George Thayer Y.M.C.A. war work papers, 1918-1927.

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George Thayer Y.M.C.A. war work papers, 1918-1927.

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Correspondence, passes, tickets, identification, workers permits, movement orders, and publications collected by a Hartford, Connecticut, resident who, because of his age, could not serve in the army during World War I, but instead assisted the National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Association in France. Includes a copy of his booklet "Army Influence over the Y.M.C.A. in France". Also includes issues of the Red Triangle Overseas, the A.E.F. University News, and the New York Herald European Edition printed in Paris.

0.25 linear foot (1/2 box, 1 oversize folder).

Connecticut Historical Society

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National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States

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Trench and Camp newspaper was published by the National War Work Council of the YMCA, in partnership with various city newspapers, for soldiers during World War I. The weekly paper was printed in different editions for each of the thirty-two cantonments, with about half the material supplied weekly from a central editorial office in New York, and half by local reporters. Its purpose was “to print the news, to inform, to stimulate, and to help relieve the tedium and monotony of camp ...

Thayer, George B. (George Burton), 1853-1928

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