MSS 82

Camp Downey collection, 1942-1988.

• 1 ft.
• Chiefly photocopies of original material from the National Archives, Washington, D. C., and Mennonite Archives, Goshen College, Goshen, Ind.

Research materials assembled from various sources relating to Camp Downey (officially Civilian Public Service Camp No. 67), a World War II public service camp for Mennonites and other conscientious objectors near Downey, Idaho. Includes photocopies of correspondence and other documents of the U. S. Selective Service System, U. S. Soil Conservation Service, and Mennonite Central Committee; issues of the camp newsletter (1942-1945); and correspondence and research notes of Professor Patricia K. Ourada, with drafts of her article "Reluctant Servants: Conscientious Objectors in Idaho During World War II" (1988).

Gift of Patricia K. Ourada, Boise, Idaho, 1988.

Unpublished finding aid in the repository.

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