Letter from Laurence L. Doggett to Louis Marchand (November 15 ,1911)
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A letter from Laurence L. Doggett to Louis Marchand dated November 15, 1911. In the letter Doggett is discussing how well operations in the YMCA in France are doing for this year.
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Louis Marchaud grew up in Le Vesinet, France. He studied law at Paris University and graduated with a BA in 1903. Marchaud worked as a lawyer's clerk for two years, in the military for one year, and as a bank clerk for two years. For eight years he had been volunteer secretary and president at the St. Germain en Laye YMCA. While at Springfield College, he taught night classes at the Springfield High School and the YWCA. During World War I, he served as a soldier in the French Army and was killed during active service in Verdun, France, on June 1, 1916.
