US-RUn-rcg111 Guide to the Records of the Students' Army Training Corps of World War I 1917-1918 Finding aid prepared by Kristen Anderson. University of Rhode Island Library, Special Collections and Archives 2003

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Rhode Island State College Records of the Students' Army Training Corps of World War I 1917-1918 1 box(es), 0.5 linear feet The records document the involvement of Rhode Island State College in the Students' Army Training corps. Rec. Gr. 111 Historical note

During World War I, 1914-1919, participating colleges and universities joined with the War Department to create a Students' Army Training Corps (SATC). Students took part in courses such as automotive mechanics, carpentry, drafting, languages and nursing. Special effort was made in the program to attract and train nurses. Colleges and universities offered this training received instructions from the American Council on Education and the War Department concerning the nature, content, and scheduling of courses. Guidelines for the program, dated 1918, can be found in the folder labeled "Students' Army Training Corps Instructions and General Information."

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Preferred Citation

Records of the Students' Army Training Corps of World War I, Rec. Gr. 111, University of Rhode Island.

Scope and Content Note

The records document the involvement of Rhode Island State College in the Students’ Army Training Corps. The correspondence of Howard Edwards, President of Rhode Island State College 1906-1930, details measures taken by the College to establish a Students' Army Training Corps. According to a letter dated 1918, President Edwards showed special interest in work accomplished at Dartmouth by the Red Triangle, a Students' Army Training Corps associated with the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).

Training students for the war effort continued after World War I and into World War II, 1940-1945 (See Records of Army Special Training Program RG#118). For more information on the SATC, see The University of Rhode Island: a History of Land-Grant Education in Rhode Island by Herman F. Eschenbacher, New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts [1967].

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into one series as follows: 1. Subject Files

Acquisitions Information

The records were acquired by the University Archives prior to 1974.

Names Edwards, Howard, 1854-1930 Subjects Rhode Island State College United States. Students' Army Training Corps RIAMCO Browsing Terms Education Military Rhode Island/Local Interest Inventory Series 1 Subject Files1917-1918

The records in this series document the involvement of Rhode Island State College in the Students' Army Training Corps. The correspondence of President of Rhode Island State College Howard Edwards (1906-1930) details measures taken by the College to establish a Students' Army Training Corps. Also of note is a letter dated 1918, President Edwards showed special interest in the work accomplished at Dartmouth by the Red Triangle, a Students’ Army Training Corps associated with the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).

The records also contain classification reports and grade rosters; access to these materials is by permission of the Archivist.

1 1 1918 American Council on Education: Students' Army Training Corps 1 2 1918 Certificate of Completion of French Courses taken from the University of Dijon: Frank B. Mitchell 1 3 1918 Engineering Department of Rhode Island State College: Instructions, Courses and Enrollment in Military Courses 1 4 1918 Correspondence of President of Rhode Island State College, Howard Edwards, regarding Students' Army Training Corps 1 5 1918 Newspaper Clippings 1 6 n.d. Participant's Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers, Preferred Service and Experience 1 7 1917 Photograph: Plattsburg Training Camp 1 8 1918 Report on Classification and Grade Rosters 1 9 1918 Rhode Island State College Schedule and Statistics Concerning Enrollment in Military Training 1 10 1918 Roster of Delegates to College Conference, Plattsburg Barracks, New York 1 11 1918 Students' Army Training Corps Instructions and General Information