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IX-13-2.2
Mennonite Central Committe
Photograph Collection
Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947
2 Boxes (Gray)

Introduction

These photographs were deposited into the Archives by Mennonite Central Committee in 1971. The photographs were organized by camps and subject headings and placed into mylar sleeves and acid-free file folders, by Irene Leaman, Mennonite Central Committee, in 1998.

The photographs reflect the story of Mennonite involvement in this alternative service program and the camps administered by Mennonite Central Committee. from 1941-1947. For further reading, see Service for Peace: A History of Mennonite Civilian Public Service, by Melvin Gingerich, 1949, published by Mennonite Central Committee, Akron, Pennsylvania. The Church of the Brethren and the Quakers (Friends) also administered civilian public service camps.

Inventory Listing

Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947

Box 1 (Gray)

Bethesda Hospital, Vineland, Ontario, 1944-4
Director's Meetings, 1943-45
General, unidentified, 1941-47

Hospital Unit Conferences, 1944-4
Missouri River Flood, Iowa, 1943
Soil Conservation Service, 1938-43

Summer Service, Gulfport, Mississippi, 194
Camp No. 4, Grottoes, Virginia, 1941-46
Camp No. 5, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1941-46

Camp No. 8, Marietta, Ohio, 1941-43
Camp No. 13, Bluffton, Indiana, 1941-42
Camp No. 18, Denison, Iowa, 1941-46

Camp No. 20, Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania, 1941-4
Camp No. 22, Henry, Illinois, 1941-44
Camp No. 24, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1941-47

Camp No. 25, Weeping Water, Nebraska, 1942-43
Camp No. 27, Mullberry, Florida, 1942-47
Camp No 28, Medaryville, Indiana, 1941-46

Camp No. 31, Camino, California, 1942-47
Camp No. 33, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1942-1947
Camp No. 35, North Fork, California, 1942-45

Camp No. 39, Galax, Virginia, 1942-43
Camp No. 40, Howard, Pennsylvania, 1942-43
Camp No. 43, Aibonito, Puerto Rico, 1942-47

Camp No. 44, Staunton, Virginia, 1942-46
Camp No. 45, Luray, Virginia, 1942-47
Camp No. 52, Powellsville, Maryland, 1944-47

Camp No. 55, Belton, Montana, 1942-46
Camp No. 57, Hill City, South Dakota, 1942-46
Camp No. 58, Farmhurst, Delaware, 1942-46

Box 2 (Gray)

Camp No. 60, Lapine, Oregon, 1943-44
Camp No. 61, Durham, North Carolina, 1943-46
Camp No. 63, Marlboro, New Jersey, 1942-47

Camp No. 64, Terry, Montana, 1943-46
Camp No. 66, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1943-46
Camp No. 67, Downey, Idaho, 1942-46

Camp No. 69, Cleveland, Ohio, 1945-46
Camp No. 72, Macedonia, Ohio, 1943-46
Camp No. 78, Denver, Colorado, 1943-46

Camp No. 79, Provo, Utah, 1943-46
Camp No. 85, Howard, Rhode Island, 1943-47
Camp No. 86, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1943-46

Camp No. 90, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1943-46
Camp No. 93, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1943-46
Camp No. 97, Dairy Testing, Michigan, 1942-47

Camp No. 97, Dairy Testing, Pennsylvania, 1942-47
Camp No. 103, Missoula, Montana, 1943-46
Camp No. 106, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1943-46

Camp No. 107, Three Rivers, California, 1943-46
Camp No. 115, Urbana, Illinois, 1943-46
Camp No. 120, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1943-46

Camp No. 123, Union Grove, Wisconsin, 1943-46
Camp No. 126, Beltsville, Maryland, 1943-47
Camp No. 140, Pinehurst, North Carolina, 1945
Camp No. 141, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1944-47

 

May 7, 2004 / Posted on Web by Kathryn Yoder
Inventory by Irene Leaman and Dennis Stoesz

March 25, 1998
File: "IX130202.Doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526

 

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