CPS Camp Number 131

CPS Camp Number 131

Technical Agency: Mental Hospital

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 131, a Mental Hospital unit at Cherokee State Hospital in Cherokee, Iowa operated by the Methodist Commission on World Peace, opened in February 1944 and closed in May 1946. The men served as hospital attendants.

CPS Camp No. 131
CPS Camp No. 131
The men at Camp 131 published three issues of the newsletter Release from November 1944 to March 1946.
Digital image from the American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 131
CPS Camp No. 131
State Hospital, Cherokee, Iowa.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 131
CPS Camp No. 131
Methodist Unit. Camp No. 131.
Digital Image from Center on Conscience and War Records (DG 056), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Cherokee, Iowa | Opened: February 1944 | Closed: May 1946