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Manche Langley Harvey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OLPb019LAN

Scope and Contents

This collection includes master copies and duplicates of original cassette oral history recordings. The collection also includes transcriptions, correspondence, photographs, and historical materials relating to Manche Langley Harvey.

Dates

  • Creation: 2004-2005

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.

Conditions Governing 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.

Biographical Note

Manche Langly Harvey was born in Portland, Oregon, on February 19, 1918. She lived in the Portland area until her young adult years, when she became a pacifist, and eventually joined the Fine Arts Civilian Public Service Camp at Waldport, Oregon in 1943. At Waldport, Manche became involved with the theater and printing. After the war she and her husband Bob Harvey moved to San Francisco, where Manche worked in the emerging theater scene with the Interplayers and the Playhouse. Today Manche lives in the San Francisco area.

Extent

1 cubic foot; two boxes

Abstract

Harvey was a pacifist and an actress who lived at Civilian Public Service Camp 56, at Waldport, Oregon during World War II. This collection includes original recordings and a transcript of an oral history interview about Harvey's life and experiences in CPS, as well supporting materials including photographs and an MA thesis written by the interviewer.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in a single series with: Box 1 including oral history recordings; and Box 2 including oral history transcriptions and supporting materials.

Physical Location

Special Collections

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given to Lewis & Clark College by Eliza Elkins Jones in January of 2007.

Related Materials

go to: http://www.lclark.edu/~archives/specialcollections/ to see other collections related to Civilian Public Service camps.

Bibliography

For more information about Manche Langley Harvey and the World War II Civilian Public Service Camps see: Eliza Jones and Katrine Barber. "The Utmost Human Consequence: Art and Peace on the Oregon Coast, 1942-1946." Oregon Historical Quarterly. 107 (Winter 2006)
  • Eliza Jones and Katrine Barber. "The Utmost Human Consequence: Art and Peace on the Oregon Coast, 1942-1946." Oregon Historical Quarterly. 107 (Winter 2006)

Processing Information

Processed in 2007.

Title
Guide to the Manche Langley Harvey Collection 2004-2005
Author
finding aid by Jeremy Skinner
Date
© 2007
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland Oregon 97219 USA