Contents
Collection Overview
Administrative Information
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Organization of the Collection
Search Terms
SERIES 1: GENERAL
SERIES 2: CIVIL WAR
SERIES 3: WORLD WAR I
SERIES 4: WORLD WAR II
SERIES 5: POST-WORLD WAR II
SERIES 6: KOREAN WAR
SERIES 7: VIETNAM WAR
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Amherst College War Materials Collection
Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by .
2009
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Creator:
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Amherst College |
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Title:
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Amherst College War Materials Collection |
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Dates:
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1826-2006 |
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Abstract:
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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.
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Extent:
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4 records storage boxes(4 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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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.
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
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.
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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.
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This collection is organized into seven series:
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SERIES 1: GENERAL
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Civil, Mexican, Spanish Wars: Memorial in Johnson Chapel
1861-1953
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SERIES 2: CIVIL WAR
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Amherst College and The Civil War
1861-1945
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Published materials, newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to war
1830-1872
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Correspondence from Francis A. Walker (AC 1860) to Julius H. Seelye; originals in Julius H. Seelye Papers
1861-1862
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Newspaper clippings and sermons relating to the war. Correspondence from Elizabeth Seelye to brother, Julius Seelye; original in Julius H. Seelye Papers
1829 -1967
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Record of soldiers and officers in the military service
1861-1865
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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
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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
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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
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SERIES 3: WORLD WAR I
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American University Union - Publications and announcements
1917-1926
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American University Union - Annual Reports, Correspondence
1917-1926
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American University Union - Paris Quarters
1917-1926
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Amherst College Alumni Council
1916-1918
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Amherst College Alumni Council - Committee on Military Training
1916-1918
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Amherst College Alumni Council
1916-1918
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Amherst Ambulance Unit and other C. W. Eastman notes
1917-1919
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Correspondence re: Amherst Flag at the University of Louvain
1929
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Amherst in the War
1918
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Amherst in the War
1918
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Amherst in the War
1918
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Amherst Memorial Volume prospectus
1926
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"Amherst Men in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, Vol. 7, Bulletin No. 4
1918 Aug
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"Amherst Men in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, Vol. 7, Bulletin No. 4
1918 Aug
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Amherst men who received decorations
n.d.
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Casualties and proposed memorial tablet for Johnson Chapel
1921-1925
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Lafayette Escadrille Memorial (France)
1938-1942; 1975
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Amherst men in air service
n.d.
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Correct war abbreviations
1918
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Correspondence and published photographs
1917
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Fraternity war record lists
1914-1918
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Fraternity war record lists
1917-1919
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General
1915-1922; 1942
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In Memoriam
1919
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Minutes of meeting of President Meiklejohn with representatives of Fraternity Corporations of Amherst College re: the War
1918
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Newspaper clippings
1917-1918
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Notice of course in military training
1917 Mar 30
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"Review of the Year and Amherst Alumni in the National Service," Amherst Graduates' Quarterly, August 1917
1917
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Service on Armistice Day
1921
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Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)
1918-1919
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Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)
1918-1919
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Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)
1918-1919
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Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)
1918-1919
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Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.)
1918-1919
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War Record, Class of 1878
n.d.
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SERIES 4: WORLD WAR II
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General Folder: Misc. writings and ephemera relating to the period
1939, 1940
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American Field Service, Ambulance
1941
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Amherst College, Accelerated Programs
1942-1943
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Amherst College, changes in the Admission procedures
1942, n.d.
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Amherst Alumni Council News
1942-1944
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"The Amherst College Aviation Training Station," by Warren K. Green; blank certificates
1944
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Amherst College, "A Bulletin for Servicemen"
1945
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Amherst College, "A Bulletin for Servicemen"
1945
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Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins
1942
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Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins
1942
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Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins
1942-1943
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Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins
1926, 1940-1943
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Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins
1926, 1940-1949
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Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins
1937, 1942, 1944
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Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins
1942-1943
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Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins
1942
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Amherst College Emergency Committee Bulletins
1941-1943
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Amherst College in Battle Dress
1944
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Amherst College in Battle Dress
1944
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Amherst College in Battle Dress
1944
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Amherst College National Defense Bulletin No. 1, "Student Military Service"
1941 Nov
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Amherst College National Defense Bulletin No. 1, "Student Military Service"
1941 Nov
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Amherst, the post-war college
1945
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Amherst College, Program of Commencement, Army Air Corps, 65th Training Detachment; with invitation
1944 Feb
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Amherst College students enrolled in war programs
1943 Mar 3
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Amherst College veterans' engagements
1949
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Amherst College, "War Changes in the College Program and Rules for Admission"
1942
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Amherst College War Ration Registration Instructions
1942
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Amherst College and World War II
1943-1946
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Army Specialized Training Program
1943-1944
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Army Specialized Training Program SCSU#1190, "Language Lunacy," and photographs.
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"The Blinker V-12," U. S. Navy V-12 Unit at Williamstown, Mass.
1944
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Blood Donation appointment card
1943
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Casualties reported by Alumni Office
1943-1970
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Casualties reported by Alumni Office
1945-1946; 1971
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Cease Fire message sent by Dudley Towne (photocopy)
n.d.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration, War Training Service (CAA-WTS), List of Cadets
n.d.
