Ben Lacy Rose papers, 1931-2001.

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Ben Lacy Rose papers, 1931-2001.

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The collection includes letters, 1931-1936, to Ben Lacy Rose (1914- ) while he was a student at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., and at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va., and correspondence, 1941-1945, between him and his family while he was a Presbyterian chaplain, first with the 31st Infantry Division and then with the 113th Cavalry (Mechanized Group) of the U.S. Army during World War II. The letters to Rose when he was a student are mainly from his parents, Charles Grandison Rose and Irene Lacy Rose of Fayetteville, N.C. In addition to giving family news, letters from his father report on the elder Rose's business as Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., as an officer of the North Carolina Bar Association, and as attorney for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. and for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. The World War II correspondence includes mostly letters written to Ben Rose by his father and by his wife, Anne Thompson Rose (1918- ), while Ben was serving with the 31st Infantry Division in Camp Blanding, Fla., and with the 113th Cavalry (Mechanized Group) in Camp Bowie, Tex., and while he attended the Army Chaplain's School at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Also included are Ben's letters to his wife while he was at the Army Chaplain's School and his letters from Europe about the daily lives of soldiers and about his duties as chaplain. Letters from Anne Thompson Rose include reports on her daily life with her parents in Richmond, Va., and the growth of their new baby, Anne Claiborne Rose (1941- ). Correspondence dating from 1990 through 2001 concern Rose's activities with the Presbyterian Church, including teaching, writing, and lecturing, as well as personal and family affairs.

About 2400 items (3.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7151802

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

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Rose, Ben Lacy, 1914-2006

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Ben Lacy Rose was born in 1914 in Fayetteville, N.C., the son of attorney and state senator Charles Rose and Irene Lacy Rose. He attended Davidson College and Union Theological Seminary. He served as a chaplain during World War II with the 113th Cavalry (Mechanized Group), composed of the 113th Calvary Squadron and the 125th Calvary Squadron. A Presbyterian minister, he joined the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in 1956. His wife, Anne Claiborne Thompson Rose, is the daughter of Dr. W. T. ...

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Rose, Charles G. (Charles Grandison), 1880-1948

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