Amherst College War Materials Collection

Amherst College War Materials Collection, 1826-2006

4 records storage boxes (4 linear ft.)

Abstract:

An artificial collection consisting mainly of publications, ephemera and correspondence related to Amherst College's involvement in various United States wars, including the Civil War, Mexican War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

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

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection 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
Amherst, MA

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The War Materials Collection records the involvement of Amherst College, its students, staff and alumni in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and post-World War II conflicts such as the Korean and Vietnam wars. Documents include letters, bulletins, pamphlets, newspaper clippings and lists of alumni who served in the wars.

This collection is organized into seven series:

General
Civil War
World War I
World War II
Post-World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the War Materials Collection 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 War Materials Collection [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

Processing Information

Processed in 1999. Reprocesed 2006.

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

Contents List

SERIES 1: GENERAL

Civil, Mexican, Spanish Wars: Memorial in Johnson Chapel	1861-1953	Box 1: folder 1

SERIES 2: CIVIL WAR

Amherst College and The Civil War	1861-1945	Box 1: folder 2

Published materials, newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to war	1830-1872	Box 1: folder 3

Correspondence from Francis A. Walker (AC 1860) to Julius H. Seelye; originals in Julius H. Seelye Papers	1861-1862	Box 1: folder 4

Newspaper clippings and sermons relating to the war. Correspondence from Elizabeth Seelye to brother, Julius Seelye; original in Julius H. Seelye Papers	1829 -1967	Box 1: folder 5

Record of soldiers and officers in the military service	1861-1865	Box 1: folder 6

Record of the Services of Graduates and Non-Graduates of Amherst College in the Union Army or Navy During the War of the Rebellion	1905	Box 1: folder 7

Roll of the Graduates and Undergraduates of Amherst College Who Served in the Army or Navy of the United States, During the War of the Rebellion	1871	Box 1: folder 8

Roll of the Graduates and Undergraduates of Amherst College Who Served in the Army or Navy of the United States, During the War of the Rebellion	1871	Box 1: folder 9

Seelye, Julius H. See: Correspondence from Francis A. Walker (AC 1860)

Walker, Francis A. (AC 1860) See: Correspondence from Francis A. Walker (AC 1860)

SERIES 3: WORLD WAR I

American University Union - Publications and announcements	1917-1926	Box 1: folder 11

American University Union - Annual Reports, Correspondence	1917-1926	Box 1: folder 12

American University Union - Paris Quarters	1917-1926	Box 1: folder 13

Amherst College Alumni Council	1916-1918	Box 1: folder 14

Amherst College Alumni Council - Committee on Military Training	1916-1918	Box 1: folder 15

Amherst College Alumni Council	1916-1918	Box 1: folder 16

Amherst Ambulance Unit and other C. W. Eastman notes	1917-1919	Box 1: folder 17

Correspondence re: Amherst Flag at the University of Louvain	1929	Box 1: folder 18

Amherst in the War	1918	Box 1: folder 19

Amherst in the War	1918	Box 1: folder 20

Amherst in the War	1918	Box 1: folder 21

Amherst Memorial Volume prospectus	1926	Box 1: folder 22

"Amherst Men in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, Vol. 7, Bulletin No. 4	1918 Aug	Box 1: folder 23

"Amherst Men in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, Vol. 7, Bulletin No. 4	1918 Aug	Box 1: folder 24

Amherst men who received decorations	n.d.	Box 1: folder 25

Casualties and proposed memorial tablet for Johnson Chapel	1921-1925	Box 1: folder 26

Lafayette Escadrille Memorial (France)	1938-1942; 1975	Box 1: folder 27

Amherst men in air service	n.d.	Box 1: folder 28

Correct war abbreviations	1918	Box 1: folder 29

Correspondence and published photographs	1917	Box 1: folder 30

Fraternity war record lists	1914-1918	Box 1: folder 31

Fraternity war record lists	1917-1919	Box 1: folder 32

War Secretaries	1917	Box 1: folder 33

General	1915-1922; 1942	Box 1: folder 34

In Memoriam	1919	Box 2: folder 1

Minutes of meeting of President Meiklejohn with representatives of Fraternity Corporations of Amherst College re: the War	1918	Box 2: folder 2

