CPS Unit Number 097-01

CPS Unit Number 097-01

Camp: 97

Unit ID: 1

Operating agency: MCC

Opened: 5 1943

Closed: 10 1946

Workers

Total number of workers who worked in this camp: 18

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  • CPS Camp No. 97 subunit 15
    CPS Camp No. 97, subunit 15, Delaware County New York
    Ora Foshee, on farm of C.J. Rost, August 1943, Hobart, N.Y.
    Digital Image © 2011 Brethren Historical Library and Archives. All Rights Reserved.
    August 1943
  • CPS Camp No. 97
    CPS Camp No. 97
    Civilian Public Service, camp 97, Michigan. Cows in a dairy barn.
    Box 2, Folder 15. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
  • CPS Camp No. 97, subunit 4
    CPS Camp No. 97, subunit 4
    The Dairy Diary was a special publication at Camp 97 which included contributions from the CPS dairy workers.
    Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
  • CPS Camp No. 97 subunit 15
    August 1943
  • CPS Camp No. 97
  • CPS Camp No. 97, subunit 4
Summary:

Twenty-two positions were initially approved for the unit. The Dairy Worker of June 23, 1945 listed names of forty men working on farms in the county.

 

In the early part of the program, CPS Camp No. 31 at Camino, California oversaw the men.

 

CPS Unit No. 97, subunit 1, located in San Joaquin County, California, was operated by the Mennonite Central Committee.

Location:
San Joaquin County, California, United States