Civilian Public Service publications MC.1236 Jon Sweitzer-Lamme.
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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Civilian Public Service publications
Table of Contents
Summary Information...... 3 Biography/History...... 4 Scope and Contents...... 4 Administrative Information...... 5 Related Materials...... 5 Controlled Access Headings...... 5 Collection Inventory...... 7
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Summary Information
Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Title Civilian Public Service publications
Call number MC.1236
Date [inclusive] 1941-1946
Extent 6 boxes (6 boxes)
Language English .
Abstract This collection consists primarily of the publications of conscientious objectors (COs) working at Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps in the United States during World War II, performing "work of national importance" in lieu of combat. Camps were established for various purposes, from firefighting in the rural West to caring for mental patients and the elderly. The publications cover areas across the United States, although are focused in the Northeast, Upper Midwest, and California. Two publications appear to be from outside the United States. Publications range from the basic to the elaborate and cover all aspects of the lives of COs-- the mundane as well as the profound. Many publications intermittently published tables of all men who were in that specific camp at the time, or of all men who had passed through the camp. Publication frequency ranged from weekly to quarterly. A few other publications are also included, which were not directly published by COs but which share pacifist leanings or are otherwise related.
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Cite as:
Civilian Public Service publications (HC.MC 1236), Quaker & Special Collections,Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Biography/History
Civilian Public Service camps, which provided men with an alternative to traditional military service during World War II, began to form as soon as the military began drafting soldiers in 1941, and some remained open until 1947. The camps were run by groups affiliated with the so-called 'peace churches'-- the Church of the Brethren, the Religious Society of Friends, and the Mennonites. However, men of all denominations, of other faiths, and of no organized faith, are recorded in these publications.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of the publications of conscientious objectors (COs) working at Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps during World War II, performing "work of national importance" in lieu of combat. Camps documented in this collection were established for various purposes, from firefighting in the rural West to caring for mental patients and the elderly. The publications cover areas across the United States, although are focused in the Northeast, Upper Midwest, and California. Two publications appear to be from outside the United States-- one from Puerto Rico and the other the vague "Latin American Unit." These publications range from the very basic (a single sheet of typewritten paper announcing the week's events) to the elaborate (50-page magazines on glossy paper with black-and-white photographs) and cover all aspects of the lives of COs-- the mundane as well as the profound. Many publications intermittently published tables of all men who were in that specific camp at the time, or of all men who had passed through the camp. Publication frequency ranged from weekly to quarterly. A few other publications are also included, which were not directly published by COs but which share pacifist leanings or are otherwise related.
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Administrative Information
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Jon Sweitzer-Lamme.
Access Restrictions The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Custodial History Most of these publications appear to have been sent to Special Collections at the time of their original publication.
Processing Information Processed by Jon Sweitzer-Lamme.
Related Materials
Related Materials Some documents have duplicates in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
• American Friends Service Committee
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Subject(s)
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States • Pacifism
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Collection Inventory
A-Ca.
box folder
The Absolutist, 9/14/43-12/28/43. 15 items. 1 1
Biographical / Historical
Not a CPS newsletter, but a paper sharing the same political leanings.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-8, 10-17.
Action, 6/8/43, 6/28/43, 7/20/43, 10/25/43. 4 items. 1 2
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #32, West Campton, New Hampshire until 7/20/43. After that point, published at CPS camp #111, Marcos, Colorado.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 12, 13, 15.
Vol 2, no. 4.
The Alarmist, 1/43. 1 items. 1 3
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #32, West Campton, New Hampshire.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, no. 5.
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Existence and Location of Copies
A duplicate issue (vol. 1, no. 5), is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
American Friends Service Committee CPS Camp News Letter, 8/14/42, 1 4 9/4/42, 1/16/43. 3 items.
Biographical / Historical
Published by the American Friends Service Committee as a general update on all CPS camps.
Scope and Contents
No volumes indicated. Nos. 28, 29, 44.
Anniversary Report, 8/44. 1 items. 1 5
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #104, Ames, Iowa.
Scope and Contents
No volume or number indicated.
Atom, 5/42-10/42. 3 items. 1 6
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #11, Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents
Volume 1, nos. 1-3.
Bulletin, 12/10/42-12/31/42, 1/14/43, 1/21/43, 4/17/43-9/25/43. 27 items. 1 7
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #32, West Campton, New Hampshire.
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Scope and Contents
Volume 1, nos. 1-4, 6, 7, 18-37. Also includes a biographical sketch of all camp residents, 7/15/42.
