Bryant College goes to war
By: Judy Barrett Litoff
Contributors: Bryant University
Publisher: Bryant University
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Smithfield, RI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780615617091
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: History; World War, 1939-1945; Alumni and alumnae; Correspondence; Universities and colleges; American Personal narratives; Education and the war; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Correspondance; Universités; Anciens élèves; Éducation et guerre; War and education; Bryant College (U.S.); Bryant College
Description: The Bryant College Service Club was formed in March 1942 by Bryant students for Bryant alumni serving their country during World War II. Its purpose was to send monthly packages of cigarettes, candy, cookies, letters, and knitted articles to Bryant men and women serving in the U.S. military. The club also sold war stamps and bonds and conducted first aid classes. When the club was formed there were about 80 Bryant men and women deployed throughout the world. Over a 3 year period this number grew to over 500 Bryant alumni/ae engaged in World War II. The nearly 1,400 letters received by the Bryant College Service Club from 1942 to 1945 were arranged in four scrapbooks, probably under the aegis of Miss Blaney, who was Director of the club in addition to her duties as Publicity Director and Director of Placement during this time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude : Andrew Mamedoff, Bryant class of 1932; title: The impact of World War II on Bryant College; title: The Bryant College Service Club. The founding of the Bryant Service Club ; Bryant women in the military ; Mail as the number one morale builder during World War II ; Wartime America : a nation on the move and in great turmoil ; The "zone of the interior" : stateside letters written by Bryant alumni ; "Far-flung fronts" : letters written by Bryant alumni stationed around the world ; Noncombatant assignments ; Combat assignments ; Bryant casualties and the atrocities of war ; Planning for the postwar world ; Record number of wartime veterans enroll at Bryant ; The Bryant Service Club is discontinued; title: A closer look.