Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 U.S.A.

American Friends Service Committee:
- Civilian Public Service, 1940-1947 (278.25 feet)
- Prison Service Committee, 1943-1947 (5.75 feet)
Records, 1940-1947
The SCPC is the official repository for these sets of records of the AFSC only


Document Group: DG 002

Size: 284 linear feet

Provenance: Donated by E. Raymond Wilson & others, 1940- ; AFSC CPS Office & misc. camp
records, 1946, 1963

Restrictions: Yes

Microfilm: None

Finding Aid: Checklist revised by Anne Yoder, August 2001

This checklist is the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.

Introduction

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947, the AFSC continues to work to relieve human suffering and to find new approaches to world peace and non-violent social change.

Most of the AFSC records are stored at the AFSC archives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The SCPC serves as the repository for AFSC files from the World War II Civilian Public Service and the Prison Service Committee. It also holds a small manuscript collection of additional miscellaneous material from the AFSC [CDG-A: American Friends Service Committee].

 
 


Table of Contents

Section 1: CPS Administrative Files [restrictions apply; call ahead for permission to use]

Section 2: Case Files (includes medical files) of Men in CPS [finding aid not available
on-line; restrictions apply; many boxes stored off-site. Call ahead for permission to use and for retrieval of boxes]

Section 3: CPS Camp Publications

Section 4: AFSC Prison Service Committee Records [restrictions apply; call ahead for
permission to use]

Section 5: Later Accessions

Appendices [not available on-line]: reference lists of (A) CPS camps; (B) CPS project
units; (C) religious denominations with number of men in CPS



See also:
Related files re: CPS can be found in the records of:
- the Center on Conscience and War [DG 025; formerly called NSBRO & NISBCO; finding aid not available on-line]
- the Civilian Public Service Union (DG 008)
- Civilian Public Service: Personal Papers & Collected Materials (DG 056)
For information on holdings re: conscientious objection/objectors in the SCPC, see list

 

For more information, contact Wendy Chmielewski, Curator, at wchmiel@ swarthmore.edu or call 610-328-8557.

For other resources, see the college's online library catalog (Tripod).
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