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Civilian Pilot Training Program Papers accession record
1980
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Conscription article reprinted from the Oberlin Review of Sept. 18, 1940
1940
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Correspondence from Stanley King to members of Amherst Classes of 1938-1942
1940
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Correspondence from Stanley King "To Our Amherst Undergraduates in the Service"
1945
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Correspondence from C. Scott Porter to various constituencies
1942-1946
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Cryptography and Cryptanalysis course assignment
1942
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Enlistment information bulletin
1942
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German publications
1994
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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
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"A Letter To A Man Who Is Thinking of Registering as a Conscientious Objector" by Ernest Hatch Wilkins
1940 Sep 17
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Letters home (cross-references)
1940s
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Newspaper clippings
1939-1941 and n.d.
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Newspaper clippings
1942
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Newspaper clippings re: farm labor, "commando" training, and air raid course
1942
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Editorial to appear in the next issue of "Touchstone"
1942
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Newspaper clippings
1943
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Newspaper clippings
1944-1947
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Newspaper clippings
1947-1948
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Obstacle and military track courses at Amherst College
1942-1944
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"Obtaining College Credit for Military Education," Amherst College
c. 1945
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"Planning Holocaust Center at Glen Cove Estate," New York Times
1993 Feb 14
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C-Pre-Meteorological Program
1944
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Pre-Meteorology, General
1943-1944
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Pre-Meteorology, General
1943-1944
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Pre-Meteorology, 1st Quarter
1943
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Pre-Meteorology, 1st Quarter
1943
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Pre-Meteorology, 2nd Term/3rd Term
1943
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Pre-Meteorology, 2nd Term/3rd Term
1943
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Pre-Meteorology, 4th Term
1943-1944
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Pre-Meteorology, Course Materials (cross-references)
1943-1944
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Pre-Meteorology, Student Orders
1944
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Pre-Meteorology, Commencement Ball
1944
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Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates"
ca. 1992-1994
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Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates"
1994-1999
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Pre-Meteorology Program, Alumni "Updates"
2000-
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Pre-Meteorology Program, 50th Reunion
1994
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Pre-Meteorology, 55th Reunion
1999
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Pre-Meteorology, 60th Reunion
2004
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"C" Pre-Meteorology Program - Weather Station Dedication
2001 Nov 28
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Pre-Meteorology, Ewald, Calvin
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"Reminiscences of a Reluctant Warrior" by Robert Green (AC 1942)
1998
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S. S. Amherst Victory
1945; 1949
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S. S. City of Flint, Capt. J. A. Gainard, re: rescue after torpedoing of S. S. Athenia
1939
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Student farm labor
1942
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Summary of Amherst College military units
c. 1946
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War Swimming Tests
1942-1943
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The U. S. Military Academy Preparatory Program at Amherst College
1943-44, 1975-76
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Bleiman, Junius "Giggee," "The Lay of the USMAP"
c.1944
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Bleiman, Junius "Giggee," "The Lay of the USMAP"
c. 1944
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U. S. Navy V-12 Program, 50th Anniversary Reunion Book
1993
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Veterans at Amherst College
1945
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Veterans' reunion
1946-1948
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"Vision After Victory: A Service to Be Used When Fighting Ceases in Any Theatre of the War"
n.d.
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U.S. War Bond circulars
1942; 1944
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War Department, Civilian Defense School
1942-1943
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War Department, Civilian Defense School
1942-1943
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War Department; Civilian Protection School
1942-1943
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War Department; Civilian Protection School
1942-1943
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War Department, Civilian Protection School
1942-1953
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War letters to and from Amherst College
1940-1946
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War letters to and from Amherst College
1940-1946
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War letters to and from Amherst College
1940-1946
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War letters to and from Amherst College
1940-1946
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War letters to and from Amherst College
1943-1944
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War Service Committee
1942-1943
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"War Service Directory," Amherst Alumni Council News
1943 Jul
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"Why the British People Fight," by R. H. Tawney
1940
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E. S. Wilson's overseas letters, "News Notes for Men Overseas"
1943-1945
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Medal for Eminent Service Awarded to the Faculty of Amherst College
1946
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"Lord Jeff's Unsung Heroes" (Cross-reference)
1998
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WWII Cross-references
2002
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SERIES 5: POST-WORLD WAR II
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Admissions
1950-1951
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Armed Forces Bulletin
1951
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Army Air Force ROTC
1947; 1951
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Army Air Force ROTC
1951; 1952
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Army Air Force ROTC
1947; 1951-1955
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"Can Our Colleges Survive U. M. T.?" by Fred Hechinger, The Reporter
1951 May 15
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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
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The Graduate Record Examination
1944
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Look Magazine, "Total Conscription Will Hurt America," by President Cole
1950-1951
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Military status of faculty
1950
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National Headquarters, Selective Service System
1948
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Newspaper clippings relating to Post-WWII
1947-1961
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Reserve Officer Candidate (ROC) Program
1952
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Selective Service
1953
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Selective Service information
1948, 1950
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Trustees on USMC Reserve
1950
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War Memorial address, by the Rev. John E. Soleau (AC 1946)
1996
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War Memorial, articles re: dedication
1946
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War Memorial compilation (WWI and WWII)
n.d.
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War Memorial: list of men killed in WWII, form letters sent to family about War Memorial and Biographical Record
1945-46, 1950
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SERIES 6: KOREAN WAR
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Wartime enrollment
1950-1951
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Korean War Cross-References
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SERIES 7: VIETNAM WAR
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Conscientious Objector pamphlets
1960s
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ABC Scope Report
1967 June 10
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Vietnam Moratorium Committee
1970
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Dayton, Win (AC 1979), "Vietnam and the United States: Then and Now"
1999 May 28
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Vietnam War Cross-References
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