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Don Elton Smith collection, 1940-2012
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Smith, Donald E.
- Title
- Don Elton Smith collection
- Dates
- 1940-2012 (inclusive)19402012
- Quantity
- .5 linear feet, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- OLPb166SMI
- Summary
- Collection of papers, publications, and correspondence related to Don E. Smith's work with the Civilian Public Service during WWII and his work in pacifism following the war.
- Repository
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Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection of papers, publications, and correspondence related to Don E. Smith's work with the Civilian Public Service during WWII and his work in pacifism following the war.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Donald Elton Smith is a Brethren, conscientious objector, and historian He was born in 1923 in California. He joined the Civilian Public Service on October 8, 1943. He was assigned to CPS Camp no. 21 at Cascade Locks, Oregon and camp no. 34 Bowie, Maryland. Most of his prominent work was created at Cascade Locks. In 1945, Don Elton Smith, compiled a series of reports concerning camp activities and autobiographies of ten assignees at Camp 21. He was a member of the School of Pacific Living at Camp 21. In November 1945, Don Smith along with Lyle Jones initiated an effort to send food packages to starving families in Europe. The program helped six families in the beginning but later it received more financial support and food donations. In 1946, Don Smith went to Elgin, Illinois to do publicity and promotional work for the foreign relief program of the Church of Brethren.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | "Why We Oppose Conscription": Statement of Executive Committee of Fellowship of Reconciliation in Hearings on Senate Bill 4164 | July 11, 1940 |
| 1 | 2 | What Ought A Conscript Do By Don West Brethren Service Committee | September 13, 1940 |
| 1 | 3 | "Tolerance" By National Service Board for Religious Objectors | 1942 |
| 1 | 4 | The Conscientious Objector Under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 | April 1, 1942 |
| 1 | 5 | The Columbian CPS Camp #21 | July 6, 1942- August 1, 1942 |
| 1 | 6 | The Compass CPS Camp #30 | Spring 1943- Spring 1946 |
| 1 | 7 | CPS Camp 21, Cascade Locks Information Pamphlets | April 1943 |
| 1 | 8 | School of Pacific Living CPS Camp #21: Memo | August 12, 1943- March 31, 1944 |
| 1 | 9 | "American COs" by William Henry Chamberlin, Reprinted from Survey Graphic | November 1943 |
| 1 | 10 | "Survey Graphic": Magazine of Social Interpretation Vol.32 No.11 | November 1943 |
| 1 | 11 | "Congress Looks at the Conscientious Objector" | December 1943 |
| 1 | 12 | "Pacific Living Outside the Home": School of Pacifist Living, CPS Camp #21 | December 22, 1943- March 23, 1944 |
| 1 | 13 | School of Pacifist Living CPS #21, Newsletter No.1 | January 1, 1944 |
| 1 | 14 | "Aria Da Capo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay's: The Fine Arts At Waldport | September 22, 1944- September 23, 1944 |
| 1 | 15 | Development of Techniques of Administration in CPS #21 with Supplement By Don Smith | November 15, 1944- December 15, 1945 |
| 1 | 16 | "The Mikado in CPS" By Kermit Sheets: The Illiterati, CPS Camp #56 | February 1945 |
| 1 | 17 | "Thought of A Twelve-Year- Old Boy on Hearing That World War II Had Ended | August 14, 1945 |
| 1 | 18 | "The Seagull" By Anton Chekhov CPS Camp #21, Program | February 21, 1946-February 26, 1946 |
| 1 | 19 | General Statement on Civilian Public Service by the Brethren Service Committee | March 1946 |
| 1 | 20 | "Conscientious Objectors in World War II Vol.15 No.1" Fellowship of Reconciliation, Journal | January 1949 |
| 1 | 21 | "The Encounters of Conscientious Doctor" By Orval Etter: Fellowship of Reconciliation | September 1954 |
| 1 | 22 | "Holy Obedience"- New York Yearly Meeting | 1965 |
| 1 | 23 | "Fighting the Draft? Portland Law Team Makes It a Specialty": The Tacoma News Tribune, About CPS | November 13, 1969 |
| 1 | 24 | "Why I Gave $1 Million For Peace" By Peter Watson, About COs: The New York Times | May 29, 1989 |
| 1 | 25 | Don Smith- Misc. Correspondence | August 1989- May 24, 2016 |
| 1 | 26 | Testimony of Charles A Marsca, National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors, Before Subcommittee On VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, USA | May 16, 1990 |
| 1 | 27 | A Short History of Conscription in America and Why it Should be Ended- Draft by L. William Yolton | August 1990 |
| 1 | 28 | Friends Journal: Civilian Public Service Revisited | 1992 |
| 1 | 29 | Six Year Passage, Essay by Don Smith, About CPS Camp | 1994 |
| 1 | 30 | "1997 Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute", Manchester College | 1997 |
| 1 | 31 | "Tales of CPS" By Carl Verduin | August 1999 |
| 1 | 32 | Confrontation at the Locks: A Protest of Japanese Removal and Incarceration During World War II By Charles Davis and Jeffrey Kovac, Reprint | Winter 2006 |
| 1 | 33 | "Remembering Alternative Service in WWII", Reporter for Conscience' Sake Vol.64, No.4 | Winter 2007 |
| 1 | 34 | Science, Ethics and War: A Pacifists Perspective" By Jeffrey Kovac, Article | February 28, 2012 |
| 1 | 35 | "5 Years" About Conscientious Objectors | ca. 1946 |
| 1 | 36 | "Against the Tide: Pacifists Resistance in the Second World War" An Oral History | ca.1984 |
| 1 | 37 | Bertel Olin baritone and Laurie Pratt accompanist at the Art Museum | ca.1945 |
| 1 | 38 | "My Story of World War II" By George Yamada ca | ca.1999 |
| 1 | 39 | "Pacifism" By L.William Yolton: Essay | ca. 1987- 1999 |
| 1 | 40 | Don Smith's College Papers | ca.1960s |
| 1 | 41 | "Civilian Public Service Across the Nation: Map | ca.1960s |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Pacifism--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors--United States--Periodicals
- civilian public service
Geographical Names
- Civilian Public Service Camp (Waldport, Or.)--Periodicals
Zachariah Selley
2017
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