CPS Unit Number 101-03

CPS Unit Number 101-03

Camp: 101

Unit ID: 3

Opened: 5 1943

Closed: 10 1943

Workers

Total number of workers who worked in this camp: 69

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  • CPS Camp No. 101 subunit 6
    CPS Camp No. 101, subunit 6, Manchester College Indiana.
    Andrew W. Cordier.
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  • CPS Camp No. 101 subunit 1
    CPS Camp No. 101, subunit 1, Columbia University New York.
    The entire CPS Coumbia University Unit - Left to right, back row: Nelso Fuson, Ernst Snavley, Stephen Cary, Rufus King; next row: George Mathues, Charles Webb, Robert Byrd, Thomas Leonard; and the next: Samuel Marble, George Little, Howard Gustafon, Tartt Bell; front row: Darell Randall, Ralph Rudd, Eugene Kidder.
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  • CPS Camp No. 101 subunit 6
    CPS Camp No. 101, subunit 6, Manchester College Indiana.
    Summer 1943.
    Digital Image © 2011 Brethren Historical Library and Archives. All Rights Reserved.
    Summer 1943
  • CPS Camp No. 101, subunit 7
    CPS Camp No. 101, subunit 7
    Civilian Public Service 'Disaster Unit' in action at Pendle Hill. Setting up an emergency kitchen.
    Digital image from the American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
    May, 1943
  • CPS Camp No. 101 subunit 6
  • CPS Camp No. 101 subunit 1
  • CPS Camp No. 101 subunit 6
    Summer 1943
  • CPS Camp No. 101, subunit 7
    May, 1943
Summary:
CPS Unit No. 101, Subunit [3], located at Goshen College in Indiana, a college supported by Mennonites, opened on June 14, 1943 and enrolled sixty-six CPS men in the effort to prepare a reserve of trained relief workers. Goshen accepted women applicants who were college graduates or who were recommended by school administrators as good candidates for nursing, social service, or clerical support positions in war zones. The women paid their own tuition. For more information on the Goshen College summer program courses and faculty, see Gingerich pp. 305-307.
Location:
Goshen, Indiana, United States