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Civilian Public Service. Camp (Big Flats, NY)

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Nelson Fuson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-261
Overview Nelson Fuson was a physicist and educator, active in Quaker concerns. The collection contains extensive correspondence and papers concerning his service as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II. As the child of missionaries to China, his hope was to do relief service in China, and many of the papers deal with CPS China Units. However, the China Units were never activated and Fuson was assigned to camps in Maryland, Indiana, New York, and North Dakota. He...
Dates: 1909-1996

Nelson Fuson photographs of Civilian Public Service (CPS)

 Collection — Othertype PA-139
Identifier: SFHL-PA-139
Overview

Nelson Fuson was a physicist and educator, active in Quaker concerns. In 1941 Fuson was drafted as conscientious objector, and was assigned to several Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps during World War II. This collection includes loose black and white photos and black and white scrapbook pages, along with a handdrawn map, documenting Fuson's time in CPS.

Dates: 1942 - 1954

William Huntington papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1181
Overview

The collection relates primarily to William Huntington, (1907-1990), a 20th century Quaker peace activist and the ship The Golden Rule which Huntington and others used to protest atomic testing in the South Pacific. Included are correspondence, photographs, conference papers, newspaper articles, memoranda, and minutes.

Dates: 1932-1984

John Wood, Jr. and Jean Brown Wood Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wood, John
Overview

John Wood served in Civilian Public Service (CPS) at the Big Flats CPS Camp (#46) in Big Flats, New York, during 1942-1943, and for a short time in 1943 at Guilford College (unit #101).

Dates: 1934-1943

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Subject
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 2
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
Antinuclear movement 1
Conscientious objection -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1