WWII Civilian Public Service: Photographs
This collection includes photographs documenting the activities in U.S. Civilian Service camps for conscientious objectors during World War II.
Swimmers
CPS #21 members. Ken Arroyo at back left, John Jahn at front right, others unidentified. Photograph taken at Lost Lake side camp for CPS #21.
ca. 1942
Kemper Nomland, Manche Langley, and Kermit Sheets
Camp members dancing. Photograph taken at CPS #56 Waldport, Oregon.
ca. 1944
Scene from performance of Aria da Capo
Aria da Capo by Edna St. Vincent Millay was performed at CPS #56 September 22 and 23, 1944. Featured in the potograph, left to right are: Manche Langley, Enoch Crumpton, Kermit Sheets, and William Eshelman.
22-Sep-44
Scene from performance of Candida by George Bernard Shaw
Photograph shows Morell, played by Enoch A. Crumpton
1944
Scene from performance of Candida by George Bernard Shaw
Photograph shows Prossy, played by Hildegarde Erle.
1944
Scene from performance of Candida by George Bernard Shaw
Photograph shows Marchbanks played by William Eshelman, and Prossy played by Hildegarde Erle.
1944
Scene from performance of Candida by George Bernard Shaw
Photograh of Kermit Sheets as Burgess.
1944
Scene from performance of Candida by George Bernard Shaw
Photograph of William Eshelman as Marchbanks.
1944
Elizabeth "Ibby" Dupre
Ibby Dupre and her husband Vladimir Dupre were COs at CPS #56, Waldport, Oregon.
ca. 1950
Scene from performance of Candida by George Bernard Shaw
Enoch Crumpton as Morell, and Tom Polk Miller as Lexy.
1944
Scene from performance of Candida by George Bernard Shaw
Enoch Crumpton as Morell, and Kermit Sheets as Burgess.
1944
Scene from performance of Candida by George Bernard Shaw
William Eshelman as Marchbanks, Elizabeth Dupre as Candida, and Enoch Crumpton as Morell.
1944
Melissa and Joyce Wilson
Joyce Wilson and her husband Adrian were members at CPS 56, Waldport, Oregon.
ca. 1950
Melissa and Adrian Wilson
Adrian Wilson was a member of CPS 56, Waldport, Oregon. Photograph taken in San Francisco.
ca. 1950
Lloyd Hall and Al Benglen
Lloyd Hall and Al Benglen, CPS members working as hospital attendants at the Washington State Hospital.
16-Apr-43
Lloyd Hall and Al Benglen
Lloyd Hall and Al Benglen, CPS members working as hospital attendants at the Washington State Hospital.
16-Apr-43
Lloyd Hall and Al Benglen
Lloyd Hall and Al Benglen, CPS members working as hospital attendants at the Washington State Hospital.
16-Apr-43
Lloyd Hall and Al Benglen
Lloyd Hall and Al Benglen, CPS members working as hospital attendants at the Washington State Hospital.
16-Apr-43
Lloyd Hall
Lloyd Hall, CPS member working as a hospital attendant at the Washington State Hospital.
16-Apr-43
Al Benglen
Al Benglen, CPS member working as a hospital attendant at the Washington State Hospital.
16-Apr-43
Ray Vanderberg
Ray Vanderberg, CPS member, working as a lab clinician at the Washington State Hospital.
22-Apr-43
Loyd Schaad
Loyd Schaad, CPS member, assigned as groundskeeper at the Washington State Hospital.
22-Apr-43
Loyd Schaad
Loyd Schaad, CPS member, assigned as groundskeeper at the Washington State Hospital.
22-Apr-43
Ray Vanderberg
Ray Vanderberg, CPS member, working as a lab clinician at the Washington State Hospital.
22-Apr-43
Ray Vanderberg
Ray Vanderberg, CPS member, working as a lab clinician at the Washington State Hospital.
22-Apr-43
Ray Vanderberg
Ray Vanderberg, CPS member, working as a lab clinician at the Washington State Hospital.
22-Apr-43
Floyd Schmoe family portrait
Floyd Schmoe was a professor of forestry at the University of Washington and director of the Seattle Branch, Friends Service Committee during World War II. He was also an opponent of Japanese internment. Schmoe was vocal in his opposition to Camp Harmony at Puyallup, Washington, an assembly center for Japanese internment. Schmoe's son in law Gordon Hirabayashi is standing, second from the left.
29-Dec-45
Floyd Schmoe family portrait
Floyd Schmoe was a professor of forestry at the University of Washington and director of the Seattle Branch, Friends Service Committee during World War II. He was also an opponent of Japanese internment. Schmoe was vocal in his opposition to Camp Harmony at Puyallup, Washington, an assembly center for Japanese internment. Schmoe's son in law Gordon Hirabayashi is standing, second from the left.
29-Dec-45
Floyd and Ruth Schmoe
Floyd Schmoe was a professor of forestry at the University of Washington and director of the Seattle Branch, Friends Service Committee during World War II. He was also an opponent of Japanese internment. Schmoe was vocal in his opposition to Camp Harmony at Puyallup, Washington, an assembly center for Japanese internment.
24-Apr-43
Farm work
CPS workers at the Washington State Hospital Farm, Fort Steilacoom CPS Camp #51.
24-Apr-43
Unidentified farm worker
Unidentified CPS farm worker at the Washington State Hospital Farm, Fort Steilacoom CPS Camp #51.
24-Apr-43
Farm work
CPS workers at the Washington State Hospital Farm, Fort Steilacoom CPS Camp #51.
24-Apr-43
Farm work
CPS workers at the Washington State Hospital Farm, Fort Steilacoom CPS Camp #51.
24-Apr-43
Marion Ross
CPS workers at the Washington State Hospital Farm, Fort Steilacoom CPS Camp #51.
24-Apr-43
Elmer Lewis
Elmer Lewis?, CPS member, working at the Washington State Hospital, Fort Steilacoom CPS Camp #51.
26-Apr-43
Marion Ross
Marion Ross, CPS member, working at the dairy on the Washington State Hospital Farm, Fort Steilacoom CPS Camp #51.
26-Apr-43
Marion Ross
Marion Ross, CPS member, working at the dairy on the Washington State Hospital Farm, Fort Steilacoom CPS Camp #51.
26-Apr-43