ma132 Amherst College Fire Department Records, 1942-1948, 1997 Finding aid prepared by Thomas Stratford, Barbara Trippel Simmons, Daria D'Arienzo, Briana Cahill, Peter Nelson, Sarang Gopalakrishnan. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Amherst, MA
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 Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Sarang Gopalakrishnan. 2003-12-03 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 ma132 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Amherst College Fire Department Records, 1942-1948, 1997 1999 November Thomas Stratford, Archives AssistantBarbara Trippel Simmons, Processing Archivist 2000 February Barbara Trippel Simmons, Processing Archivist Daria D'Arienzo, Archivist of the College Barbara Trippel Simmons, Processing Archivist Briana Cahill, Archives and Special Collections Associate 2003 Peter A. Nelson, Assistant ArchivistSarang Gopalakrishnan 2006, Student Encoding Assistant Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Amherst College Amherst College Fire Department Records 1942-1948, 1997 2 archives boxes (1 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Correspondence, receipts for supplies and equipment, photographs, rosters, fire brigade histories and newspaper clippings documenting the activities of the Amherst College Fire Department. English. Historical Note

The Amherst College Fire Department was organized in the fall of 1941 by Theodore S. Bacon, Jr. (AC Class of 1942) and Assistant Dean Richard MacMeekin as part of the College Civilian Defense Program. The original group of 24 men were trained in fire fighting techniques by the Chief of the Amherst Fire Department. Later the brigade was reorganized into two student companies and a permanent company of six men from the College's Buildings and Grounds Department.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Correspondence, receipts for supplies and equipment, photographs, rosters, fire brigade histories and newspaper clippings documenting the activities of the Amherst College Fire Department.

 Arrangement of the Collection

The records are organized in alphabetical order by folder title.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

There is no restriction on access to the Records for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from the Records 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.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Amherst College Fire Department Records [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

 History of the Collection 1999 November Thomas Stratford, Archives AssistantBarbara Trippel Simmons, Processing Archivist 2000 February Barbara Trippel Simmons, Processing Archivist Daria D'Arienzo, Archivist of the College Barbara Trippel Simmons, Processing Archivist Briana Cahill, Archives and Special Collections Associate 2003 Peter A. Nelson, Assistant ArchivistSarang Gopalakrishnan 2006, Student Encoding Assistant Search Terms Amherst College. Fire Dept. Amherst College--History--Sources. Amherst College--Fires and fire prevention. Bacon, Theodore Spaulding. MacMeekim, Richard. Amherst College. Class of 1942. Bacon. 1 1 Atlas Safety Equipment 1943 1 2 Buffalo Fire Appliance Corporation 1942 1 3 Cairns & Brother 1942-1945 1 4 Catalogue of Apparatus and Equipment 1948 Jun 30 1 5 Miscellaneous equipment 1942-1944 1 6 Fire boxes n.d., 1943-1946 1 7 Fire Brigade n.d., 1942-1948 1 8 Fire Brigade calls 1943-1948 1 9 Fire Brigade (Histories) n.d., 1942-1944, 1947 1 10 Fire Brigade rosters 1942-1946 1 11 Fire correspondence (miscellaneous, excluding equipment) 1942-1948 2 1 Globe Rubber Works, Inc. 1942 2 2 Gorham Fire Equipment Co. 1942-1947 2 3 Horace R. Barker/Elkhart Brass 1942-1943 2 4 James B. Hunt Manufacturing Co. 1943 2 5 Jefferson Auto Specialties 1942 2 6 John H. Hill Motor Service/Seagrave 1942 2 7 Justin A. McCarthy/Loyed W. Briggs 1942-1945 2 8 Maxim Motor Company 1942-1943 2 9 Membership Certificate book 1944-1945 2 10 Midwestern Manufacturing Company 1942-1943 2 11 National Fire Protection Association 1942-1944 2 12 Newspaper clippings 1942-1943, 1948 2 13 Newspaper clippings 1997 2 14 Pirsch 1943 2 15 Rockwood Sprinkler Co. 1942, 1945 2 16 Rowe's 1942 2 17 United States Office of Civilian Defense Publications n.d., [1942], 1942 2 18 W. & B. Douglas Pump Co. 1942 2 19 W. S. Darley & Co. 1942-1946 2 20 War Production Board/Priorities n.d., 1942