Amherst College War Materials Collection
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Creation of Amherst College War Materials Collection
Time of Creation of Amherst College War Materials Collection
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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.
There is no restriction on access to the War Materials Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
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 Alumni Biographical Files for information on military service of individual alumni. See, for example: Class of 1861 - Stearns, Frazar AugustusGuy-Carlet Levy-Despas (special student) Buildings and Grounds Collection (See: Section 2, Grounds and Properties - War Memorial)"C" Pre-Meteorology Program Records (three separate collections) (World War II) Ingham C. Baker (1896-1985) Papers (World War I)Civilian Pilot Training Program records (World War II) Raymond T. Drew (AC 1949) Papers, 1943-1982 (bulk 1943-1972) (World War II) John B. Fairbank (AC 1867) Family Papers (Civil War) Edward (1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Family Papers, Series 16 (Spanish-American War) Luther Clark Howell (AC 1864) Papers (Civil War) John J. McCloy (AC 1916) Papers (World Wars I & II) John C. Merson (AC 1966) Papers, 1960-1968 (Vietnam War) Moratoria Collection (Vietnam War) James E. Morrow Letters to Clara J. Johnson, 1863-1864 (Civil War)James E. Morrow, Union Army Muster Books, 1863-1864 (Civil War)Photograph CollectionPrice, Sam. Letters Home From Sam Price during World War II. Self-published, 2006. See library catalog for locations and call number.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 library catalog for locations and call numbers.Throckmorton, William R. (AC 1941), They Also Served: Stories by Amherst College Men Who Served Their Country in WWII. See library catalog for locations and call numbers.Trapp, Frank Anderson. World War II Watercolors and Photographs Collection (World War II) U.S. Army Ambulance Service, Section 539 Records, 1917-1941 (World War I)
Processed in 1999. Reprocesed 2006.
Korean War, 1950-1953 - Education and the war.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Education and the war.
World War, 1914-1918 - Education and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 - Education and the war.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Education and the war.
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Amherst College - History.
Amherst College - Registers.
Amherst College - Students.
Amherst College - Biography.
series
SERIES 1: GENERAL
Civil, Mexican, Spanish Wars: Memorial in Johnson Chapel 1861-1953
SERIES 2: CIVIL WAR
Amherst College and The Civil War 1861-1945
Published materials, newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to war 1830-1872
Correspondence from Francis A. Walker (AC 1860) to Julius H. Seelye; originals in Julius H. Seelye Papers 1861-1862
Newspaper clippings and sermons relating to the war. Correspondence from Elizabeth Seelye to brother, Julius Seelye; original in Julius H. Seelye Papers 1829 -1967
Record of soldiers and officers in the military service 1861-1865
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
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
SERIES 3: WORLD WAR I
American University Union - Publications and announcements 1917-1926
American University Union - Annual Reports, Correspondence 1917-1926
American University Union - Paris Quarters 1917-1926
Amherst College Alumni Council 1916-1918
Amherst College Alumni Council - Committee on Military Training 1916-1918
Amherst Ambulance Unit and other C. W. Eastman notes 1917-1919
Correspondence re: Amherst Flag at the University of Louvain 1929
Amherst in the War 1918
Amherst Memorial Volume prospectus 1926
"Amherst Men in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, Vol. 7, Bulletin No. 4 1918 Aug
Amherst men who received decorations n.d.
Casualties and proposed memorial tablet for Johnson Chapel 1921-1925
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial (France) 1938-1942; 1975
Amherst men in air service n.d.
Correct war abbreviations 1918
Correspondence and published photographs 1917
Fraternity war record lists 1914-1918
Fraternity war record lists 1917-1919
War Secretaries 1917
General 1915-1922; 1942
In Memoriam 1919
Minutes of meeting of President Meiklejohn with representatives of Fraternity Corporations of Amherst College re: the War 1918
Newspaper clippings 1917-1918
Notice of course in military training 1917 Mar 30
"Review of the Year and Amherst Alumni in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, August 1917 1917
Service on Armistice Day 1921
Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.) 1918-1919
War Record, Class of 1878 n.d.
Cross-References
SERIES 4: WORLD WAR II
General Folder: Misc. writings and ephemera relating to the period 1939, 1940
American Field Service, Ambulance 1941
Amherst College, Accelerated Programs 1942-1943
Amherst College, changes in the Admission procedures 1942, n.d.
Amherst Alumni Council News 1942-1944
"The Amherst College Aviation Training Station," by Warren K. Green; blank certificates 1944
Amherst College, "A Bulletin for Servicemen" 1945
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins 1942
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins 1942-1943
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins 1926, 1940-1943
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins 1926, 1940-1949
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins 1937, 1942, 1944
Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins 1941-1943
Amherst College in Battle Dress 1944
Amherst College National Defense Bulletin No. 1, "Student Military Service" 1941 Nov
Amherst, the post-war college 1945
Amherst College, Program of Commencement, Army Air Corps, 65th Training Detachment; with invitation 1944 Feb
Amherst College students enrolled in war programs 1943 Mar 3
Amherst College veterans' engagements 1949
Amherst College, "War Changes in the College Program and Rules for Admission" 1942
Amherst College War Ration Registration Instructions 1942
Amherst College and World War II 1943-1946
Army Specialized Training Program 1943-1944
Army Specialized Training Program SCSU#1190, "Language Lunacy," and photographs.
