CPS Camp Number 008

CPS Camp Number 008

Technical Agency: Soil Conservation Service<

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 8, a Soil Conservation Service base camp located southeast of Marietta, Ohio and operated by the Mennonite Central Committee, opened in June 1941 and closed in April 1943. The men worked in the sixty-eight acre Forest Service nursery containing between twenty-five and thirty million pine seedlings.

CPS Camp # 8
CPS Camp # 8
Marietta, Ohio.
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CPS Camp # 8
CPS Camp # 8, Marietta, Ohio
Working at Camp 8 in Marietta, Ohio
Photo # 4, Box 1, Folder 10. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp # 8
CPS Camp # 8, Marietta, Ohio
Working in the fields of Camp 8, Marietta, Ohio
Photo # 18. Box 1, Folder 10. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp # 8
CPS Camp # 8, Marietta, Ohio
Sawing logs at Camp # 8
Photo # 790. Box 1, Folder 10. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 8
CPS Camp No. 8
Civilian Public Service camp #8, Marietta, Ohio, general view.
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1942

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Marietta, Ohio | Opened: June 1941 | Closed: April 1943