Newspaper clippings	1917-1918	Box 2: folder 3

Notice of course in military training	1917 Mar 30	Box 2: folder 4

"Review of the Year and Amherst Alumni in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, August 1917	1917	Box 2: folder 5

Service on Armistice Day	1921	Box 2: folder 6

Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder 7

Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder 8

Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder 9

Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder 10

Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder 11

War Record, Class of 1878	n.d.	Box 2: folder 12

Cross-References		Box 2: folder 13

SERIES 4: WORLD WAR II

General Folder: Misc. writings and ephemera relating to the period	1939, 1940	Box 2: folder 14

American Field Service, Ambulance	1941	Box 2: folder 15

America's Eleventh Hour by Karl Loewenstein and Lawrence B. Packard See: General Folder

Amherst College, Accelerated Programs	1942-1943	Box 2: folder 16

Amherst College, changes in the Admission procedures	1942, n.d.	Box 2: folder 17

Amherst Alumni Council News	1942-1944	Box 2: folder 18

"The Amherst College Aviation Training Station," by Warren K. Green; blank certificates	1944	Box 2: folder 19

Amherst College, "A Bulletin for Servicemen"	1945	Box 2: folder 20

Amherst College, "A Bulletin for Servicemen"	1945	Box 2: folder 21

Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942	Box 2: folder 22

Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942	Box 2: folder 23

Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942-1943	Box 2: folder 24

Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1926, 1940-1943	Box 2: folder 25

Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1926, 1940-1949	Box 2: folder 26

Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1937, 1942, 1944	Box 2: folder 27

Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942-1943	Box 2: folder 28

Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942	Box 2: folder 29

Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1941-1943	Box 2: folder 30

Amherst College in Battle Dress	1944	Box 2: folder 31

Amherst College in Battle Dress	1944	Box 2: folder 32

Amherst College in Battle Dress	1944	Box 2: folder 33

Amherst College National Defense Bulletin No. 1, "Student Military Service"	1941 Nov	Box 2: folder 34

Amherst College National Defense Bulletin No. 1, "Student Military Service"	1941 Nov	Box 2: folder 35

Amherst, the post-war college	1945	Box 3: folder 1

Amherst College, Program of Commencement, Army Air Corps, 65th Training Detachment; with invitation	1944 Feb	Box 3: folder 2

Amherst College students enrolled in war programs	1943 Mar 3	Box 3: folder 3

Amherst College veterans' engagements	1949	Box 3: folder 4

Amherst College, "War Changes in the College Program and Rules for Admission"	1942	Box 3: folder 5

Amherst College War Ration Registration Instructions	1942	Box 3: folder 6

Amherst College and World War II	1943-1946	Box 3: folder 7

Army Specialized Training Program	1943-1944	Box 3: folder 8

Army Specialized Training Program SCSU#1190, "Language Lunacy," and photographs.		Box 3: folder 9

"The Blinker V-12," U. S. Navy V-12 Unit at Williamstown, Mass.	1944	Box 3: folder 10

Blood Donation appointment card	1943	Box 3: folder 11

Casualties reported by Alumni Office	1943-1970	Box 3: folder 12

Casualties reported by Alumni Office	1945-1946; 1971	Box 3: folder 13

Cease Fire message sent by Dudley Towne (photocopy)	n.d.	Box 3: folder 14

Civil Aeronautics Administration, War Training Service (CAA-WTS), List of Cadets	n.d.	Box 3: folder 15

Civilian Pilot Training Program Papers accession record	1980	Box 3: folder 16

Conscription article reprinted from the Oberlin Review of Sept. 18, 1940	1940	Box 3: folder 17

Correspondence from Stanley King to members of Amherst Classes of 1938-1942	1940	Box 3: folder 18

Correspondence from Stanley King "To Our Amherst Undergraduates in the Service"	1945	Box 3: folder 19

Correspondence from C. Scott Porter to various constituencies	1942-1946	Box 3: folder 20

Cryptography and Cryptanalysis course assignment	1942	Box 3: folder 21

Enlistment information bulletin	1942	Box 3: folder 22

German publications	1994	Box 3: folder 23

The Graduate Record Examination and Returning Service Personnel: A Descriptive Prospectus for Men and Women in the Armed Services Who Desire Advanced Collegiate and Graduate Study	c. 1944	Box 3: folder 24

