CPS Camp Number 079

CPS Camp Number 079

Technical Agency: Mental Hospital

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 79, a Mental Hospital unit at Utah State Hospital in Provo, Utah operated by Mennonite Central Committee, opened in March 1943 and closed in April 1946. The men worked in a variety of roles in the hospital.

CPS Camp No. 79
CPS Camp No. 79, Utah State Hospital, Provo Utah.
Pouring concrete for hen houses.
Digital image, Photo #122 Box 2, Folder 10. MCC Photogrpahs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 79
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "One of the main buildings made up only of men's wards"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "The Admin. Bldg. with the Christmas decorations; in the foreground you see some of our snow."
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "View of hospital grounds; agricultural bldgs in foreground; admin. bldg in background."
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "The hospital dairy cows in barn; a C. O. is in charge of one milking daily"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "C. O.'s constructing a hen house for the hospital."
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "C. O.'s working with patients grading and sacking onions for marking"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79, Arthur Jost
CPS Camp No. 79, Arthur Jost
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "Unit leader, Arthur Jost, at work in the office"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1945
CPS Camp No. 79
CPS Camp No. 79
Civilian Public Service unit #79, Utah State Hospital; "Harold Oswald, a C. O. who has cooked for the hospital since the unit is here"
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1945
21 of the original unit members
Camp 79 Unit Members
21 of the original unit members. Front row: l-4, Sam Yoder, Pete Schmidt,* John Ewert,* Earl Gordon, Titus Martin, Eldon Morse,* Kenneth Miller, Second row: l-r, Herbert Welch, David Anderson, Walter Fast, Alvin Troyer, Ezra Miller, Moses Yoder,* Elvett Brown,* (unit leader until April 1, 1944), Back row: l-r, Harold Oswald, Ernest Pankratz, Eddie Kauffman, Erwin Buller,* Henry Kroeker, Joe Schrock, Arnold Claassen *have left unit for various reasons.
Mennonite Central Committee Archival Photo

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Provo, Utah | Opened: March 1943 | Closed: April 1946