Amherst Black Cats

The Black Cats, an ambulance unit from Amherst College, served with the French Army in World War I.

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Author Jim Hamilton gave this talk on the Black Cats of Amherst for the Amherst History Museum in April of this year.
https://t.co/5GMh1LQqNU

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There’s a replica #WW1-era Model T Ford ambulance at the Museum at Fort Snelling in Minnesota.
It’s dedicated to the Hamline University unit, SSU 568.
@Fort_Snelling @HamlineU

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@edk1418 Ed: The person who was working on that topic at Smith left the school. I was in touch with her when trying to put together that conference session a while back.
Did you ever see the fictional take on the Smith unit: “Band of Sisters”?
https://t.co/5DD0ZRDUHm

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These gates are modeled on the gates of the Chateau de Robecourt in Grécourt, France, where the Smith College Relief Unit (SCRU) served during World War I.

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Today's featured university icon is the College Gate at Smith College in Northhampton, Massachusetts.
https://t.co/XuJFUh19Yx

@smithcollege #SmithCollege

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Shout out to all libraries and particularly the one @AmherstCollege

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Please destroy this myth and Share if you have visited and researched in a library or archives recently! Please RT And give a shout out to your favorite library or archives you have ever visited show them some support #Genealogy #History #Library

[Military Model Scene @milmodelscene]

#WheelWednesday A Ford Model T ambulance, pictured at RIAT 2003. #MAFVA @agbdrilling @USAS_WW1 @09EA63 @AdamWatkinson1 @militaryhistori

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Love that Black Cat good luck! 🐈‍⬛

[HJ Blenkinsop @HJBlenkinsop]

It's #Caturdayeve! Here's some black cat good luck. #Catlore

[Stephen Cox @SopwithTV]

Throwback to history at the Dawn Patrol Rendezvous Air Show! 🚗✈️ The 1918 Ford Model T ambulance stole the show alongside other brass era beauties. What a day in Springfield, Ohio! 🙌 #DawnPatrol #FordModelT #BrassEra #AirShow #VintageCars #SpringfieldOhi

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The Smith College Relief Unit is the subject of the 2021 novel, Band of Sisters, by @laurenwillig.
A fascinating read. Highly recommended.
https://t.co/6ObOFKF7FI
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In June of 1918, Black Cat Stoddard Lane mentions in his diary that he met some of the women from the Smith College Relief Unit (SCRU) while in Beauvais, France.
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@smithcollege
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[HJ Blenkinsop @HJBlenkinsop]

Here's some black cat good luck for your Monday.

[JeffRutherford @JeffRutherford]

The women of Smith College go to war in the new novel BAND OF SISTERS by @laurenwillig

I interviewed Willig for the latest episode of the Reading & Writing podcast.

https://t.co/ZROlzByp6s

#books #reading #SmithCollege #WW1 #amreading #amwriting #podcasts

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You will note that the ambulance number is the same one as the one on the ambulance in this photo.

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A scale modeler named Scott Wadyko recently posted images of a Black Cat ambulance in a Facebook forum.
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https://t.co/xyyQhvANQb

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Black Cat Ambulance
SSU 539
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Source: Scott Wadyko

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[U.S. National Archives @USNatArchives]

During #WWI, doctors and nurses joined the @USArmy medical corps or volunteered with the @RedCross to care for the wounded. We #ArchivesSalute their service, marking the first use of mobile X-ray machines and motorized ambulances! https://t.co/HwlbPCLz3t

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All eight pages can be viewed here:
https://t.co/FmjXyOKHhd
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An 8-page story about the Black Cats of Amherst appears in the new SAW non-fiction anthology, Troubled Histories. It was written & illustrated by Jim Hamilton.
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@AmherstCollege @comicsworkshop @jrhinfotrends @TownOfAmherst @amherstlibrary @UMassHistory
https://t.co/bgVaBZvg0G

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My piece on the Black Cats of Amherst World War I U.S. Army ambulance unit appears in the recently released SAW Troubled Histories non-fiction anthology.
@comicsworkshop #WW1 @ssu539

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@Wpg_Badger The Black cats of Amherst (SSU 539)

[Nick Lloyd @nick_lloy]

To celebrate the publication of The Eastern Front @wwnorton I will be giving a signed copy of the book to a lucky American reader. All you need to do is repost this and follow me. The winner will be drawn randomly on Monday 2 September