MS9 Henry Nathan Blanchard Papers MS9 Finding aid prepared by Paige Horton Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
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2014 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2017-03-17T15:28-0400 Describing Archives: A Content Standard July 2016 Revised by Stephanie Bennett Henry Nathan Blanchard Papers MS9 Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 0.21 linear feet 1 half-document box 1920-1930 Henry Nathan Blanchard was a Wake Forest College alumnus (1909) and a Chaplain in the U.S. Army. This collection contains article typescripts, sermons, and biographical information, particularly relating to Blanchard's work as an Army chaplain. Blanchard, Henry Nathan Copyright Notice

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 Biographical Note

Henry Nathan Blanchard was born on September 24, 1885. He was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1909) and was ordained in 1908. He married Bertha Wells on June 14, 1914, in Kent, Indiana, while serving as a pastor there; he also acted as pastor in Greenville, North Carolina. While a chaplain in the U.S. Army, Blanchard served in Mobile, Alabama; France; Charleston, South Carolina; Key West, Florida; and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

 Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition Note

From Dr. George W. Paschal, Wake Forest, N.C. He received gift from H.N. Blanchard, Office of Chaplain, Carlyle Barracks, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1930.

 Preferred Citation

Henry Nathan Blanchard Papers (MS9), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

 Collection Overview

This collection contains article typescripts, sermons, and biographical information about Blanchard, particularly relating to his work as an Army chaplain.

 Blanchard, Henry Nathan United States--Army--Chaplains. Wake Forest College--Alumni and alumnae. Biographical Card 1 1 Historical Commission Baptist State Convention Data for Files 1 1 Medical Field Service School, "Espirit de Corps," published at Carlisle Barracks, PA 1 1 1930 April 2 "Across the Channel" by Camp Chaplain Henry N. Blanchard 1 1 Extract from Anniston Star, Anniston, AL 1 1 1923 August 26 Sermon, "The Pure in Heart, Matthew 5:8" 1 1 1924 October Armistice Day Address 1 1 1929 November 11 The Service Sunday School, Service Chaplains' Conference, Honolulu 1 1 1927 June 7 Extract from the Key West Citizens Memorial Address 1 1 1922 February 16 The Chaplain as Liaison Between the Army and the Community 1 1 1921 March 30 Use of Literature and Publications in the Chaplain's Work 1 1 1920 July 7