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Haverford College Emergency Unit scrapbook, 1917

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-000-005

Scope and Contents

The Haverford College Emergency Unit scrapbook was organized by the creators into six different sections: Record of Organization Committee, Record of the Committee of Ten, Organization Documents, Record of the Central Board, Record of the Court of Discipline, and Miscellaneous Records. All dated documents in the collection correspond to the year in which the Emergency Unit was formed, 1917. Among the collected documents are meeting minutes from the combined faculty-and-staff Emergency Unit, as well as its subsidiary, the Committee of Ten, comprised entirely of undergraduates; reports and correspondences related to the operations of the Emergency Unit and the four student training sections (Automobile operation and repair work; Ambulance unit and Hospital Drills; Camp construction, sanitation and open-air life; and Manual Labor and Field and Construction Work); photographs of Haverford students participating in various training programs, including a cross-country hike, marching drills, and medic drills; mixed media materials related to the operations of the different training sections, including a list documenting the names of the members and leaders of each training company and sample maps created as part of a map-making exercise.

Dates

  • Creation: 1917

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Historical Note

The Haverford College Emergency Unit was formed after the U.S. entered World War I in the spring of 1917. It was primarily focused on training students and faculty for the possibility of overseas deployment. The Unit was supervised under Dr. James Babbitt and included physical conditioning, auto mechanics, manual training, camping, first aid and hiking. Classes continued, however, their sessions were moved to the mornings to accommodate the aforementioned training schedule. In May of 1917, 30 members of the Unit left the College, 19 for hospital work and 11 for further army training. The Emergency Unit disbanded shortly thereafter, with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) using the campus to train in the following months.

Extent

1.271 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Haverford College Emergency Unit scrapbook was organized by the creators into six different sections: Record of Organization Committee, Record of the Committee of Ten, Organization Documents, Record of the Central Board, Record of the Court of Discipline, and Miscellaneous Records. All dated documents in the collection correspond to the year in which the Emergency Unit was formed, 1917.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged in a single volume

Related Materials

Haverford College Emergency Unit collection (HCS-000-023), James A. Babbitt papers (HCS-001-001)

Processing Information

Processed by Phillip Norman, completed December 2018; additional description by Cullen Worth, completed July 2024

Title
Haverford College Emergency Unit scrapbook, 1917
Author
Phillip Norman and Cullen Worth
Date
December, 2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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