Civilian Public Service Camp #61 Collection, 1943-1984

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Summary

Creator:
Civilian Public Service. Camp #61 (Durham, N.C.).
Abstract:
This collection includes the report "Conscientious Objection and Clinical Care: A History of Civilian Public Service Camp No. 61 at Duke University, 1942-1946," by Louis E. Swanson and James F. Gifford, Jr. The collection also includes research materials used by Swanson and Gifford used to write the report, including issues of the Duke Civilian Public Service (C.P.S. Unit 61) publication "Service"; issues of the National Board for Religious Objectors publication "The Reporter"; an issue of the Mental Hygiene Program of Civilian Public Service publication "The Attendant"; a list of the members of C.P.S. Unit 61; and notes that appear to be made by Louis E. Swanson. Undated photographs of CPS men working are also included. Materials range in date from 1943 to 1984.
Extent:
1.3 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box, 1 map folder)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0026

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes the report "Conscientious Objection and Clinical Care: A History of Civilian Public Service Camp No. 61 at Duke University, 1942-1946," by Louis E. Swanson and James F. Gifford, Jr. The collection also includes research materials used by Swanson and Gifford used to write the report, including issues of the Duke Civilian Public Service (C.P.S. Unit 61) publication "Service"; issues of the National Board for Religious Objectors publication "The Reporter"; an issue of the Mental Hygiene Program of Civilian Public Service publication "The Attendant"; a list of the members of C.P.S. Unit 61; and notes that appear to be made by Louis E. Swanson. Undated photographs of CPS men working are also included. Materials range in date from 1943 to 1984.

Biographical / historical:

On October 16, 1940, the Civilian Public Service (CPS) was established as an alternative to military conscription for conscientious objectors, men who declined military service due to religious beliefs. Members of the CPS were placed in CPS camps, or units, across the United States and given jobs on the home front to help support the war effort.
In December 1942, the Civilian Public Service Camp #61 was established at Duke University. The camp originally had thirty members who worked at Highland Hospital, Meyer Ward, and in the operating rooms at Duke University Hospital. At Highland Hospital and on the Meyer Ward, they helped with patient care by recording temperatures and blood pressure, giving baths, charting behavior, and cleaning up after the patients. In the operating rooms, members of the CPS helped set up equipment, transferring patients, retrieving supplies, and mopping floors . In 1946, the CPS #61 unit was disbanded and all CPS camps were closed by 1947.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2004.091 (acquired, November 2004)
Processing information:

Processed by Dawne Howard Lucas: October 2011; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: October 2011

Arrangement:
Organized into the follow series: Records, 1943-1984.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals or IRB approval may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Duke University assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Civilian Public Service Camp #61 Collection, Duke University Medical Center Archives.