Second Amendment Sisters Records, 1986-2002, n.d.
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Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections South Hadley, MA
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Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. Mount Holyoke College Chapter Records
Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. Mount Holyoke College Chapter
Biographical History for: Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. Mount Holyoke College Chapter Records
Historical Note The Mount Holyoke College chapter of Second Amendment Sisters was founded by Christie Caywood, Class of 2003 in September of 2001. The group was the first college chapter of Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. an organization established in 1999 to educate people about self-defense and advocate for Second Amendment rights (the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms). At Mount Holyoke, the approximately fifty members of the group met to socialize and practiced target shooting. The group is listed as a student organization in Mount Holyoke College telephone directories through the 2004/2005 academic year.
Scope and Contents of the Collection Records of the Mount Holyoke College chapter of Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) contain articles, an interview, photographs, publications, clothing and objects dating from 1986-2002. Most of the material in the collection consists of articles, booklets, newsletters, books and pamphlets issued by the group's parent organization, Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. or the National Rifle Association of America (NRA). These publications discuss federal and state Constitutional provisions for the right to keep and bear arms, gun control legislation, self-defense, firearm safety, and issues such as children and guns and suicide and firearms. The publications also include a cookbook, All American Recipes from the Second Amendment Sisters. Articles from 2001-2002 discuss the history, goals, and membership of the Mount Holyoke chapter of SAS. The collection includes a 2002 audiocassette interview of group's founder, Christie Caywood, Class of 2003, recorded during her appearance on the Live Fire radio program.. Photographs of group members date from 2001-2002. The collection also contains a poster, a banner, t-shirts, hats rubber stamps, buttons, bumper stickers and a bullet-shaped pen issued by Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. or the NRA.
Gun control--United States.
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Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
Self defense for women.
College students--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
Women college students--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
Student activities--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
Caywood, Christie.
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Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. Mount Holyoke College Chapter.
National Rifle Association of America.
Second Amendment Sisters, Inc.
Mount Holyoke College--Students.
Mount Holyoke College--Organizations.
Mount Holyoke College--Student life--2001-2002.
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Articles, 1994-2002
Articles about the Mount Holyoke College chapter of Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) 2001-2002
Second Amendment-related articles 1994-2002
Interview, 2002
Audiocassette tape interview of Christie Caywood, Class of 2003, founder of the Mount Holyoke College chapter of SAS 2002
Photographs, 2001-2002
Of members of the Mount Holyoke College chapter of SAS 2001-2002
Publications, 1986-2002, n.d.
NRA/ILA folders 2001-2002, n.d.
Gun Facts booklet 2000
Voice of Reason, Vol. 1, Issue 2 Summer 2001
Voice of Reason, Vol. 2, Issue 1 Summer 2002
Voice of Reason, Vol. 2, Issue 2 Autumn 2002
The Second Amendment by David Barton 2000
I'm in the NRA, and I vote! bumper sticker, button ca.2002
Origins and Development of the Second Amendment by David T. Hardy 1986
All American Recipes from the Second Amendment Sisters n.d.
Second Amendment Sisters bumper stickers n.d.
Misc. pamphlets ca.1994-2001
MHC SAS. contact card ca.2001
Bill of Rights pamphlet n.d.
Firearms Laws for various East Coast states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont2001
A Citizen's Guide to Federal Firearms Laws pamphlet 1999
Firearms Quiz pamphlet n.d.
Second Amendment Sisters pamphlet n.d.
Above All, Be Safe pamphlet n.d.
Top 10 Ways to Support the Second Amendment pamphlet n.d.
Self Defense Quiz pamphlet n.d.
Second Amendment Sisters pamphlet 2 n.d.
MHC SAS meeting sign ca.2001
It's Amazing What You Have to Believe to Believe in Gun Control pamphlet 2001
Physician or Educator pamphlet n.d.
Women and Firearms: Misinformation and Myths pamphlet n.d.
Dear Gun Control Lady pamphlet n.d.
SAS misc. printing (3) n.d.
Price list for SAS products n.d.
NRA-ILA poster n.d.
Clothing and Objects, n.d.
Bullet-shaped pen n.d.
SAS: buttons, 3 types n.d.
Second Amendment Sisters Banner n.d.
T-shirt: SAS Firearms: The Ultimate in Feminine Protection n.d.
T-shirt: Little Red Riding Hood kills the Wolf n.d.
T-shirt: SAS official shirt (red) n.d.
Hat: SAS official hat n.d.
Hat: It takes a REAL MAN to be a SASister n.d.
Rubber stamps: Gun owner, Home of the Brave, and Land of the Free n.d.