1 Linear Feet, 11 1/2 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (1 small sculpture)
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 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Lloyd Laymen Papers Regarding Firefighting, A&M 4228, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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.
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.
The book "Parkersburg Fire Department, Past and Present, 1897-1950" was forwarded to the rare book librarian for cataloging,
and for shelving in the reading room of the West Virginia and Regional History Center.
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