Civilian Public Service Camp Newsletter Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes newsletters, mostly 8.5 x 11 inch stapled sheets produced by mimeograph. In some cases facsimile copies have been included.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-1947
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.
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
Extent
.5 cubic feet (1 box)
Abstract
This collection includes newsletters from various WWII Civilian Public Service Camps.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in a single series with newsletters arranged alphabetically by title.
Physical Location
Special Collections
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These newsletters have been acquired at different times by Special Collections.
Accruals
This collection will be expanded as missing newsletters are acquired.
Existence and Location of Copies
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
Processing Information
Processed in 2007. Newsletters were scanned, housed in acid free containers and arranged alphabetically.
- Title
- Guide to the Civilian Public Service Camp Newsletter Collection 1942-1947
- 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