Lend-Lease	1940	Box 3: folder 25

"A Letter To A Man Who Is Thinking of Registering as a Conscientious Objector" by Ernest Hatch Wilkins	1940 Sep 17	Box 3: folder 26

Letters home (cross-references)	1940s	Box 3: folder 27

Newspaper clippings	1939-1941 and n.d.	Box 3: folder 28

Newspaper clippings	1942	Box 3: folder 29

Newspaper clippings re: farm labor, "commando" training, and air raid course	1942	Box 3: folder 30

Editorial to appear in the next issue of "Touchstone"	1942	Box 3: folder 31

Newspaper clippings	1943	Box 3: folder 32

Newspaper clippings	1944-1947	Box 3: folder 33

Newspaper clippings	1947-1948	Box 3: folder 34

Obstacle and military track courses at Amherst College	1942-1944	Box 3: folder 35

"Obtaining College Credit for Military Education," Amherst College	c. 1945	Box 3: folder 36

"Planning Holocaust Center at Glen Cove Estate," New York Times	1993 Feb 14	Box 3: folder 37

C-Pre-Meteorological Program	1944	Box 3: folder 38

Pre-Meteorology, General	1943-1944	Box 3: folder 39

Pre-Meteorology, General	1943-1944	Box 3: folder 40

Pre-Meteorology, 1st Quarter	1943	Box 3: folder 41

Pre-Meteorology, 1st Quarter	1943	Box 3: folder 42

Pre-Meteorology, 2nd Term/3rd Term	1943	Box 3: folder 43

Pre-Meteorology, 2nd Term/3rd Term	1943	Box 3: folder 44

Pre-Meteorology, 4th Term	1943-1944	Box 3: folder 45

Pre-Meteorology, Course Materials (cross-references)	1943-1944	Box 3: folder 46

Pre-Meteorology, Student Orders	1944	Box 3: folder 47

Pre-Meteorology, Commencement Ball	1944	Box 3: folder 48

Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates"	ca. 1992-1994	Box 3: folder 49

Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates"	1994-1999	Box 3: folder 50

Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates"	2000-	Box 3: folder 51

Pre-Meteorology Program, 50th Reunion See Also: Harry J. Danos "C" Pre-Meteorological Program (AAFTTC) Collection.	1994	Box 3: folder 52

Pre-Meteorology, 55th Reunion	1999	Box 3: folder 53

Pre-Meteorology, 60th Reunion	2004	Box 3: folder 54

"C" Pre-Meteorology Program - Weather Station Dedication	2001 Nov 28	Box 3: folder 55

Pre-Meteorology, Ewald, Calvin		Box 3: folder 56

"Reminiscences of a Reluctant Warrior" by Robert Green (AC 1942)	1998	Box 3: folder 56a

S. S. Amherst Victory	1945; 1949	Box 3: folder 57

S. S. City of Flint, Capt. J. A. Gainard, re: rescue after torpedoing of S. S. Athenia	1939	Box 3: folder 58

Student farm labor	1942	Box 3: folder 59

Summary of Amherst College military units	c. 1946	Box 3: folder 60

War Swimming Tests	1942-1943	Box 3: folder 61

See also: Throckmorton, William R. (AC 1941), Lord Jeff's Unsung Heroes: A Story of the Bravery and Heroism by the Young Men of Amherst College in the Second World War. See online library catalog.

See also: Throckmorton, William R. (AC 1941), They Also Served: Stories by Amherst College Men Who Served Their Country in WWII.See online library catalog.

The U. S. Military Academy Preparatory Program at Amherst College	1943-44, 1975-76	Box 3: folder 62

Bleiman, Junius "Giggee," "The Lay of the USMAP"	c.1944	Box 3: folder 63

Bleiman, Junius "Giggee," "The Lay of the USMAP"	c. 1944	Box 3: folder 64

U. S. Navy V-12 Program, 50th Anniversary Reunion Book	1993	Box 3: folder 65

Veterans at Amherst College	1945	Box 3: folder 66

Veterans' reunion	1946-1948	Box 3: folder 67

"Vision After Victory: A Service to Be Used When Fighting Ceases in Any Theatre of the War"	n.d.	Box 3: folder 68

