CPS Camp Number 094

CPS Camp Number 094

Technical Agency: Soil Conservation Service<

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 94, a Farm Security camp located in Trenton, North Dakota operated by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) opened in April 1943 and the camp closed in March 1946, about the time that AFSC withdrew from CPS. The men surveyed land, cleaned ditches and gullies, and used heavy machinery to level land.

CPS Camp No. 94
CPS Camp No. 94
Trenton. the finished potato warehouse. The main part--the 15 foot basement-- is out of site (sight), of course. It is now packed to the rafters with 70,000 to 80,000 bushels of spuds. The capacity of the basement is 60,000 to 70,000 bushels, but the floor is also piled high at present, with sacks waiting to be shipped away.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 94
CPS Camp No. 94
Trenton. T. Potts and John C. Mardis, the camp supt., a swell guy, and as camp supts. Gos, a very understanding and sympathetic boss.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 94
CPS Camp No. 94
Trenton. Some more canning. From left to right, Alex Hetko, now at Mt. Weather, Nancy Foster, former dietitian [sic], Roy Simon, now at Phila. State, and Vic Guthrie, personnel sec'y at Powellsville and now laboratory assistant at Columbia University.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 94
CPS Camp No. 94
Part of the C.P.S. carpenter crew working on top of a farmhouse. Photo by Paul Reinert.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 94
CPS Camp No. 94
CPS men cutting potatoes for planting.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Date: 1943
CPS Camp No. 94
CPS Camp No. 94
Camp Interiors, Farm Security Administration. Trenton, North Dakota.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 94
CPS Camp No. 94
Quadrangle scene, taken from CPS office steps. Long building on left is the Recreation Building. Others are two dorms and the wood-working shop.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Units:

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  • Location: Trenton, North Dakota | Opened: April 1943 | Closed: March 1946