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Civilian Public Service Camp Newsletter Collection, 1942-1947

Overview of the Collection

Title
Civilian Public Service Camp Newsletter Collection
Dates
1942-1947 (inclusive)
Quantity
.5 cubic feet, (1 box)
Collection Number
OLPb020CPS
Summary
This collection includes newsletters from various WWII Civilian Public Service Camps.
Repository
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

This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Civilian Public Service (CPS) was set up to provide alternative service for conscientious objectors during World War II. This unique church-state partnership established a program in which over 12,000 men performed "work of national importance" primarily in camps administered by the historic peace churches (the Brethren, Friends, and Mennonites). This collection includes a sampling of newsletters put together and written by the conscientious objectors of some of these camps

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Content Description

This collection includes newsletters, mostly 8.5 x 11 inch stapled sheets produced by mimeograph. In some cases facsimile copies have been included.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

Most of these newsletters can be viewed digitally at the Lewis & Clark College Special Collection Digital Collections, http://digitalcollections.lclark.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/civilian

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.

Preferred Citation

The Civilian Public Service Camp Newsletter Collection, OLPb020CPS, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in a single series with newsletters arranged alphabetically by title.

Location of Collection

Special Collections

Acquisition Information

These newsletters have been acquired at different times by Special Collections.

Future Additions

This collection will be expanded as missing newsletters are acquired.

Processing Note

Processed in 2007. Newsletters were scanned, housed in acid free containers and arranged alphabetically.

Related Materials

This collection is a part of the Special Collection's larger holdings relating to the history of Civilian Public Service. To see more about these collections, go to: http://www.lclark.edu/~archives/specialcollections/pacifismcollection.html

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Conscientious objectors -- United States
  • Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Periodicals
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Periodicals

Corporate Names

  • National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors
  • Civilian Public Service -- Periodicals

Geographical Names

  • Civilian Public Service Camp (Waldport, Or.) -- Periodicals

finding aid by Jeremy Skinner
2007

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