U.S. War Bond circulars	1942; 1944	Box 4: folder 1

War Department, Civilian Defense School	1942-1943	Box 4: folder 2

War Department, Civilian Defense School	1942-1943	Box 4: folder 3

War Department; Civilian Protection School	1942-1943	Box 4: folder 4

War Department; Civilian Protection School	1942-1943	Box 4: folder 5

War Department, Civilian Protection School	1942-1953	Box 4: folder 6

War letters to and from Amherst College	1940-1946	Box 4: folder 7

War letters to and from Amherst College	1940-1946	Box 4: folder 8

War letters to and from Amherst College	1940-1946	Box 4: folder 9

War letters to and from Amherst College	1940-1946	Box 4: folder 10

War letters to and from Amherst College	1943-1944	Box 4: folder 11

War Service Committee	1942-1943	Box 4: folder 12

"War Service Directory," Amherst Alumni Council News	1943 Jul	Box 4: folder 13

"Why the British People Fight," by R. H. Tawney	1940	Box 4: folder 14

E. S. Wilson's overseas letters, "News Notes for Men Overseas"	1943-1945	Box 4: folder 15

Medal for Eminent Service Awarded to the Faculty of Amherst College	1946	Box 4: folder 16

"Lord Jeff's Unsung Heroes" (Cross-reference)	1998	Box 4: folder 17

WWII Cross-references	2002	Box 4: folder 18

See also: "Amherst Class of 1946: Living Remembrances of World War II at their 60th Reunion in June 2006 with Introduction by Tom Brokaw, Newscaster and Author who Wrote 'The Greatest Generation'" in CD Collection.

SERIES 5: POST-WORLD WAR II

Admissions	1950-1951	Box 4: folder 19

Armed Forces Bulletin	1951	Box 4: folder 20

Army Air Force ROTC	1947; 1951	Box 4: folder 21
Note: See also: Army Intelligence Unit at Amherst College, established 1947, in: Dean of the College Records - C. Scott Porter (Box 1, folder 7)
Army Air Force ROTC	1951; 1952	Box 4: folder 22

Army Air Force ROTC	1947; 1951-1955	Box 4: folder 23

"Can Our Colleges Survive U. M. T.?" by Fred Hechinger, The Reporter	1951 May 15	Box 4: folder 24

Department of Higher Education of the National Education Association of the U.S., Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Mobilization Policy	1950 Nov 27-28	Box 4: folder 25

The Graduate Record Examination	1944	Box 4: folder 26

Look Magazine, "Total Conscription Will Hurt America," by President Cole	1950-1951	Box 4: folder 27

Military status of faculty	1950	Box 4: folder 28

National Headquarters, Selective Service System	1948	Box 4: folder 29

Newspaper clippings relating to Post-WWII	1947-1961	Box 4: folder 30

Reserve Officer Candidate (ROC) Program	1952	Box 4: folder 31

ROTC	1947, 1951	Box 4: folder 32

Selective Service	1953	Box 4: folder 33

Selective Service information	1948, 1950	Box 4: folder 34

Trustees on USMC Reserve	1950	Box 4: folder 35

War Memorial address, by the Rev. John E. Soleau (AC 1946)	1996	Box 4: folder 36

War Memorial, articles re: dedication	1946	Box 4: folder 37

War Memorial compilation (WWI and WWII)	n.d.	Box 4: folder 38

War Memorial: list of men killed in WWII, form letters sent to family about War Memorial and Biographical Record	1945-46, 1950	Box 4: folder 39

SERIES 6: KOREAN WAR

Wartime enrollment	1950-1951	Box 4: folder 40

Korean War Cross-References		Box 4: folder 41

SERIES 7: VIETNAM WAR

Conscientious Objector pamphlets	1960s	Box 4: folder 42

ABC Scope Report	1967 June 10	Box 4: folder 43

Vietnam Moratorium Committee	1970	Box 4: folder 44

Dayton, Win (AC 1979), "Vietnam and the United States: Then and Now"	1999 May 28	Box 4: folder 45

Vietnam War Cross-References		Box 4: folder 46

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Subjects

Amherst College - Biography.
Amherst College - History.
Amherst College - Registers.
Amherst College - Students.
Korean War, 1950-1953 - Education and the war.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Education and the war.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Education and the war.
World War, 1914-1918 - Education and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 - Education and the war.

Contributors

Amherst College.

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