CPS Camp Number 106

CPS Camp Number 106

Technical Agency: Agriculture Experiment Station

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 106, an Agriculture Experiment Station unit located at the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska opened in May 1943. Operated by Mennonite Central Committee, the unit closed in October 1946. Men worked on farms and conducted research in dairy, agronomy, horticulture, animal husbandry, and poultry.

CPS Camp # 106
CPS Camp No. 106, Gage County, Nebraska
Badly water eroded field gully being filled in with Ford tractor for waterway. Tractor was in motion when picture was taken.
Photo # 1450. Box 1, Folder 6. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service. 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
Date: 09-14-1943
CPS Camp # 106
CPS Camp No. 106, Gage County, Nebraska
Head of gully in field being "worked in" with Ford tractor to make waterway. Gully is approximately 5' deep and 50 yards long. This was a test case with this little tractor. The gully was worked in all right.
Photo # 1449. Box 1, Folder 6. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
Date: 09-14-1943
CPS Camp No. 106
CPS Camp No. 106, Gage County, Nebraska
Civilian Public Service camp 106, Lincoln, Nebraska. 2-year old Holstein at Lincoln Agri. College, giving 65 pounds of milk per day.
Box 2, Folder 18. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Lincoln, Nebraska | Opened: May 1943 | Closed: October 1946