Letter from Laurence L. Doggett to Robert Warren (January 19, 1916)
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A letter from Laurence L. Doggett to Robert Warren, dated January 19, 1916. In the letter Doggett tells Robert that the college will be celebrating the students and alumni that are in the war and would like to have some letters that can be read to the faculty and students.
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Robert Warren spent his childhood in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Prior to Springfield College, Warren worked as a playground director in New Bedford, Massachusetts (1909) and supervisor of playgrounds in Newport, Rhode Island (1910). In 1911, he spent six months as the boys’ secretary at the Newport Association. During World War I, Warren attained the rank of Sergeant with the First Canadian Mounted Rifles in France. He was killed in action on September 15, 1916.
