Amherst College Fire Department Records, 1942-1948, 1997

2 archives boxes (1 linear ft.)

Abstract:

Correspondence, receipts for supplies and equipment, photographs, rosters, fire brigade histories and newspaper clippings documenting the activities of the Amherst College Fire Department.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Records for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the Records should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Historical Note

The Amherst College Fire Department was organized in the fall of 1941 by Theodore S. Bacon, Jr. (AC Class of 1942) and Assistant Dean Richard MacMeekin as part of the College Civilian Defense Program. The original group of 24 men were trained in fire fighting techniques by the Chief of the Amherst Fire Department. Later the brigade was reorganized into two student companies and a permanent company of six men from the College's Buildings and Grounds Department.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Correspondence, receipts for supplies and equipment, photographs, rosters, fire brigade histories and newspaper clippings documenting the activities of the Amherst College Fire Department.

The records are organized in alphabetical order by folder title.

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Records for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Amherst College Fire Department Records [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

Processing Information

Processed:	1999 November
By:	Thomas Stratford, Archives Assistant Barbara Trippel Simmons, Processing Archivist
Finding Aid:	2000 February
Prepared by:	Barbara Trippel Simmons, Processing Archivist
Edited by:	Daria D'Arienzo, Archivist of the College
Listed by:	Barbara Trippel Simmons, Processing Archivist
Format:	Briana Cahill, Archives and Special Collections Associate
Prepared for Web:	2003
By:	Peter A. Nelson, Assistant Archivist Sarang Gopalakrishnan 2006, Student Encoding Assistant

Additional Information

Contact Information

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus
URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives

Language

English.

Catalogue of Apparatus and Equipment	1948 Jun 30		Box 1: folder 4

Fire Brigade (Histories)	n.d., 1942-1944, 1947		Box 1: folder 9

Fire correspondence (miscellaneous, excluding equipment)	1942-1948		Box 1: folder 11

National Fire Protection Association	1942-1944		Box 2: folder 11

United States Office of Civilian Defense Publications	n.d., [1942], 1942		Box 2: folder 17

Atlas Safety Equipment	1943		Box 1: folder 1

Cairns & Brother	1942-1945		Box 1: folder 3

Globe Rubber Works, Inc.	1942		Box 2: folder 1

Horace R. Barker/Elkhart Brass	1942-1943		Box 2: folder 3