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

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. The caption at the bottom, reads "First Army Work Course June 16 to July 13, 1917."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