Calumet, 8/25/41-3/16/42. 10 items. 1 8
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #19, Marion, North Carolina.
Scope and Contents
Volume 1, nos. 1-10.
Calumet, 4/10/42-8/10/42. 13 items. 1 9
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #19, Marion, North Carolina.
Scope and Contents
Volume 1, nos. 11-23.
Calumet, 10/25/42-5/3/43. 11 items. 1 10
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #19, Marion, North Carolina.
Scope and Contents
Volume 2, nos. 1-11.
Calumet, 7/10/43-5/4/44. 9 items. 1 11
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #19, Marion, North Carolina.
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Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, nos. 12-18.
Vol 3, nos. 1-2.
Calumet, 5/20/44-1/20/45. 9 items. 1 12
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #19, Marion, North Carolina.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 3, nos. 3-11.
Cb-D.
box folder
Cheltenham News Letter, 1/9/43, 3/1/43. 2 items. 2 1
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #62, Cheltenham, Maryland.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1, 2.
Coleville, 1942-1945; see note for full dates. 34 items. 2 2
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #37, Coleville, California.
Scope and Contents
Published under a number of titles. Dates:
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6/42, 7-9/43, 7/24/43, 10/29/43, 12/14/43, 1/21/44, 1/28/44, 3/5/44, 7/19/44, 7/26/44, 7/27/44, 8/9/44, 8/16/44, 8/23/44, 8/30/44, 9/27/44, 10/11/44, 10/18/44, 11/15/44, 12/15/44, 12/30/44, 1/13/45, 2/10/45, 3/28/45, 5/9/45, 5/11/45, 5/28/45, 6/9/45, 6/20/45, 7/4/45, 7/17/45, 8/15/45.
Also includes an undated, 4-page 'Introduction to Camp Antelope,' and a 'Roster of Assignees,' 6/1/42-3/5/43.
Existence and Location of Copies
Duplicates of 7/43, 8/43 and 9/43 are in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Compass, 11/42, 2/43, Spring 43, 5/44, Spring 44, Fall 44, 45, Spring 2 3 46. 999999 items.
Biographical / Historical
Labeled as having been published at CPS camp #32, but many other camps contributed.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-6
Vol. 2, nos. 1-6.
Also includes an undated advertising letter for the Compass.
Existence and Location of Copies
Another complete run of this periodical is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Communiqué from Brattleboro, 2/44. 1 items. 2 4
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #87, Brattleboro, Vermont.
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Scope and Contents
No volume or number indicated.
Cooperstown, 11/41-12/42. 9 items. 2 5
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #12, Cooperstown, New York.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-7
Vol. 2, nos. 1, 2.
The Daily Grunt, 6/14/44, 6/19/44. 2 items. 2 6
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #115, Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-2.
Days of Our Year, 8/5/41-8/26/42. 20 items. 2 7
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #9, Petersham, Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-18
Vol. 2, nos. 1, 2.
De Todo, 7/44. 1 items. 2 8
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Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #76, the "Latin American Unit."
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, no. 1.
E-N.
box folder
Eighty-Four, 12/43. 1 items. 3 1
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #84, Concord, New Hampshire.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Elkton Potpourri, 12/14/44, 1/4/45. 2 items. 3 3
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #59, Elkton, Oregon.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Epistle, 1944-1945; see note for full dates. 45 items. 3 2
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #81, Connecticut State Hospital, Middletown, Connecticut.
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Scope and Contents
This publication was issued under several names.
As the "Epistle," 3/15/44-10/10/44:
Nos. 39, 40, 42, 48, 57, 60, 61, 63a, 64-67, 69, 70.
As the "News of the Unit," 10/14/44-12/28/44:
No volumes or numbers indicated; issued weekly or more often.
As "News and Opinions," 1/3/45-6/11/45:
No volumes or numbers indicated; issued weekly or more often.
Scope and Contents
Dates:
3/15/44, 3/20/44, 4/4/44, 5/16/44, 7/13/44, 8/6/44, 8/13/44, 8/22/44, 8/26/44, 9/8/44, 9/14/44, 9/18/44, 9/28/44, 10/10/44, 10/14/44, 10/18/44, 10/28/44, 11/2/44, 11/11/44, 11/14/44, 11/16/44, 11/22/44, 11/28/44, 12/2/44, 12/6/44, 12/28/44, 1/3/45, 1/11/45, 1/31/45, 2/21/45, 2/27/45, 3/7/45, 3/14/45, 3/20/45, 3/24/45, 4/4/45, 4/11/45, 4/23/45, 5/1/45, 5/5/45, 5/7/45, 5/16/45, 5/23/45, 5/31/45, 6/11/45
Fifty-Three, 3/7/43, 4/15/43. 2 items. 3 4
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #53, Gorham, New Hampshire.
