CPS Camp Number 019

CPS Camp Number 019

Technical Agency: National Park Service

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 19, a National Park Service base camp located in Buck Creek, North Carolina and operated by the American Friends Service Committee, opened in August 1941 and closed in May 1943. The men fought fires and maintained the park.

CPS Camp No. 19
CPS Camp No. 19
Buck Creek, Marion, North Carolina.
Digital image from the Raymond & Helen Binford Collected Papers (CDGA), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 19
CPS Camp No. 19
Calumet was a newsletter published by the men of Camp 19 beginning in October 1941.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Units:

  • Location: Buck Creek, North Carolina | Opened: August 1941 | Closed: May 1943