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American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service / Prison Service Committee Records
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. 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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The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947, the AFSC continues to work to relieve human suffering and to find new approaches to world peace and non-violent social change.
- Part 1
- CPS Administrative Files
- Part 2
- Case Files (includes medical files) of Men in CPS
- Part 3
- CPS Camp Periodicals
- Part 4
- AFSC Prison Service Committee Records
- Part 5
- Later Accessions
- Appendices
- Reference lists of (A) CPS camps; (B) CPS project units; (C) religious denominations with number of men in CPS
Part 1 is being reprocessed. Information about the camps from Part 1 have been moved to Part 1, Section II. Other files from Part 1 will be moved to Part 1, Section I.
Researchers interested in the camps should look at Part 1, Section II. Contact the Swarthmore College Peace Collection at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu for additional information an access to the files during reprocessing.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these records.
Most of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) records are stored at the AFSC archives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Swarthmore College Peace Collection serves as the repository for AFSC files from the World War II Civilian Public Service and the Prison Service Committee. It also holds a small manuscript collection of additional miscellaneous material from the AFSC [CDG-A: American Friends Service Committee].
Gift of E. Raymond Wilson and others, 1940- ; AFSC CPS Office and miscellaneous camp records, 1946, 1963
For the catalog record for this collection and to find materials on similar topics, search the library's online catalog.
Finding aid revised by Anne Yoder, August 2001.
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Subject
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
- Access Restrictions
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Parts 1, 2 and 4 are restricted. Researchers using the materials in these parts must sign a form agreeing to anonymize personal information in any publications. For more information, contact the Swarthmore College Peace Collection at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu.
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All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.
- Copyright is retained by the American Friends Service Committee, the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Collection Inventory
includes list of CPSers by denomination/organization
includes list of CPSers by denomination/organization
includes list of CPSers by denomination/organization
incomplete set
with comments
see pages 33-35
[Ernest Wildman was the first camp director]
[includes 10/2/1941 letter from Bayard Rustin]
[includes committee meetings]
[see also 1941 correspondence]