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Civilian Public Service publications
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Civilian Public Service camps, which provided men with an alternative to traditional military service during World War II, began to form as soon as the military began drafting soldiers in 1941, and some remained open until 1947. The camps were run by groups affiliated with the so-called 'peace churches'-- the Church of the Brethren, the Religious Society of Friends, and the Mennonites. However, men of all denominations, of other faiths, and of no organized faith, are recorded in these publications.
This collection consists primarily of the publications of conscientious objectors (COs) working at Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps during World War II, performing "work of national importance" in lieu of combat. Camps documented in this collection were established for various purposes, from firefighting in the rural West to caring for mental patients and the elderly. The publications cover areas across the United States, although they are focused in the Northeast, Upper Midwest, and California. There are publications from Puerto Rico and a vague "Latin American Unit." These publications range from the very basic (a single sheet of typewritten paper announcing the week's events) to the elaborate (50-page magazines on glossy paper with black-and-white photographs) and cover all aspects of the lives of COs-- the mundane as well as the profound. Many publications intermittently published tables of all men who were in that specific camp at the time, or of all men who had passed through the camp. Publication frequency ranged from weekly to quarterly. A few other publications are also included, which were not directly published by COs but which share pacifist leanings or are otherwise related.
Most of these publications appear to have been sent to Special Collections at the time of their original publication.
Processed by Jon Sweitzer-Lamme.
Organization
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Jon Sweitzer-Lamme
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Collection Inventory
Vol. 1, nos. 1-8, 10-17.
Physical Description15 items
Vol. 1, nos. 12, 13, 15.
Vol 2, no. 4.
Physical Description4 items
Vol. 1, no. 5.
A duplicate issue (vol. 1, no. 5), is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Physical Description1 items
No volumes indicated. Nos. 28, 29, 44.
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No volume or number indicated.
Physical Description1 items
Volume 1, nos. 1-3.
Physical Description3 items
Volume 1, nos. 1-4, 6, 7, 18-37. Also includes a biographical sketch of all camp residents, 7/15/42.
Physical Description27 items
Volume 1, nos. 1-10.
Physical Description10 items
Volume 1, nos. 11-23.
Physical Description13 items
Volume 2, nos. 1-11.
Physical Description11 items
Vol. 2, nos. 12-18.
Vol 3, nos. 1-2.
Physical Description9 items
Vol. 3, nos. 3-11.
Physical Description9 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1, 2.
Physical Description2 items
Published under a number of titles. Dates:
6/42, 7-9/43, 7/24/43, 10/29/43, 12/14/43, 1/21/44, 1/28/44, 3/5/44, 7/19/44, 7/26/44, 7/27/44, 8/9/44, 8/16/44, 8/23/44, 8/30/44, 9/27/44, 10/11/44, 10/18/44, 11/15/44, 12/15/44, 12/30/44, 1/13/45, 2/10/45, 3/28/45, 5/9/45, 5/11/45, 5/28/45, 6/9/45, 6/20/45, 7/4/45, 7/17/45, 8/15/45.
Also includes an undated, 4-page 'Introduction to Camp Antelope,' and a 'Roster of Assignees,' 6/1/42-3/5/43.
Duplicates of 7/43, 8/43 and 9/43 are in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Physical Description34 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-6
Vol. 2, nos. 1-6.
Also includes an undated advertising letter for the Compass.
Another complete run of this periodical is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Physical Description999999 items
No volume or number indicated.
Physical Description1 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-7
Vol. 2, nos. 1, 2.
Physical Description9 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-2.
Physical Description2 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-18
Vol. 2, nos. 1, 2.
Physical Description20 items
Vol. 1, no. 1.
Physical Description1 items
No volumes or numbers indicated.
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No volumes or numbers indicated.
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This publication was issued under several names.
As the "Epistle," 3/15/44-10/10/44:
Nos. 39, 40, 42, 48, 57, 60, 61, 63a, 64-67, 69, 70.
As the "News of the Unit," 10/14/44-12/28/44:
No volumes or numbers indicated; issued weekly or more often.
As "News and Opinions," 1/3/45-6/11/45:
No volumes or numbers indicated; issued weekly or more often.
