CPS Camp Number 051

CPS Camp Number 051

Technical Agency: Mental Hospital

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 51, a Mental Hospital unit located at Western State Hospital in Fort Steilacoom, Washington and operated by the Brethren Service Committee, opened in September 1942 and closed in October 1945. The majority of the men served as ward attendants.

CPS Camp No. 51, Fort Steilacoom, Washington
CPS Camp No. 51, Ft. Steilacoom, Washington
"Back ward" mealtime
Digital image from the Center on Conscience and War Records (DG 025), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Date: May, 1943
CPS Camp No. 51
CPS Camp No. 51, Fort Steilacoom Washington
Unit group, December 21, 1943 - Left to right, Front Row:Albert Benglen, attendant; Bill Phillips, attendant; Ray Vanderburg, clinical laboratory technician; Bill Cable, truck driver; Henry Carlsen, attendant; Victor Langford, business office worker; Lloyd Hall, attendant - Second Row: Bill Henderson, attendant; Leo Baldwin, attendant; Charles Mahin, attendant; Kenneth Kimmel, attendant; Jim Winker, cook - Third Row: Windsor Utley, cook; David Salstrom, poultryman; Robert Lam, accountant; Allen Hastings, social service worker; Henry Blocher, photographer - Back Row: Loyd Schaad, groundsman; Sam Liskey, poultry man; Elmer Lewis, truck driver; Bruce Dean, truck driver; Charles Ludwig, attendant; Harold Petry, dairyman; Marion Ross, dairyman; Kenneth Kester, poultry.
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Date: December 21, 1943
CPS Camp No. 51
CPS Camp No. 51, Fort Steilacoom Washington
Front entrance to main building - Western State Hospital.
Digital Image © 2011 Brethren Historical Library and Archives. All Rights Reserved.
CPS Camp No. 51, Fort Steilacoom, Washington
CPS Camp No. 51, Fort Steilacoom, Washington
Western State Hospital Administration Building, Ft. Steilacoom, Washington.
Washington State Archives
CPS Camp No. 51
CPS Camp No. 51
Aerial view of Western State Hospital, Ft. Steilacoom, Washington.
Washington State Archives
CPS Camp No. 51
CPS Camp No. 51
Al Benglen attending to a patient at Washington State Hospital, CPS Camp 51.
Lewis and Clark Digital Collection, Special Collections, Henry and Mary Blocher Collection
Date: 1943
CPS Camp No. 51
CPS Camp No. 51
Loyd Schaad working as a groundskeeper at Washington State Hospital, Camp 51.
Lewis and Clark Digital Collection, Special Collections, Henry and Mary Blocher Collection
Date: 1943
CPS Camp No. 51
CPS Camp No. 51
Bill Henderson working as an attendant in the senile ward at Washington State Hospital.
Lewis and Clark Digital Collection, Special Collections, Henry and Mary Blocher Collection
Date: 1943
CPS Camp No. 51
CPS Camp No. 51
Al Hastings working as a social worker at Washington State Hospital, Camp 51.
Lewis and Clark Digital Collection, Special Collections, Henry and Mary Blocher Collection
Date: 1943
CPS Camp No. 51
CPS Camp No. 51
Leo Baldwin cutting the hair of a hospital patient at Camp 51.
Lewis and Clark Digital Collection, Special Collections, Henry and Mary Blocher Collection
Date: 1943

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* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Ft. Steilacoom, Washington | Opened: September 1942 | Closed: October 1945