War Materials Collection, 1826-1999

Amherst College War Materials Collection, 1826-1999

4 records storage boxes (4 linear ft.)

Abstract:

Records involvement of Amherst College, its students, staff and alumni in major conflicts. Documents include letters, bulletins, pamphlets, newspaper clippings and lists of alumni who served in the wars.

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

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 sections:

Civil War
World War I
Claude M. Fuess's Book Research Materials
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

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/info/askus.html
URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives

Sponsor

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Language

English.

Contents List

Civil, Mexican, Spanish Wars: Memorial in Johnson Chapel

1861-1953

Box 1: folder

Civil War
Amherst College and the Civil War	1861-1997	Box 1: folder
Battles	1999	Box 1: folder
Citations and publications re: the Civil War and Anti-Slavery	1826; 1864; c.1967	Box 1: folder
Correspondence from Francis A. Walker (AC 1860) to Julius H. Seelye; originals in Julius H. Seelye Papers	1861-1862	Box 1: folder
Newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to the war	1829 -1967	Box 1: folder
Record of soldiers and officers in the military service	1861-1865	Box 1: folder
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
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
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
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
Seelye, Julius H.		Box 1: folder
Note: See: Correspondence from Francis A. Walker (AC 1860)
Walker, Francis A. (AC 1860)		Box 1: folder
Note: See: Correspondence from Francis A. Walker (AC 1860)

World War I
American University Union	1917-1926	Box 1: folder
American University Union	1917-1926	Box 1: folder
American University Union	1917-1926	Box 1: folder
Amherst College Alumni Council	1916-1918	Box 1: folder
Amherst College Alumni Council	1916-1918	Box 1: folder
Amherst College Alumni Council	1916-1918	Box 1: folder
Amherst Ambulance Unit and other C. W. Eastman notes	1917-1919	Box 1: folder
Amherst Flag, Louvain	1929	Box 1: folder
Amherst in the War	1918	Box 1: folder
Amherst in the War	1918	Box 1: folder
Amherst in the War	1918	Box 1: folder
Amherst Memorial Volume prospectus	1926	Box 1: folder
"Amherst Men in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, Vol. 7, Bulletin No. 4	1918 Aug	Box 1: folder
"Amherst Men in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, Vol. 7, Bulletin No. 4	1918 Aug	Box 1: folder
Amherst men who received decorations	n.d.	Box 1: folder
Casualties and proposed memorial tablet for Johnson Chapel	1921-1925	Box 1: folder
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial (France)	1938-1942; 1975	Box 1: folder

Claude M. Fuess's Book Research Materials
Amherst men in air service	n.d.	Box 1: folder
Correct war abbreviations	1918	Box 1: folder
Correspondence and published photographs	1917	Box 1: folder
Fraternity war record lists	1914-1918	Box 1: folder
Fraternity war record lists	1917-1919	Box 1: folder
War Secretaries	1917	Box 1: folder
General	1915-1922; 1942	Box 1: folder
In Memoriam	1919	Box 2: folder
Minutes of meeting of President Meiklejohn with representatives of Fraternity Corporations of Amherst College re: the War	1918	Box 2: folder
Newspaper clippings	1917-1918	Box 2: folder
Notice of course in military training	1917 Mar 30	Box 2: folder
"Review of the Year and Amherst Alumni in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, August 1917	1917	Box 2: folder
Service on Armistice Day	1921	Box 2: folder
Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder
Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder
Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder
Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder
Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)	1918-1919	Box 2: folder
War Record, Class of 1878	n.d.	Box 2: folder

