US-RNk-2013.12 Guide to the North Kingstown Ambulance Association records1943-1978, undated Finding aid prepared by Tom Frawley. North Kingstown Free Library

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Finding aid encoded by Tom Frawley 2018 October 29 English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard(DACS). English North Kingstown Free Library

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North Kingstown Ambulance Association North Kingstown Ambulance Association records North Kingstown Ambulance Association records 1943-1978 2 linear feet This collection is comprised of the organizational records of the North Kingstown Ambulance Association, including meeting minutes, lists and applications of member volunteers, treasurer reports, statistical reports, by-laws, manuals, business records and correspondence. 2013.12 Administrative History

The North Kingstown Ambulance Association was first incorporated in July 1943 as the North Kingstown Ambulance Service. In later years the organization was more prominently referred to as the North Kingstown Ambulance Association and for a period was also known as the North Kingstown Ambulance Corps. Residents could subscribe to the volunteer run ambulance service by paying an annual fee, or nonsubscribers could use the service for a higher rate.

In 1975, the organization's charter was amended to include the town of Exeter. In 1982 the organization's name was officially changed to the North Kingstown/Exeter Ambulance Association. The name was changed again in 1987 to the Exeter Rescue Corps., as by that time the Town of North Kingstown was paying for its own ambulance service managed by the town's fire department. In 2014, Exeter Rescue Corps. dissolved, with the town of Exeter's ambulance service being maintained by the Exeter Volunteer Fire Department.

For a period of time, the North Kingstown Ambulance Association's headquarters were at 31 West Main Street in Wickford in what was originally the Methodist Church. The building has since served as a firefighting museum, an art gallery and shops.

Collection information

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[item title], North Kingstown Ambulance Association records, 2013.12, North Kingstown Free Library. North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

This collection is comprised of the organizational records of the North Kingstown Ambulance Association, including meeting minutes, lists and applications of member volunteers, treasurer reports, statistical reports, by-laws, manuals, business records and correspondence. Of particular interest are blueprints and papers relating to the alteration of their building on 31 West Main Street, papers relating to a statewide ambulance study in 1967, and a collection of mostly handwritten notes of thanks from residents who used the ambulance service.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Administrative information

Gift of the Exeter Rescue Corps., 2013.

Material was given to the library by Roddy Jordan on behalf of the Exeter Rescue Corps., which was initially known as the North Kingstown Ambulance Association.

The collection was processed by Tom Frawley in July, 2018.

No accruals are expected.

Names North Kingstown Ambulance Association Subjects North Kingstown (R.I.) North Kingstown (R.I) -- History Emergency medical services RIAMCO Browsing Terms Health and Medicine Types of materials administrative records checkbooks blueprints (reprographic copies correspondence membership lists minute books minutes (administrative records) Box 1 Folder 1 Ambulance info (purchase, repairs, specs) 1964-1972 Box 1 Folder 2 Ambulance Rescue Study 1967 Box 1 Folder 3 Ambulance Run Reports 1978 Box 1 Folder 4 Ambulance Run Statistics 1943-1978 Box 1 Folder 5 Annual Reports 1945-1949 Box 1 Folder 6 Bank Account Books 1961-1976 Oversize folder, unboxed Blueprints, 31 West Main Street 1949 Box 1 Folder 7 Building Alteration, 31 West Main St. 1949 Box 1 Folder 8 Business records, miscellaneous 1959-1977 Box 2 Checkbook, Industrial National Bank 1955-1960 Box 2 Checkbook, Industrial National Bank 1960-1963 Box 1 Folder 9 Constitution, Manual and Rules, undated Box 1 Folder 10 Correspondence 1943-1949 Box 1 Folder 11 Correspondence 1970-1972 Box 1 Folder 12 Correspondence 1972-1974 Box 1 Folder 13 Correspondence 1977-1978 Box 1 Folder 14 Drivers' Records 1977 Box 1 Folder 15 Insurance Information 1977-1978 Box 1 Folder 16 Invoices 1977-1978 Box 1 Folder 17 Invoices 1977-1978 Box 1 Folder 18 Invoices, Ladd School 1978 Box 1 Folder 19 Letters of Resignation, Reinstatement, Suspension 1949-1970 Box 1 Folder 20 Letters of Thanks 1949-1969 Box 1 Folder 21 Loan Information 1972-1976 Box 1 Folder 22 Meeting Minutes 1943-1949 Box 2 Folder 36 Meeting Minutes 1967-1970 Box 2 Folder 37 Meeting Minutes 1968-1972 Box 2 Folder 38 Meeting Minutes 1972-1974 Box 2 Folder 39 Meeting Minutes 1972-1974 Box 2 Meeting Minutes, book 1943-1948 Box 2 Meeting Minutes, book 1948-1957 Box 2 Meeting Minutes, book 1948-1955 Box 2 Meeting Minutes, book 1956-1967 Box 1 Folder 23 Meeting Programs (Korgrams) 1972-1974 Box 1 Folder 24 Membership Applications (Volunteers) 1948-1963 Box 1 Folder 25 Membership Applications (Volunteers) 1964-1974 Box 1 Folder 26 Membership Lists (Volunteers) 1965-1977 Box 1 Folder 27 Mortgage Deed, West Main St. 1963 Box 1 Folder 28 Police Report Carbon Copies 1976 Box 1 Folder 29 Rhode Island Junior College Program 1971 Box 1 Folder 30 Treasurer's Reports 1949-1977 Box 1 Folder 31 Wickford Art Festival 1968-1974