christian Association College
World War, 1914-1918
Young Men's Christian Association of North America
Lake Massasoit
Springfield (Mass.)
Group portraits
War work
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/13618
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, Babson Library, 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
Notes:
The object of the courses was to give an intensive training for men who wished to render the service in the Young Men's Christian Association in Army Camps. The page is from a bound volume of materials on War Work done by Springfield College during World War I. The volume was disbound 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.
Document was disbound from "War work courses in the great war: 1917-1918" The binding was sewn together and glued. Each string was cut with a razor blade. The edges are intact and the placement of stitches are visible. Eachpage or booklet was individually lifted out of the binding;
Part of the bound volume, "War work courses in the great war: 1917-1918": https://springfieldcollege.on.worldcat.org/oclc/851641152?databaseList=1271,1461,1542,1672,1674,1708,1934,2007,203,2229,2276,233,2477,2478,2482,2483,2513,2849,2879,638
Identifier:
rg104-04-a-04-06-001
SC22781