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CPS Camp No. 79
CPS Camp No. 79, Utah State Hospital, Provo Utah.
Pouring concrete for hen houses.
Digital image, Photo #122 Box 2, Folder 10. MCC Photogrpahs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 79
ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "One of the main buildings made up only of men's wards"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
CPS Camp No. 79
ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "The Admin. Bldg. with the Christmas decorations; in the foreground you see some of our snow."
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
CPS Camp No. 79
ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "View of hospital grounds; agricultural bldgs in foreground; admin. bldg in background."
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
CPS Camp No. 79
ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "The hospital dairy cows in barn; a C. O. is in charge of one milking daily"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
CPS Camp No. 79
ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "C. O.'s constructing a hen house for the hospital."
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
CPS Camp No. 79
ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "C. O.'s working with patients grading and sacking onions for marking"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
CPS Camp No. 79, Arthur Jost
ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79, Arthur Jost
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "Unit leader, Arthur Jost, at work in the office"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
CPS Camp No. 79
ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "Harold Oswald, a C. O. who has cooked for the hospital since the unit is here"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
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Technical Agency: 
Mental Hospital
Summary: 

CPS Unit No. 79, a Mental Hospital unit at Utah State Hospital in Provo, Utah operated by Mennonite Central Committee, opened in March 1943 and closed in April 1946. The men worked in a variety of roles in the hospital.

Units:

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* Map shows general location of units

  • Unit 1
    Provo , Utah
    March 1943
    April 1946