World War II
American Field Service, Ambulance	1941	Box 2: folder
America's Eleventh Hour by Karl Loewenstein and Lawrence B. Packard	1940	Box 2: folder
Amherst College, Accelerated Programs	1942-1943	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Admission	1942, n.d.	Box 2: folder
Amherst Alumni Council News	1942-1944	Box 2: folder
"The Amherst College Aviation Training Station," by Warren K. Green; blank certificates	1944	Box 2: folder
Amherst College, "A Bulletin for Servicemen"	1945	Box 2: folder
Amherst College, "A Bulletin for Servicemen"	1945	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942-1943	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1926, 1940-1943	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1926, 1940-1943, 1949	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1937, 1942, 1944	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942-1943	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1942	Box 2: folder
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins	1941-1943	Box 2: folder
Amherst College in Battle Dress	1944	Box 2: folder
Amherst College in Battle Dress	1944	Box 2: folder
Amherst College in Battle Dress	1944	Box 2: folder
Amherst College National Defense Bulletin No. 1, "Student Military Service"	1941 Nov	Box 2: folder
Amherst College National Defense Bulletin No. 1, "Student Military Service"	1941 Nov	Box 2: folder
Amherst, the post-war college	1945	Box 3: folder
Amherst College, Program of Commencement, Army Air Corps, 65th Training Detachment; with invitation	1944 Feb	Box 3: folder
Amherst College students enrolled in war programs	1943 Mar 3	Box 3: folder
Amherst College veterans' engagement	1949	Box 3: folder
Amherst College, "War Changes in the College Program and Rules for Admission"	1942	Box 3: folder
Amherst College War Ration Registration Instructions	1942	Box 3: folder
Amherst College and World War II	1943-1946	Box 3: folder
Army Specialized Training Program	1943-1944	Box 3: folder
"The Blinker V-12," U. S. Navy V-12 Unit at Williamstown, Mass.	1944	Box 3: folder
Blood Donation appointment card	1943	Box 3: folder
Casualties reported by Alumni Office	1943-1946; 1962; 1964; 1970	Box 3: folder
Casualties reported by Alumni Office	1945-1946; 1971	Box 3: folder
Cease Fire message sent by Dudley Towne (photocopy)	n.d.	Box 3: folder
Civil Aeronautics Administration, War Training Service (CAA-WTS), List of Cadets	n.d.	Box 3: folder
Civilian Pilot Training Program Papers accession record	1980	Box 3: folder
Conscription article reprinted from the Oberlin Review of Sept. 18, 1940	1940	Box 3: folder
Correspondence from Stanley King to members of Amherst Classes of 1938-1942	1940	Box 3: folder
Correspondence from Stanley King "To Our Amherst Undergraduates in the Service"	1945	Box 3: folder
Correspondence from C. Scott Porter to various constituencies	1942-1946	Box 3: folder
Cryptography and Cryptanalysis course assignment	1942	Box 3: folder
Enlistment information bulletin	1942	Box 3: folder
German publications	1994	Box 3: folder
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
Lend-Lease	1940	Box 3: folder
"A Letter To A Man Who Is Thinking of Registering as a Conscientious Objector" by Ernest Hatch Wilkins	1940 Sep 17	Box 3: folder
Letters home (cross-references)	1940s	Box 3: folder
Newspaper clippings	n.d., 1939-1941	Box 3: folder
Newspaper clippings	1942	Box 3: folder
Newspaper clippings re: farm labor, "commando" training, and air raid course	1942	Box 3: folder
Newspaper clippings	1943	Box 3: folder
Newspaper clippings	1944-1945, 1947	Box 3: folder
Obstacle and military track courses at Amherst College	1942-1944	Box 3: folder
"Obtaining College Credit for Military Education," Amherst College	c. 1945	Box 3: folder
"Planning Holocaust Center at Glenn Cove Estate," The New York Times	1993 Feb 14	Box 3: folder
C-Pre-Meteorological Program	1944	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology, General	1943-1944	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology, General	1943-1944	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology, 1st Quarter	1943	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology, 1st Quarter	1943	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology, 2nd Term/3rd Term	1943	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology, 2nd Term/3rd Term	1943	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology, 4th Term	1943-1944	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates"	c. 1992-1994	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates"	1994-1999	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates"	2000-	Box 3: folder
Pre-Meteorology Program, 50th Reunion	1994	Box 3: folder
Note: See Also: Harry J. Danos "C" Pre-Meteorological Program (AAFTTC) Collection.
S. S. Amherst Victory	1945; 1949	Box 3: folder
S. S. City of Flint, Capt. J. A. Gainard, re: rescue after torpedoing of S. S. Athenia	1939	Box 3: folder
Student farm labor	1942	Box 3: folder
Summary of Amherst College military units	c. 1946	Box 3: folder
War Swimming Tests	1942-1943	Box 3: folder
Note: 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." In Higgins Room (D797.U62.A6 1996) Note: See also: Throckmorton, William R. (AC 1941), "They Also Served: Stories by Amherst College Men Who Served Their Country in WWII." In Higgins Room (D797.U62 A6 1996)
The U. S. Military Academy Preparatory Program	1943-1944,	Box 3: folder
at Amherst College	1975-1976	Box 3: folder
U. S. Navy V-12 Program, 50th Anniversary Reunion Book	1993	Box 3: folder
Veterans at Amherst College	1945	Box 3: folder
Veterans' reunion	1946-1948	Box 3: folder
"Vision After Victory: A Service to Be Used When Fighting Ceases in Any Theatre of the War"	n.d.	Box 3: folder
U. S. War Bond circulars	1942; 1944	Box 4: folder
War Department, Civilian Defense School	1942-1943	Box 4: folder
War Department, Civilian Defense School	1942-1943	Box 4: folder
War Department; Civilian Protection School	1942-1943	Box 4: folder
War Department; Civilian Protection School	1942-1943	Box 4: folder
War Department, Civilian Protection School	1942-1953	Box 4: folder
War letters to and from Amherst College	1940-1946	Box 4: folder
War letters to and from Amherst College	1940-1946	Box 4: folder
War letters to and from Amherst College	1940-1946	Box 4: folder
War letters to and from Amherst College	1940-1946	Box 4: folder
War letters to and from Amherst College	1943-1944;	Box 4: folder
War Service Committee	1942-1943	Box 4: folder
"War Service Directory," Amherst Alumni Council News	1943 Jul	Box 4: folder
"Why the British People Fight," by R. H. Tawney	1940	Box 4: folder
E. S. Wilson's overseas letters, "News Notes for Men Overseas"	1943-1945	Box 4: folder

