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Major Studies of CPS
Here On the Edge

Steve McQuiddy, Here on the Edge: How a Small Group of World War II Conscientious Objectors Took Art and Peace from the Margins to the Mainstream (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2013).

Major Studies of CPS

Special Collections holds a number of books focused on individual CPS camps and subjects. These books are housed with the Pacifism Rare Book Collection. Some of the key works include:

  • Peter Brock and Nigel Young, Pacifism in the Twentieth Century (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1999).
  • Heather Frazer and John O'Sullivan, "We Have Just Begun to Not Fight: An Oral History of Conscientious Objectors in Civilian Public Service During World War II (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1996).
  • Richard C. Anderson, Peace Was in Their Hearts: Conscientious Objectors in World War II (Scottsdale, Penn.: Herald Press, 1994).
  • Cynthia Eller, Conscientious Objectors and the Second World War (New York: Praeger, 1991).
  • Albert N. Keim, The CPS Story: An Illustrated History of Civilian Public Service (Intercourse, Pennsylvania: Good Books, 1990).
  • Leslie Eisan, Pathways of Peace: A History of the Civilian Public Service Program Administered by the Brethren Service Committee (Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Publishing House, 1948).
  • Jeffrey Kovac, Refusing War, Affirming Peace: A History of Civilian Public Service Camp #21 at Cascade Locks (Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2009).
  • Steve McQuiddy, Here on the Edge:How a Small Group of World War II Conscientious Objectors Took Art and Peace from the Margins to the Mainstream(Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2013).