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- Creator
- Leland, S. R
- Physical description
- .2 linear feet (7 folders)
- Preferred Citation
- S.R. Leland papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
S.R. Leland was an American clergyman. Collection consists of letters, 1918-1919, by Leland to his wife while he was YMCA secretary with the A.E.F. in France and England, describing the English and French countryside, his duties as YMCA secretary (including problems in securing supplies and entertainment for soldiers), and conditions of troops in France. Also, letters to him and an undated account by A.E. Hungerford of the torpedoing of the S.S. Oronsa, on which Leland sailed to England.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Dornbusch, C.E, 1954Key terms
Names
- Leland, S. R
- Hungerford, A. E
- Oronsa (Ship)
- United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
- YMCA of the USA
Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918 -- England
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, American
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- Young Men's Christian associations -- England
- Young Men's Christian associations -- France
Places
Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328