By Johnamarie Macias, Nicole Milano
Title: Eugene R. Hammond Collection, 1933-1987
Predominant Dates:1942-1945
ID: RG2/012
Creator: Hammond, Eugene R. (Eugene Ralph) (1921-2002)
Extent: 2.4 Cubic Feet. More info below.
Arrangement: This collection is partially processed. The folders in Box 1 are arranged alphabetically and the memorabilia in Box 2 is arranged by size.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1987
Eugene Ralph Hammond (1921-2002) was an American Field Service (AFS) ambulance driver during World War II. The Eugene R. Hammond Collection consists of a journal documenting his service with AFS from June 1942 to August 1945, photographs, newspapers, postcards, U.S. military issue maps, memorabilia, ephemera and other material collected by Hammond during the war.
The Eugene R. Hammond Collection consists of a journal documenting his service from June 1942 to August 1945, photographs, newspapers, unmarked postcards from Italy, Germany and the Middle East, United States military issue information guides for soldiers, maps of Africa and Italy, Italian language guides, Italian art catalogues (including one from the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence printed in 1932), a guide to the organization of the Germany army, and other material and ephemera collected by Hammond during World War II. The memorabilia includes assorted Italian, German, and Allied badges and buttons, two American Field Service ambulance nameplates, a painted British helmet issued indicating various locations from the Italian Campaign, a helmet cover used to avoid reflections from the moonlight, two German belt buckles, and insignia and badges of British Eighth Army units. The journal was typed and bound in 1987 by Eugene Hammond from the original pocket-sized journal and various notebooks he carried with him during the war, with the addition of wartime letters and other documents. Some original documents, letters, memorabilia, and ephemera used for Appendix A of his printed journal exist in loose form in a separate folder in the collection.
Alternate Extent Statement: 2 boxes
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research. Individual maps may be restricted from use depending upon the level of fragility or if space for unfolding is unavailable.
Use Restrictions: Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Archives. In the event that this research becomes a source for publication, a credit line indicating the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs is required. Any copyright vested in Eugene R. Hammond has passed to AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc. Researchers are responsible for determining any other copyright questions.
Acquisition Method: The Eugene R. Hammond Collection was donated to the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs by Eugene R. Hammond in December 1987.
Appraisal Information: No items were deaccessioned, separated, or removed from the collection.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], [Date]; Eugene R. Hammond Collection; Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs, New York, NY.
Processing Information: This collection was partially processed by the AFS Archives staff in 1987, and again by Nicole Milano and Johnamarie Macias in February 2011. Preliminary finding aid written by Nicole Milano and Johnamarie Macias in 2011 and encoded in EAD by Johnamarie Macias in April 2011 under the scope of the 2010-2011 Basic Processing grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