Scope and Contents
No volumes indicated. Nos. 2, 3.
Guinea Pig Gazette, End of 1943. 2 items. 3 5
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Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #115, subunit 17, which consisted of those undergoing starvation experiments at the University of Minnesota.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Grass Roots, 9/42-3/43, 8/43. 5 items. 3 6
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #46, Big Flats, New York.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-4.
Vol. 2, no. 1.
Harmony, 8/8/42-10/43, 12/43. 16 items. 3 7
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #34, Bowie, Maryland.
Existence and Location of Copies
A duplicate of vol. 2 no. 1 is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-7
Vol. 2, nos. 1-8
12/43 (no volume or number indicated)
High Time, 7/23/45. 1 items. 3 8
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Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #41, Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Irrigator, 4-5/43, 9-10/43. 4 items. 3 9
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #94, Trenton, North Dakota.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-4.
Journal of Unitology, n.d. (4), 12/4/44, 12/19/44, 3/20/45, 3/27/45. 8 items. 3 10
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #75, Medical Lake, Washington.
Scope and Contents
Published as both the Journal of Unitology and the Exchange (or X-Change, X*Change, Ex-Change).
Various volumes and numbers, ranging from 1.'??' to 'XXLV.48573'
Just Among Ourselves, 1/1/43, n.d., 4/12/43, 5/13/43, 6/25/43, 7/15/43, 3 11 3/17/44. 7 items.
Biographical / Historical
Published at the Chilao 'spike' (subcamp) of CPS camp #76, Glendora, California.
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Scope and Contents
No volumes indicated. Nos. 5, 10, 11, 14-16, 18.
The Last Ditch, 11/20/44-12/18/44, 1/22/45-2/5/45, 2/12/45-2/26/45, 3/5/45, 3 12 3/12/45, 3/26/45, 4/2/45. 15 items.
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #94, Trenton, North Dakota.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-5.
Vol. 2, nos. 1-3.
Vol. 3, nos. 1, 2.
Vol. 4, nos. 1, 2, 4, 5.
The Load Line, 6/44, 7/44, 8-9/44. 3 items. 3 13
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #103, the 'Smoke Jumper Unit,' Huson, Montana.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
News and Views, 3/22/43, 4/5/43, 4/18/43, 5/3/43, 5/12/43, 5/27/43, 3 14 6/8/43, 6/21/43, 7/7/43, 7/20/43, 8/4/43, 8/26/43, 9/13/43, 9/28/43, 10/4/43, 10/12/43, 10/28/43, 11/20/43, 12/1/43, 12/11/43, 12/20/43, 1/12/44, 2/21/44, 2/29/44, 3/14/44. 25 items.
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #46, Big Flats, New York.
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Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Scope and Contents
Dates:
3/22/43, 4/5/43, 4/18/43, 5/3/43, 5/12/43, 5/27/43, 6/8/43, 6/21/43, 7/7/43, 7/20/43, 8/4/43, 8/26/43, 9/13/43, 9/28/43, 10/4/43, 10/12/43, 10/28/43, 11/20/43, 12/1/43, 12/11/43, 12/20/43, 1/12/44, 2/21/44, 2/29/44, 3/14/44.
New Roots, 9/41, 10/41, 1/41, ?, 4/42, ?, 10/42. 7 items. 3 15
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #10, Royalston, Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
O-P.
box folder
Open Ballot, 7/43, 9/43-11/43. 4 items. 4 1
Biographical / Historical
Published cooperatively between men at CPS camp #52, Powellville, Maryland, and men at CPS camp #108, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1, 3-5.
Pacific Cable, 8/12/42, 8/26/42, 9/9/42-11/4/42, 12/30/42, 1/18/43. 9 items. 4 2
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Biographical / Historical
Published by the Seattle offices of the AFSC and the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 3-9, 13, 14.
Patapsco Peacemaker, 9/15/41, 10/24/41-12/19/41, 1/10/42-2/22/42. 13 4 3 items.
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #3, Relay Post Office, Maryland.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 4, 10-19.
Vol. 2, nos. 1-7.
Patapsco Peacemaker, 3/1/42-12/22/42. 13 items. 4 4
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #3, Relay Post Office, Maryland.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, nos. 8-20 and a special edition.
Philadelphia State Hospital, 11/42, 5/15/43. 2 items. 4 5
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #49, Philadelphia State Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
The Plowshare, 8/22/41-3/43. 18 items. 4 6
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #14, Merom, Indiana.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-18.
