Papers of Jayne Tuttle Wilhelm and Paul A. Wilhelm, CDG-A, Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 U.S.A.
Jayne Tuttle Wilhelm & Paul A. Wilhelm Collected Papers, 1934-1978
The SCPC is not the official repository for these records

Document Group: CDGA

Size: 12.5 linear inches

Provenance: Received from Paul Wilhelm, 1982-1978

Restrictions: None

Microfilm: None

Finding Aid: Checklist created by Anne Yoder, January 2002

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



Introduction
Paul Alexander Wilhelm, of St. Louis (Missouri), met C. Jayne Tuttle, of Helena (Montana), at the New York World's Fair in 1940. From that meeting flourished a correspondence and courtship that lasted until and beyond their marriage on April 16, 1943. Paul received his draft notice in 1941, and registered as a conscientious objector. He served in three CPS units from 1942-1944. The wedding took place while he was in service in Powellsville (Maryland); their first home was in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), established while he was still in service at the Philadelphia State [Mental] Hospital. Paul was trained as an architect and took an interest in how CPS camps were built and arranged. His time working at the mental hospital led him to a lifelong interest in improving the care and treatment of mental patients, especially through the National Mental Health Foundation (a direct outgrowth of the CPS mental hygiene program). Paul's career included service on the Philadelphia Human Rights Commission, studying the challenges of racial desegregation in Philadelphia during the 1950s. Janye's career was as an illustrator and an art teacher in Plainfield (New Jersey) and at the Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia. Paul grew up as a Baptist, and Jayne as an Episcopalian, but they both joined the Religious Society of Friends soon after their marriage. They had two children, Mark and Carolyn.

Contents of the Collection
Box 1
Jayne & Paul: biographical information, 1934-1978
Jayne & Paul: biographical information -- children Mark & Carolyn
Jayne & Paul: general correspondence received/sent, 1943-1945
Jayne & Paul: general correspondence received/sent, 1946-1978
Jayne & Paul: attendance at Conference on Education, Quaker Hill, Richmond (IN), July 14-15, 1945
Jayne & Paul: correspondence & efforts re: city planning / desegregation
Jayne & Paul (& Mark): correspondence & efforts re: draft resistance / draft counseling, 1969-1970
Jayne & Paul: correspondence & efforts re: peacetime conscription
Jayne & Paul: involvement [professional & parental] with Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia
(PA), 1965-1975
Jayne & Paul: misc. writings / notes
Jayne: letters to Paul, 1940 (May-Aug.)
Jayne: letters to Paul, 1940 (Sept.-Dec.)
Jayne: letters to Paul, 1941

Box 2
Jayne: letters to Paul, 1942
Jayne: letters to Paul, 1943 (Jan. - April 15)
Jayne: letters to Paul, 1943 (April 19 - Aug. 25)
Jayne: letters to/from family & friends, 1940-1975
Paul: financial records, 1940-1942
Paul: decision to be a conscientious objector, 1941
Paul: draft classification [includes letter from his father], 1942
Paul: CO service at Patapsco CPS unit #3 (Baltimore, MD), 1942
Paul: CO service at Powellsville CPS unit #52 (Salisbury, MD), 1942-1943
Paul: CO service at CPS unit #49 (Philadelphia State Hospital, PA), 1943-1944
Paul: application to relief & reconstruction unit, 1943
Paul: letters to Jayne, 1940-1943, 1948
Paul: letters to/from family & friends, 1940-1943
Paul: letters to/from family & friends, 1944-1976
Paul: interest in the National Mental Health Foundation Inc., 1946-1947
Paul: involvements etc., 1945- (post-CPS)
Paul: writings -- Mss. re: the CPS Union, 1944
Paul: drawings re: CPS [most removed to Oversize Graphics & Oversize Documents collectcions]

Box 3 (1/2 box)
Paul & Jayne: reference material -- city planning / desegregation
Paul & Jayne: reference material -- city planning / desegregation
Paul & Jayne: reference material -- conscription / draft resistance
Paul & Jayne: reference material -- peacetime conscription
Paul & Jayne: reference material -- miscellaneous
Paul & Jayne: reference material -- miscellaneous



See also:
DG 056: Series III, Box 1-3 for CPS survey by Paul Wilhelm "Study of the Effects of Civilian Public: Service on World War II Conscientious Objectors" restrictions apply
DG 013: Section III, Series C, Box 13