Post-World War II
Admissions	1950-1951	Box 4: folder
Armed Forces Bulletin	1951	Box 4: folder
Army Air Force ROTC	1947; 1951	Box 4: folder
Army Air Force ROTC	1951; 1952	Box 4: folder
Army Air Force ROTC	1947; 1951-1955	Box 4: folder
"Can Our Colleges Survive U. M. T.?" by Fred Hechinger, The Reporter	1951 May 15	Box 4: folder
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
The Graduate Record Examination	1944	Box 4: folder
Look Magazine, "Total Conscription Will Hurt America," by President Cole	1950-1951	Box 4: folder
Military status of faculty	1950	Box 4: folder
National Headquarters, Selective Service System	1948	Box 4: folder
Post-WWII	1947-1961	Box 4: folder
Reserve Officer Candidate (ROC) Program	1952	Box 4: folder
ROTC	1947; 1951	Box 4: folder
Selective Service	1953	Box 4: folder
Selective Service information	1948; 1950	Box 4: folder
Trustees on USMC Reserve	1950	Box 4: folder
War Memorial address, by the Rev. John E. Soleau (AC 1946)	1996	Box 4: folder
War Memorial, articles re: dedication	1946	Box 4: folder
War Memorial compilation (WWI and WWII)	n.d.	Box 4: folder
War Memorial: list of men killed in WWII, form letters sent to family about War Memorial and Biographical Record	1945-1946; 1950	Box 4: folder

Korean War
Wartime enrollment	1950-1951		Box 4: folder

Vietnam War
ABC Scope Report	1967 June 10	Box 4: folder
Vietnam Moratorium Committee	1970	Box 4: folder
Dayton, Win (AC 1979), "Vietnam and the United States: Then and Now"	1999 May 28	Box 4: folder

Search Terms

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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.
Vietnamese Conflict, 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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