World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- France
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Sherwood Romer (AC 1917) Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00194
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, photographs and other material relating to Romer's Amherst career, his service in WWI France, and his later activities as President of the Class of 1917 and as Chairman of the Phi Alpha Psi Fraternity Corporation.
Dates:
1913-1977
U.S. Army Ambulance Service, Section 539 ["Black Cats"] Records
Collection
Identifier: MA.00139
Abstract
World War I ambulance unit, recruited in Amherst, Massachusetts in June 1917 from Amherst College students and local residents. Collection consists of clippings, photographs, a photograph album, maps, books, correspondence, pay and enlistment records, and other materials documenting the activities of the U.S. Army Ambulance Service Section 539, also called S.S.U. 539, known colloquially as the "Black Cats," in France during World War I.
Dates:
1917-1941