Description: Edward Bland Paisley was a 1916 graduate of Austin Seminary. Upon graduation, he went to serve with the Y.M.C.A. at Camp Travis in San Antonio.
Description: Rev. Lang was an amateur photographer who kept a scrapbook of his service during World War 1, both with the Y.M.C.A. and as an army chaplain at camps in the United States and overseas. Here is a photograph of Lang on the U.S.S. Harrisburg on return…
Description: Rev. Lang was an amateur photographer who kept a scrapbook of his service during World War 1, both with the Y.M.C.A. and as an army chaplain at camps in the United States and overseas. Here he took photographs of soldiers looking out from the deck of…
Description: Rev. Lang was an amateur photographer who kept a scrapbook of his service during World War 1, both with the Y.M.C.A. and as an army chaplain at camps in the United States and overseas. Here he took photographs of people and sights in the French…
Description: Rev. Lang was an amateur photographer who kept a scrapbook of his service during World War 1, both with the Y.M.C.A. and as an army chaplain at camps in the United States and overseas. Here he photographed entertainment for the troops at Camp Travis…
Description: Rev. Lang wrote to the paper in Fort Stockton from Camp Merritt in New Jersey, giving an update on his deployment, which was canceled due to the Armistice. Lang would continue to serve as chaplain to soldiers (including injured soldiers) coming home.
Description: The first of many letters Rev. Lang wrote home to his family during his service, this one during his time with the Y. M. C. A.. Lang discusses his work organizing Bible classes in the barracks and helping soldiers to write and read letters from home.…