Pocomoke Opinion, 9/43-4/44. 5 items. 4 7
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #52, Pocomoke, Maryland.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-5.
Existence and Location of Copies
A duplicate of vol. 1 no. 5 is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Powellsville News and Comment, 4/5/43, 5/5/43, 5/11/43, 5/20/43, 5/27/43, 4 8 6/3/43, 6/10/43. 7 items.
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #52, Pocomoke, Maryland.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Probe, 1/45, 'Winter' 1946. 2 items. 4 9
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Biographical / Historical
Possibly published in Boston, Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Pulse, 11/6/42. 1 items. 4 10
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #115, Welfare Island, New York.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, no. 1.
Q-Sa.
box folder
Rebel Clarion, 8/45-12/30/45. 4 items. 5 1
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #59, Elkton, Oregon.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 2-5.
Rhythms, 9/43. 1 items. 5 2
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #49, Philadelphia State Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Sage O'Piñon, 7/42-6/43. 12 items. 5 3
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #37, Coleville, California.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-12.
Sage O'Piñon, 7/43-'Spring' 1945. 14 items. 5 4
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #37, Coleville, California.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 2, nos. 1-9, 11, 12.
Vol. 3, nos. 1-2.
2 copies of 2.1.
San Dimas Rattler, 8/16/41-11/8/41, 11/22/41-2/14/42, 2/27/42-5/8/42. 18 5 5 items.
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #76, Glendora, California.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 1-6.
Vol. 2, nos. 1-6.
Vol. 3, nos. 1-6.
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San Dimas Rattler, 6/12/42-5/12/43. 15 items. 5 6
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #76, Glendora, California.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 4, nos. 1-15.
San Dimas Rattler, 6/43-3/31/44. 20 items. 5 7
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #76, Glendora, California.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 5, nos. 1-20.
San Dimas Rattler, 4/15/44-11/17/44, 12/27/44, 1/31/45. 11 items. 5 8
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #76, Glendora, California.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 6, nos. 1-9, 11.
Vol. 7, no. 1.
Sb-Z.
Scope and Contents
Not in folder: 'Civilian Public Service Camps: Publications: Check list of those at Haverford'
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The Scribe, 8/43, 2/44, 6/44. 3 items. box folder 6 1 Biographical / Historical
Published by the CPS group working in the Connecticut State Library. No camp number.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Scrivener, 7/11/43, 7/27/43, 8/9/43-8/24/43, 10/18/43, 1/17/44. 7 items. box folder 6 2 Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #59, Elkton, Oregon.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1, nos. 4, 6, 8, 9, 10.
Vol. 2, nos. 2, 8.
Seed, 4/42-4/44. 17 items. box folder 6 3 Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #23, Coshocton, Ohio.
Existence and Location of Copies
A duplicate of issue no. 13 is in PG3, Friends Civilian Public Service.
Scope and Contents
Vol. 1 nos. 1-16.
Also includes a supplement to issue 10, March-April 1943, which contains mailing addresses for everyone who had spent time at Coshocton or was at Coshocton through that time.
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Service, 12/43, 4/44, 10/44. 3 items. box folder 6 4 Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #61, Durham and Asheville, North Carolina.
Separated Materials
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Smoke Jumper, 12/44. 1 items. 6 5
Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS Camp #103, the Smoke Jumpers Camp, headquartered in Akron, Pennsylvania.
Scope and Contents
No volume or number indicated.
The Sphere, 4/42, 9/42. 2 items. box folder 6 5 Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #19, Marion, North Carolina.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Tap Root, 11/42, 2/43, 4/43. 3 items. box folder 6 6 Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #59, Elkton, Oregon.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
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This Week, 1945: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 11/12, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17; box folder 1/7/46, 1/14/46. 11 items. 6 7 Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #124, Stockley, Delaware. [Not labeled with state or camp number]
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Twenty-Seven F, 10/45. 1 items. box folder 6 8 Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #27F, Mulberry, Florida.
Scope and Contents
No volumes or numbers indicated.
Unit News, 1945: 6/12, 6/19, 9/25, 10/15, 11/6. 5 items. box folder 6 9 Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #84, Concord, New Hampshire.
Scope and Contents
No volume numbers. Nos. 55, 56, 70, 73, 77/
Zalduondo Newsletter, 3/26/44-10/6/45. 15 items. box folder 6 10 Biographical / Historical
Published at CPS camp #43, subunit 3, Zalduondo, Puerto Rico.
Scope and Contents
No volume numbers. Nos. 1-15, 17.
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