CPS Camp Number 104

CPS Camp Number 104

Technical Agency: Agriculture Experiment Station

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 104, an Agriculture Experiment Station unit at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa operated by the Friends Service Committee (AFSC), opened in May 1943. When AFSC withdrew from CPS in March 1946, Selective Service administered the unit until in closed in May 1946. The men operated a crop-breeding program, cultivating small plots of different crop strains, testing and comparing plots.

CPS Camp No. 104
CPS Camp No. 104
Interior of CPS dorm.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 104
CPS Camp No. 104
Camp Library; Walt Miller and Lee ‘Swede’ Carlson catch up on their reading.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 104
CPS Camp No. 104
Camp meeting: matters of concern to campers are discussed at an evening meeting.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 104
CPS Camp No. 104
Project work: Al Osborne, Ed Northway, Lee Carlson, and Walt Miller.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 104
CPS Camp No. 104
Project work: Miles Freeman and Don Regier hoeing soybeans.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 104
CPS Camp No. 104
Project work: Al Osborne mowing sweet clover.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 104
CPS Camp No. 104
Recreation: Bill Bridges at the piano. John Staby, ‘that man with the horn,’ give out with a bit of ‘swing.’
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 104
CPS Camp No. 104
A letter to the folks at home: Corwin Matlock takes time out for letter-writing.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Units:

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  • Location: Ames, Iowa | Opened: May 1943 | Closed: May 1946