Ivan L. and Ruby Jenrette Bennett postcard collection

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          <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline>
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        <date>January 2025</date>
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      <abstract id="aspace_be80dadea561c0354159dc0684b0a900">General Ivan Loveridge Bennett (1892-1980) was a Baptist minister and army chaplain. This collection consists of 105 postcards containing correspondence between Bennett and his future wife, Ruby Jenrette (1897-1985). The postcards include images of Wake Forest College's original campus as well as other landmarks across North and South Carolina.</abstract>
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          <part>Bennett, Ivan L. (Ivan Loveridge), 1892-1980</part>
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      <p>This collection consists of 114 postcards, mostly dated 1910-1916, containing correspondence between Ivan L. Bennett and Ruby Jenrette. The postcards include images of Wake Forest College's original campus as well as other landmarks across North and South Carolina. The cards were written when Ivan was a student at Wake Forest College and afterwards when he was working as a travelling minister. Ruby, a teenager for the duration of the correspondence, was a student.</p>
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      <p>General Ivan Loveridge Bennett (1892-1980) was a Baptist minister and army chaplain. He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended Wake Forest College. He was ordained in 1914 and served as a chaplain during both world wars. In World War II, he was chief chaplain for Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific region. At the start of the Korean War in 1950, Bennett was named United Nations Forces chaplain. From 1952-1954, he served as chief of chaplains for the U.S. Army. He was nominated by President Harry Truman and confirmed by the Senate for this role. He compiled two hymnals: "The Hymnal, Army and Navy" and "Song and Service Book for Ship and Field, Army and Navy." His wife was Ruby Jenrette Bennett (1897-1985). They had two children, Ivan Jr. and Richard.</p>
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      <p>Ivan L. and Ruby Jenrette Bennett postcard collection (MS1015), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p>
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      <p>This collection is open for research.</p>
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      <head>Copyright Notice</head>
      <p>The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.</p>
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