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Patricia K. Ourada Collection on Camp Downey, 1942-1988

Overview of the Collection

Title
Patricia K. Ourada Collection on Camp Downey
Dates
1942-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.75 linear feet, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 082
Summary
Research materials assembled from various sources relating to Camp Downey (officially Civilian Public Service Camp No. 67), a World War II public service camp for Mennonites and other conscientious objectors near Downey, Idaho.
Repository
Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is available for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

Research materials assembled from various sources relating to Camp Downey (officially Civilian Public Service Camp No. 67). Includes photocopies of correspondence and other documents of the U.S. Selective Service System, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, and Mennonite Central Committee; issues of the camp newsletter (1942-1945); and correspondence and research notes of Professor Patricia K. Ourada, with drafts of her article Reluctant servants: conscientious objectors in Idaho during World War II (1988).

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Historical Note

Camp Downey was a World War II public service camp for Mennonites and other conscientious objectors near Downey, Idaho.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[item description], Patricia K. Ourada Collection on Camp Downey, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Patricia K. Ourada, 1988.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Description of Camp
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Personnel CPS Camp #67 Campers
    Dates: 1943-1945
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Handbook
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Marsh Valley Echo
    Dates: 1942-1945
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4-6
  • Description: Junior Echo
    Dates: 1945
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: National Agricultural Library: Articles
    Dates: 1943, 1951
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: Selective Service System
    Dates: 1939-1950
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9-11
  • Description: Soil Conservation Service
    Dates: 1942-1948
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12-13
  • Description: Mennonite Central Committee
    Dates: 1942-1946
    Container: Box 1, Folder 14-18
  • Description: Bibliography
    Dates: 1984
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: Mennonite Historical Committee Correspondence
    Dates: 1980
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: Letters Received
    Dates: 1985-1986
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: Secondary Sources
    Dates: 1919, 1942-1943, 1972, 1984
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: "Reluctant Servants" Drafts
    Dates: 1986
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: Articles
    Dates: 1983-1984
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6

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Subject Terms

  • Conscientious objectors
  • Religion
  • World War, 1939-1945

Corporate Names

  • Camp Downey (Idaho)
  • Mennonite Central Committee
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