Amherst College Fire Department Records 1942-1948, 1997

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Amherst College Fire Department Records 1942-1948, 1997

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

2 archives boxes; (1 linear ft.)

eng,

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6321483

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Amherst College. Class of 1942. Bacon.

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Bacon, Theodore Spaulding.

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Amherst College. Fire Dept.

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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. From the description of...

MacMeekim, Richard.

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