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Resources on Civilian Public Service (CPS) at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection |
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Smokejumper in training at Camp #103 |
One of the buildings at Camp #3 |
**Civilian Public Service (CPS) was an alternative service for conscientious objectors to war during WWII**
List of All CPS Camps
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Women also worked in CPS camps, such as nurse Nancy Neumann |
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Men did all sorts of work in CPS, here fixing a sink at Camp #52 |
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Harold Blickenstaff was one of the CPSers who allowed himself to be starved in a human guinea pig experiment |
Harold Blickenstaff? |
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One of the dorms where CPS men slept during their terms of service |
One CPS project had to do with working to eradicate hookworms in Southern communities |
Camp # | Camp Name / Location | Photographs / Slides | Collection Removed From |
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01 | (Richmond, Indiana) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 025 |
02 | Glendora (San Dimas, California) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
02 | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 025 | |
03 | (Patapsco, Maryland) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
03 | oversized | DG 002 | |
03 | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 056; Paul Wilhelm & Jayne Tuttle Wilhelm (CDGA) | |
04 | (Grottoes, Virginia) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
06 | (Lagro, Indiana) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002; DG 025 |
09 | Petersham, Massachusetts) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
10 | (Royalston, Massachusetts) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
(Royalston, Massachusetts) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | Denny Wilcher (CDGA) | |
12 | (Cooperstown, New York) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
14 | (Merom, Indiana) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002; DG 025 |
14 | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 056; Denny Wilcher (CDGA); David Stoffregen (CDGA) | |
14 | oversized | DG 025 | |
16 | (Kane, Pennsylvania) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | Bent Andresen (CDGA) |
18 | (Denison, Iowa) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002; DG 025 |
18 | slides | DG 056 | |
19 | Buck Creek Camp (Marion, North Carolina) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002; DG 056 [Warren Sawyer] |
19 | 5"x7" / 4"x5"; 8"x10" | DG 025; Raymond & Helen Binford (CDGA) | |
19 | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | Roland F. Smith (CDGA) | |
21 | (Cascade Locks, Oregon) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002; DG 056 |
23 | (Coshocton, Ohio) | all sizes [in 1 box]; oversized | DG 002 |
23 | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 056 | |
24 | (Hagerstown, Maryland) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 025 |
25 | (Weeping Water, Nebraska) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
26 | (Chicago, Illinois) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
27 | (Crestview, Florida) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | Wilmer Brandt (CDGA) |
27 | (Orlando, Florida) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
27 | slides | DG 056 | |
28 | (Mederayville, Indiana) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | Charles Schumacher (CDGA) |
30 | (Walhalla, Michigan) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
31 | (Camino, California) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
32 | (West Campton, New Hampshire) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
33 | (Ft. Collins, Colorado) | slides | DG 056 |
34 | (Bowie, Maryland) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
35 | (North Fork, California) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
36 | (Santa Barbara, California) | all sizes [in 1 box]; photo album / scrapbook in Oversized Photographs Collection | DG 002 |
37 | Camp Antelope (Coleville, California) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 025; Charles Schumacher (CDGA); Roland F. Smith (CDGA); Denny Wilcher (CDGA) |
37 | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 | |
37 | slides | DG 056 | |
39 | (Galax, Virginia) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
42 | (Wellston, Michigan) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
43 | [Puerto Rico units] | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
45 | Shenandoah National Park (Luray, Virginia) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" [1 photo] | Conscientious Objection/Objectors (Subject File #1) [in collective box] |
46 | (Big Flats, New York) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
46 | slides | DG 056 | |
46 | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 056; John & Jean Wood Jr. (CDGA) | |
48 | (Marienville, California) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
49 | Philadelphia State Hospital [Byberry] (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
49 | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 056 [includes images by Charles Lord & Warren Sawyer] | |
51 | Western State Mental Hospital (Fort Steilacoom, Washington) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
51 | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 025 | |
52 | (Powellsville, Maryland) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002; DG 056; Roland F. Smith (CDGA); Paul Wilhelm & Jayne Tuttle Wilhelm (CDGA) |
52 | slides | DG 056 | |
53 | (Gorham, North Carolina) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
59 | (Elkton, Oregon) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
59 | slides | DG 056 | |
60 | (Lapine, Oregon) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002; DG 025 |
61 | Duke University Hospital (Durham, North Carolina) | all sizes | DG 002 |
61 | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 025 | |
62 | Cheltenham School for Boys(Cheltenham, Maryland) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002; DG 025; Roland F. Smith (CDGA) |
62 | slides | DG 002 | |
67 | (Downey, Idaho) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
76 | (Glendora, California) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
81 | (Middletown, Connecticut) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
83 | (Warren, Pennsylvania) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
84 | (Concord, New Hampshire) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
89 | (Oakland, Maryland) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 056 |
92 | (Vineland, New Jersey) | slides | DG 056 |
94 | (Trenton, North Dakota) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002; DG 056; |
94 | slides | DG 056; DG 236 | |
98 | (various locations) - Coast & Geodetic Survey | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 056 |
99 | Friends Ambulance Unit (China) [or possibly from camp #6?] | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
100 | (various locations) dairy herd testing | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
101 | Foreign Relief & Rehabilitation Project (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
103 | Missoula Camp (Huston, Montana) smokejumpers | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 025; Charles Schumacher (CDGA) |
103 | slides | DG 056 | |
103 | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 | |
104 | (Ames, Iowa) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
104 | slides | DG 056 | |
108 | (Gatlinburg, Tennessee) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
114 | Mt. Weather Camp (Bluemont, Virginia) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
117 | Exeter State Training School (Lafayette, Rhode Island) | 5"x7" / 4"x5 | DG 002 |
115 | (various locations) human guinea pig experiments | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002; DG 056 |
124 | (Stockley, Delaware) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
129 | Pennhurst Mental Hospital (Spring City, Pennsylvania) | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
131 | (Cherokee, Iowa) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
131 | slides | DG 056 | |
135 | (Germfask, Michigan) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | Paul Wilhelm & Jayne Tuttle Wilhelm (CDGA) |
140 | (various locations) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | DG 002 |
141 | Camp Bernard (Gulfport, Mississippi) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | Charles Schumacher (CDGA) |
141 | slides | DG 056 | |
148 | (Minersville, California) | 5"x7" / 4"x5" | Bent Andresen (CDGA) |
149 | U.S. Forest Service (various locations) firefighters | all sizes [in 1 box] | DG 002 |
This page written by Anne Yoder, Archivist, Dec. 2004. Updated February 15, 2010