Second Amendment Sisters, 1986 - 2002
Scope and Contents
Records of the Mount Holyoke College chapter of Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) contain articles, an interview, photographs, publications, clothing and objects dating from 1986-2002. Most of the material in the collection consists of articles, booklets, newsletters, books and pamphlets issued by the group's parent organization, Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. or the National Rifle Association of America (NRA). These publications discuss federal and state Constitutional provisions for the right to keep and bear arms, gun control legislation, self-defense, firearm safety, and issues such as children and guns and suicide and firearms. The publications also include a cookbook, All American Recipes from the Second Amendment Sisters. Articles from 2001-2002 discuss the history, goals, and membership of the Mount Holyoke chapter of SAS. The collection includes a 2002 audiocassette interview of group's founder, Christie Caywood, Class of 2003, recorded during her appearance on the Live Fire
radio program.. Photographs of group members date from 2001-2002. The collection also contains a poster, a banner, t-shirts, hats rubber stamps, buttons, bumper stickers and a bullet-shaped pen issued by Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. or the NRA.
Dates
- 1986 - 2002
Biographical / Historical
The Mount Holyoke College chapter of Second Amendment Sisters was founded by Christie Caywood, Class of 2003 in September of 2001. The group was the first college chapter of Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. an organization established in 1999 to educate people about self-defense and advocate for Second Amendment rights (the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms). At Mount Holyoke, the approximately fifty members of the group met to socialize and practiced target shooting. The group is listed as a student organization in Mount Holyoke College telephone directories through the 2004/2005 academic year.
Extent
21 Files
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Abstract
Contains articles, an interview, photographs, publications, objects and clothing documenting the activities of the Mount Holyoke College chapter of Second Amendment Sisters and the group's parent organization, Second Amendment Sisters, Inc., established in 1999 to educate people about self-defense and to defend the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Also includes National Rifle Association of America publications.
- Activist student groups Subject Source: Local sources
- Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gun control -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- T-shirts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- articles Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- audiocassettes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- banners Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- booklets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- buttons (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- cookbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- fliers (printed matter) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- hats Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- interviews Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- newsletters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- pamphlets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- pens (drawing and writing implements) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- posters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- rubber stamps Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Repository Details
Part of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Repository
50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
