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Tracy Faulconer Collection, 1940-2009

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Faulconer, Tracy
Title
Tracy Faulconer Collection
Dates
1940-2009 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 cubic feet, (15 boxes)
Collection Number
OLPb044FAU
Summary
This collection includes Tracy Faulconer's research files and oral history interviews relating to the World War II Civilian Public Service System.
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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Biographical Note

Tracy Faulconer was born in 1944. At the time of her birth, her father, Henry (Harry) A. Faulconer, was living in a Civilian Public Service camp. From 1941 to 1947 about 12,000 U. S. citizens were drafted into Civilian Public Service, the alternative to military service for conscientious objectors. These men were sent to camps across the United States to conduct non-violent work of national importance such as forestry, work in mental hospitals, and fire fighting.

Following the War the Faulconers remained in close contact with Harry's fellow conscientious objectors. This association had a strong influence on Tracy. As a committed pacifist, Tracy helped teach people about pacifism and about how to gain conscientious objector status. Throughout her career as an educator, Tracy studied and assembled a massive collection of copied documents and research notes relating to both her father and the larger Civilian Public Service system. Tracy was also instrumental in coordinating an oral history project that interviewed numerous conscientious objectors. All of Tracy's research files and oral history files and recordings are included in this collection.

In 2006 Tracy received the Thomas S. Thompson Distinguished Professor Award from the College of Education at Pacific University. She was also awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award. Unfortunately Tracy never had the opportunity to write about the results of her research into conscientious objectors. Tracy was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2006 and she died in her home on December 25, 2008.

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Content Description

This collection includes materials related to the history of the World War II Civilian Public Service system including: government records, church records, correspondence, personal papers, publications, photographs, recordings of interviews with conscientious objectors, written questionnaires, and release forms.

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Use of the Collection

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 Tracy Faulconer Collection, OLPb044FAU, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection include eight series. Files in each series are arranged alphabetically.

Series 1: Reasearch Files

Series 2: CPS Publications

Series 3: National Archives Research

Series 4: CPS Presentation Materials

Series 5: Photographs

Series 6: Interview Administrative Files

Series 7: Interview Recordings

Series 8: Interview Papers

Location of Collection

Special Collections

Location of Originals

Many of the documents in these research files are photocopies of records from the U.S. National Archives, the Church of the Brethren Archives, and the Swarthmore University Peace Collection.

Acquisition Information

Donated to Lewis & Clark College by the family of Tracy Faulconer in 2009.

Processing Note

Processed in 2009.

Separated Materials

Lewis & Clark College has other collections related to the World War II Civilian Public Service system. Go to: http://library.lclark.edu/specialcollections for more information.

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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

  • Brethren Service Committee.
  • Civilian Public Service.

Personal Names

  • Faulconer, Henry A., 1914-
  • Faulconer, Tracy--Archives

Jeremy Skinner
2010

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