Archibald Mansfield

Archibald Romaine Mansfield (January 3, 1871 - February 11, 1934) was an American clergyman.

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Archibald Mansfield

Early life

He was born in Spring Valley, New York, on January 3, 1871,[1] to clergyman Romaine Stiles Mansfield (1843–1916) and Amelia (née Moore) Mansfield (1837–1914).[2] He attended St. John's School in Ossining, graduating in 1888,[1] and graduated from St. Stephen's in Annandale with a bachelor's degree in 1892, and from seminary in 1896. He became a deacon in 1896 and an Episcopal priest in 1897.[2]

Career
MEDICO radio station in use at the Seamans' Church Institute in New York

In 1895 he was persuaded by Benoni Lockwood, one of the managers of a seamen's mission in Sailortown in New York, to become a chaplain for Lockwood's mission.[1]

Along with Edmund Lincoln Baylies,[3] he helped establish the Seaman's Church Institute at 25 South Street in New York. He created MEDICO, a service for providing medical advice to ships by radio.[2][4] He served as the first Superintendent of the Institute.[5][6]

Personal life

Mansfield married Ella Louise Huntington (1875–1952) in 1899 and they had three sons and two daughters.[2]

He died of a heart attack at his home in Manhattan on February 11, 1934.[2] Two years after his death, his widow served as chairman of the Central Council of Associations of the Seamen's Church Institute, succeeding Mrs. H. Schuyler Cammann.[7]

Legacy

Following his death, a campaign for $100,000 was established to create a permanent memorial to Rev. Mansfield, in honor of his thirty-eight years with the Institute. The campaign was sponsored by a special committee headed by Rear Admiral Reginald R. Belknap.[8]

The SS Archibald R. Mansfield Liberty ship, built in 1944 by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation, was named for Mansfield.[9]

References
  1. "In Memoriam...Archibald Romaine Mansfield" (PDF). The Lookout. XXV (3): 1–13. March 1934.
  2. "Dr. Mansfield Dies; Friend to Sailors". The New York TImes. February 12, 1934. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  3. "Our History | Seamen's Church Institute". seamenschurch.org. Seamen's Church Institute. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. "The Sailors' Friend". The Rock Island Argus. February 14, 1934. p. 4. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  5. "Rev. Archibald R. Mansfield". www.seamenschurch-archives.org. Seamen's Church Institute. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. "The Lookout". Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey. 1917. Retrieved 4 April 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "SEAMEN'S FRIENDS PLAN RECEPTION; The Church Institute's Central Council of Associations to Review Year's Work. A TEA AFTER MEETING Mrs. Archibald R. Mansfield, New Chairman, Will Preside for the First Time". The New York Times. 22 March 1936. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  8. "CHURCH ACTIVITIES OF INTEREST IN CITY; $100,000 Drive for Mansfield Memorial at the Seamen's Institute Opens Monday". The New York Times. 9 February 1935. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  9. "ARCHIBALD R. MANSFIELD". vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
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