CPS Camp Number 002

CPS Camp Number 002

Technical Agency: Forest Service

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 2, a Forest Service base camp located in San Dimas, California and operated by the American Friends Service Committee, opened in June 1941 and closed in December 1942. CPS men in this camp worked on a fifty-year analysis of the main watershed for Los Angeles County.

CPS Camp # 2
CPS Camp # 2 Laboratory
Chemical analysis--Tanbark Soils Laboratory
CPS Camp # 2 Measuring Soil Temp
San Dimas CPS Camp. Reading thermometer for soil temperature is one of the many tasks assigned to men at San Dimas.
CPS Camp # 2
CPS Camp # 2
Flumes--Stream Gauging Station
CPS Camp No. 2
CPS Camp No. 2
One bunk and one sleeping occupant at Tanbark, Glendora Camp.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 2
CPS Camp No. 2
Interior of library at Glendora Camp.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 2
CPS Camp No. 2
Buildings and Grounds -- Chilao Spike Camp, in Angeles National Forest (La Canada, California). Capacity = 60 men and 2 foresters. 65 miles from main camp (San Dimas, CPS Camp #2). Duties include firefighting, maintenance of public camps, roads, and trails, as well as general work in the forest. Photo by John H. Abbott??.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Date: 1941-1942
CPS Camp No. 2
CPS Camp No. 2
Man in bunk writing letter. San Dimas, California.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: San Dimas, California | Opened: June 1941 | Closed: December 1942