"The Blinker V-12," U. S. Navy V-12 Unit at Williamstown, Mass. 1944
Blood Donation appointment card 1943
Casualties reported by Alumni Office 1943-1970
Casualties reported by Alumni Office 1945-1946; 1971
Cease Fire message sent by Dudley Towne (photocopy) n.d.
Civil Aeronautics Administration, War Training Service (CAA-WTS), List of Cadets n.d.
Civilian Pilot Training Program Papers accession record 1980
Conscription article reprinted from the Oberlin Review of Sept. 18, 1940 1940
Correspondence from Stanley King to members of Amherst Classes of 1938-1942 1940
Correspondence from Stanley King "To Our Amherst Undergraduates in the Service" 1945
Correspondence from C. Scott Porter to various constituencies 1942-1946
Cryptography and Cryptanalysis course assignment 1942
Enlistment information bulletin 1942
German publications 1994
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
Lend-Lease 1940
"A Letter To A Man Who Is Thinking of Registering as a Conscientious Objector" by Ernest Hatch Wilkins 1940 Sep 17
Letters home (cross-references) 1940s
Newspaper clippings 1939-1941 and n.d.
Newspaper clippings 1942
Newspaper clippings re: farm labor, "commando" training, and air raid course 1942
Editorial to appear in the next issue of "Touchstone" 1942
Newspaper clippings 1943
Newspaper clippings 1944-1947
Newspaper clippings 1947-1948
Obstacle and military track courses at Amherst College 1942-1944
"Obtaining College Credit for Military Education," Amherst College c. 1945
"Planning Holocaust Center at Glen Cove Estate," New York Times 1993 Feb 14
C-Pre-Meteorological Program 1944
Pre-Meteorology, General 1943-1944
Pre-Meteorology, 1st Quarter 1943
Pre-Meteorology, 2nd Term/3rd Term 1943
Pre-Meteorology, 4th Term 1943-1944
Pre-Meteorology, Course Materials (cross-references) 1943-1944
Pre-Meteorology, Student Orders 1944
Pre-Meteorology, Commencement Ball 1944
Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates" ca. 1992-1994
Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates" 1994-1999
Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates" 2000-
Pre-Meteorology Program, 50th Reunion 1994
Pre-Meteorology, 55th Reunion 1999
Pre-Meteorology, 60th Reunion 2004
"C" Pre-Meteorology Program - Weather Station Dedication 2001 Nov 28
Pre-Meteorology, Ewald, Calvin
"Reminiscences of a Reluctant Warrior" by Robert Green (AC 1942) 1998
S. S. Amherst Victory 1945; 1949
S. S. City of Flint, Capt. J. A. Gainard, re: rescue after torpedoing of S. S. Athenia 1939
Student farm labor 1942
Summary of Amherst College military units c. 1946
War Swimming Tests 1942-1943
The U. S. Military Academy Preparatory Program at Amherst College 1943-44, 1975-76
Bleiman, Junius "Giggee," "The Lay of the USMAP" c.1944
Bleiman, Junius "Giggee," "The Lay of the USMAP" c. 1944
U. S. Navy V-12 Program, 50th Anniversary Reunion Book 1993
Veterans at Amherst College 1945
Veterans' reunion 1946-1948
"Vision After Victory: A Service to Be Used When Fighting Ceases in Any Theatre of the War" n.d.
U.S. War Bond circulars 1942; 1944
War Department, Civilian Defense School 1942-1943
War Department; Civilian Protection School 1942-1943
War Department, Civilian Protection School 1942-1953
War letters to and from Amherst College 1940-1946
War letters to and from Amherst College 1943-1944
War Service Committee 1942-1943
"War Service Directory," Amherst Alumni Council News 1943 Jul
"Why the British People Fight," by R. H. Tawney 1940
E. S. Wilson's overseas letters, "News Notes for Men Overseas" 1943-1945
Medal for Eminent Service Awarded to the Faculty of Amherst College 1946
"Lord Jeff's Unsung Heroes" (Cross-reference) 1998
WWII Cross-references 2002
SERIES 5: POST-WORLD WAR II
Admissions 1950-1951
Armed Forces Bulletin 1951
Army Air Force ROTC 1947; 1951
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
Army Air Force ROTC 1947; 1951-1955
"Can Our Colleges Survive U. M. T.?" by Fred Hechinger, The Reporter 1951 May 15
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
The Graduate Record Examination 1944
Look Magazine, "Total Conscription Will Hurt America," by President Cole 1950-1951
Military status of faculty 1950
National Headquarters, Selective Service System 1948
Newspaper clippings relating to Post-WWII 1947-1961
Reserve Officer Candidate (ROC) Program 1952
ROTC 1947, 1951
Selective Service 1953
Selective Service information 1948, 1950
Trustees on USMC Reserve 1950
War Memorial address, by the Rev. John E. Soleau (AC 1946) 1996
War Memorial, articles re: dedication 1946
War Memorial compilation (WWI and WWII) n.d.
War Memorial: list of men killed in WWII, form letters sent to family about War Memorial and Biographical Record 1945-46, 1950
SERIES 6: KOREAN WAR
Wartime enrollment 1950-1951
Korean War Cross-References
SERIES 7: VIETNAM WAR
Conscientious Objector pamphlets 1960s
ABC Scope Report 1967 June 10
Vietnam Moratorium Committee 1970
Dayton, Win (AC 1979), "Vietnam and the United States: Then and Now" 1999 May 28
Vietnam War Cross-References