Key Figure Profile

Gustav Theodor Schwenning

Springfield-linked study recorded as class of 1920, 1921- (director of the industrial course at Springfield College). YMCA industrial work in China

Geographic trace (worksheet): Shanghai, China

  • Education / training: Springfield-linked study recorded as class of 1920, 1921- (director of the industrial course at Springfield College)
  • Key contribution: YMCA industrial work in China
  • Documented geography: Shanghai, China
  • Springfield-linked study: class of 1920, 1921- (director of the industrial course at Springfield College)
  • Return / deployment note: Spring 1925, 1925-1926
International YMCA College 1930 commencement program cover
Forty-Fourth Commencement Exercises cover (June 12 to 15, 1930, Item 11645). Context image only; not person-identifying on its own.

Under Construction

This profile is automatically generated from the current worksheet and published with conservative evidence labels. It is framed around education, institutional role, and contribution rather than Springfield affiliation alone, but narrative claims should still be treated as provisional until direct archival corroboration is complete.

Current Worksheet Fields

Name in sheet
Schwenning, Gustav Theodor
Degree / institution note
Bachelor of Humanities, Springfield College, 1920
Degree year
1920
Springfield years
class of 1920, 1921- (director of the industrial course at Springfield College)
Time to China
Spring 1925, 1925-1926
Where in China
Shanghai, China

Worksheet comments: 1. Before China, he did multiple YMCA industrial/association roles in New York and U.S. war-camp YMCA work, which explains why he’d be slotted into industrial work abroad

Worksheet source note: https://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Springfield_College_Massasoit_Yearbook/1923/Page_24.html https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/4692A40D77242B9B77C37CC8862B7E0B https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/790425011/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.2753/CSH0009-463327030447

Evidence Sources