Dates:
3/15/44, 3/20/44, 4/4/44, 5/16/44, 7/13/44, 8/6/44, 8/13/44, 8/22/44, 8/26/44, 9/8/44, 9/14/44, 9/18/44, 9/28/44, 10/10/44, 10/14/44, 10/18/44, 10/28/44, 11/2/44, 11/11/44, 11/14/44, 11/16/44, 11/22/44, 11/28/44, 12/2/44, 12/6/44, 12/28/44, 1/3/45, 1/11/45, 1/31/45, 2/21/45, 2/27/45, 3/7/45, 3/14/45, 3/20/45, 3/24/45, 4/4/45, 4/11/45, 4/23/45, 5/1/45, 5/5/45, 5/7/45, 5/16/45, 5/23/45, 5/31/45, 6/11/45
Physical Description45 items
No volumes indicated. Nos. 2, 3.
Physical Description2 items
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description2 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-4.
Vol. 2, no. 1.
Physical Description5 items
A duplicate of vol. 2 no. 1 is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Vol. 1, nos. 1-7
Vol. 2, nos. 1-8
12/43 (no volume or number indicated)
Physical Description16 items
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description1 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-4.
Physical Description4 items
Published as both the Journal of Unitology and the Exchange (or X-Change, X*Change, Ex-Change).
Various volumes and numbers, ranging from 1.'??' to 'XXLV.48573'
Physical Description8 items
No volumes indicated. Nos. 5, 10, 11, 14-16, 18.
Physical Description7 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-5.
Vol. 2, nos. 1-3.
Vol. 3, nos. 1, 2.
Vol. 4, nos. 1, 2, 4, 5.
Physical Description15 items
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description3 items
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Dates:
3/22/43, 4/5/43, 4/18/43, 5/3/43, 5/12/43, 5/27/43, 6/8/43, 6/21/43, 7/7/43, 7/20/43, 8/4/43, 8/26/43, 9/13/43, 9/28/43, 10/4/43, 10/12/43, 10/28/43, 11/20/43, 12/1/43, 12/11/43, 12/20/43, 1/12/44, 2/21/44, 2/29/44, 3/14/44.
Physical Description25 items
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description7 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1, 3-5.
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Vol. 1, nos. 3-9, 13, 14.
Physical Description9 items
Vol. 1, nos. 4, 10-19.
Vol. 2, nos. 1-7.
Physical Description13 items
Vol. 2, nos. 8-20 and a special edition.
Physical Description13 items
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description2 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-18.
Physical Description18 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-5.
A duplicate of vol. 1 no. 5 is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Physical Description5 items
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description7 items
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description2 items
Vol. 1, no. 1.
Physical Description1 items
Vol. 1, nos. 2-5.
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No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description1 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-12.
Physical Description12 items
Vol. 2, nos. 1-9, 11, 12.
Vol. 3, nos. 1-2.
2 copies of 2.1.
Physical Description14 items
Vol. 1, nos. 1-6.
Vol. 2, nos. 1-6.
Vol. 3, nos. 1-6.
Physical Description18 items
Vol. 4, nos. 1-15.
Physical Description15 items
Vol. 5, nos. 1-20.
Physical Description20 items
Vol. 6, nos. 1-9, 11.
Vol. 7, no. 1.
Physical Description11 items
Not in folder: 'Civilian Public Service Camps: Publications: Check list of those at Haverford'
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description3 items
Vol. 1, nos. 4, 6, 8, 9, 10.
Vol. 2, nos. 2, 8.
Physical Description7 items
A duplicate of issue no. 13 is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Vol. 1 nos. 1-16.
Also includes a supplement to issue 10, March-April 1943, which contains mailing addresses for everyone who had spent time at Coshocton or was at Coshocton through that time.
Physical Description17 items
3 items
No volume or number indicated.
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No volumes or numbers indicated.
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No volumes or numbers indicated.
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No volumes or numbers indicated.
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No volumes or numbers indicated.
Physical Description1 items
No volume numbers. Nos. 55, 56, 70, 73, 77/
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No volume numbers. Nos. 1-15, 17.
Physical Description15 items