CPS Camp Number 084

CPS Camp Number 084

Technical Agency: Mental Hospital

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 84, a Mental Hospital unit at New Hampshire State Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire operated by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), opened in February 1943. When AFSC withdrew from the CPS program in April 1946, Selective Service administered the unit until it closed in June 1946. The men, as well as some of their wives, served as ward attendants.

CPS Camp No. 84, James H. Kinnee
CPS Camp No. 84, James H. Kinnee
Portrait photograph of James H. Kinnee, one of the unit directors at New Hampshire State Hospital.
Digital Image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 84
CPS Camp No. 84
Aerial view of camp buildings.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 84
CPS Camp No. 84
Nazeer Aleem.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: CPS Records (DG002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Concord, New Hampshire | Opened: February 1943 | Closed: June 1946