W. Wyeth Willard assorted papers 1935-1982.

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W. Wyeth Willard assorted papers 1935-1982.

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This Collection contains an assortment of newsletters and fliers published by or about W. Wyeth Willard, together with newspaper clippings documenting his life and activities, a biographical sketch about Willard titled "Combat Chaplain" which appeared in the November 1980 issue of Leatherneck Magazine and a blueprint map of Camp Good News.

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Willard, W. Wyeth (Warren Wyeth), 1905-

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W. Wyeth Willard was born on July 12, 1905 at Marshfield Hills, Massachusetts. He received a B.A. in 1927 from Brown University, and went on, in 1931, to receive a Masters degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. In the late 1920s he established a summer camp in Forestdale, Massachusetts, Camp Good News, which continues in operation. Willard served, briefly, as pastor of the Federated Church in Kingston, Massachusetts, prior to enlisting as a chaplain during World War II. Accordi...

Camp Good News (Mass.)

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...