Baker Papers, 1916-1919
1 archives box (0.5 linear ft.)
Terms of Access and Use:
There is no restriction on access to the Ingham C. Baker Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Papers 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.
The Ingham C. Baker (Amherst 1919 non-graduate, b. 1895, d.1985) Collection is exclusively concerned with his involvement in World War I as an ambulance driver in France for the American Field Service and the United States Army Corps from 1916 to 1919. The majority of the material consists of letters by ICB to his family, particularly his parents, Asa George Baker (Amherst 1888) and Lucy C. Baker, and his brother Walton C. Baker (Amherst 1919). Letters to ICB from his parents are also included as well as two letters from ICB's companion Arthur Hazeldine (Amherst 1919 non-graduate). The collection also contains French road maps, French song sheets, and a reproduction of a military citation.
This collection is organized into four series:
There is no restriction on access to the Ingham C. Baker Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Papers 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.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[identification of item], in Ingham C. Baker Collection [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library
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SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE
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Letters from Ingham C. Baker to family
members
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Typed copies of letters to family members.
Includes photocopies of postcards, photographs, and
other memorabilia. Headed by partial index,
approximately 125 pages.
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Jun. 8, 1917 - Apr. 26, 1918
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Box 1: folder 1
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Typed copies of letters to family members.
Includes photocopies of postcards, photographs, and
other memorabilia. Headed by partial index of
correspondence from Jun. 19, 1918 to Oct. 6, 1918,
approximately 100 pages.
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Jun.19, 1918 - Apr. 22, 1918
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Box 1: folder 2
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Assorted addressed and cancelled
envelopes, 7. 1 undated postcard.
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Box 1: folder 3
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1 letter.
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Jun. 18, 1916
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Box 1: folder 4
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20 letters, 1 postcard, 1 typed copy of a
letter, and 15 envelopes.
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Jun. 16, 1917 - Aug. 30, 1917
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Box 1: folder 5
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17 letters, 2 postcards, 14, envelopes.
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Sept. 4, 1917 - Dec. 23, 1917
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Box 1: folder 6
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14 letters, 11 envelopes.
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Jan. 2, 1918 - Apr. 26, 1918
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Box 1: folder 7
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15 letters, 15 envelopes, 2 photographs.
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Jun. 19, 1918 - Sept. 22, 1918
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Box 1: folder 8
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14 letters, 12 envelopes.
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Oct. 4, 1918 - Dec. 27, 1918
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Box 1: folder 9
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18 letters, 16 envelopes.
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Jan. 4, 1918 - Apr. 22, 1919
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Box 1: folder 10
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Letters from Asa George Baker (Amherst 1888)
and Lucy Chamberlain Baker to Ingham C.
Baker
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2 letters
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Jun. 8, 1917
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Box 1: folder 11
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Letters from Arthur Edgar Hazeldine (Amherst
1919) to parents and Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Baker
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1 letter and 1 typed copy including a note
from Lucy Chamberlain Baker to Walton Chamberlain
Baker.
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Jan. 10, 1919 - Jun. 29, 1919
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Box 1: folder 12
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SERIES 2: FRENCH ROAD MAPS
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3 maps
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Box 1: folder 13
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SERIES 3: FRENCH SONG SHEETS
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2 song sheets
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Box 1: folder 14
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SERIES 4: MILITARY CITATIONS
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1 reproduction
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Box 1: folder 15
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