CPS Camp Number 010

CPS Camp Number 010

Technical Agency: Forest Service

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 10, a Forest Service base camp located in Royalston, Massachusetts and operated by the American Friends Service Committee, opened in June 1941 and closed in October 1942. The men cleared fallen trees and debris left by the 1937 New England hurricane.

CPS Camp # 10
CPS Camp # 10
"Royalston." Shoveling out mud and rocks/water hole for fire prevention
Photo by Paul-Kurt Ackermann
CPS Camp # 10
CPS Camp 10, going to a fire
On the way to a fire with special pump equipment.
Photo by Paul-Kurt Ackermann
CPS Camp # 10
CPS Camp # 10
Royalston, Mass. CPS Camp #10. Kitchen--Dietician at work with several campers as assistants. Many of the men are good cooks also.
Photo by Richard Wurts, Wurts Brothers
Date: August, 1941
CPS Camp No. 10
CPS Camp No. 10
Digging waterhole for fire prevention - one man lifting bucketful of mud to another. Royalston, Massachusetts. Photo by Paul-Kurt Ackermann, Colgate University.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp No. 10
CPS Camp No. 10
Buildings & Grounds - general view. Royalston, Massachusetts. 1941-1942. Photo by Richard Wurts of Wurts Brothers Photographers, New York, New York.
Digital image from American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service Records (DG 002), Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
CPS Camp # 10, Dorm
CPS Camp # 10, Dorm
CPS Camp #10,Dorm
Mennonite Central Committee Archival Photo

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Royalston, Massachusetts | Opened: June 1941 | Closed: October 1942