Lloyd Layman Papers regarding Firefighting, 1918/1968

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Lloyd Layman Papers Regarding Firefighting, A&M 4228, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet 11 1/2 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (1 small sculpture)
Creator:
Lambert, Mark R.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Lloyd Layman Papers Regarding Firefighting, A&M 4228, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of influential fire engineer Lloyd Layman (1898-1968). Includes correspondence, reports, clippings and articles, photographs, books by Layman, scrapbook, and other material. This collection is minimally processed.

Biographical / historical:

Lloyd Layman (1898-1968), a native of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a law officer and later as a fire chief in Parkersburg. After conducting research in Parkersburg, and later in the Coast Guard Firefighting School, which he commanded during World War II (WWII), he published books in the field of fire engineering which have set standards in theory and practice, and that have been translated into several languages. He innovated practices of "fog" and "indirect application" which have revolutionized fire fighting.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Rules or conventions:
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