Camp Downey collection, 1942-1988.

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Camp Downey collection, 1942-1988.

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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).

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Boise State University, Albertsons Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7488830

Boise State University, Albertsons Library

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Mennonite Central Committee

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The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) was formed when representatives of various Mennonite conferences met July 27-28, 1920, in Elkhart (Indiana), and pledged to aid suffering people, including Mennonites, in Russia and Ukraine. Since then thousands have served with MCC worldwide on relief, peace and development projects. From the description of Mennonite Central Committee collected records, 1940- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 502160809 Joint re...

Ourada, Patricia K. (Patricia Kathryn), 1926-2006

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Camp Downey a World War II public service camp for Mennonites and other conscientious objectors near Downey, Idaho. From the guide to the Patricia K. Ourada Collection on Camp Downey, 1942-1988, (Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives) ...