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Manche Langley Harvey Collection, 2004-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Harvey, Mary Manche Langley, 1918-
Title
Manche Langley Harvey Collection
Dates
2004-2005 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 cubic foot; two boxes
Collection Number
OLPb019LAN
Summary
Harvey was a pacifist and an actress who lived at Civilian Public Service Camp 56, at Waldport, Oregon during World War II. This collection includes original recordings and a transcript of an oral history interview about Harvey's life and experiences in CPS, as well supporting materials including photographs and an MA thesis written by the interviewer.
Repository
Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives

Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Manche Langly Harvey was born in Portland, Oregon, on February 19, 1918. She lived in the Portland area until her young adult years, when she became a pacifist, and eventually joined the Fine Arts Civilian Public Service Camp at Waldport, Oregon in 1943. At Waldport, Manche became involved with the theater and printing. After the war she and her husband Bob Harvey moved to San Francisco, where Manche worked in the emerging theater scene with the Interplayers and the Playhouse. Today Manche lives in the San Francisco area.

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Content Description

This collection includes master copies and duplicates of original cassette oral history recordings. The collection also includes transcriptions, correspondence, photographs, and historical materials relating to Manche Langley Harvey.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

The Manche Harvey Langley Collection, OLPb019LAN, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in a single series with: Box 1 including oral history recordings; and Box 2 including oral history transcriptions and supporting materials.

Location of Collection

Special Collections

Acquisition Information

Given to Lewis & Clark College by Eliza Elkins Jones in January of 2007.

Processing Note

Processed in 2007.

Bibliography

For more information about Manche Langley Harvey and the World War II Civilian Public Service Camps see: Eliza Jones and Katrine Barber. "The Utmost Human Consequence: Art and Peace on the Oregon Coast, 1942-1946." Oregon Historical Quarterly. 107 (Winter 2006)

Related Materials

go to: http://www.lclark.edu/~archives/specialcollections/ to see other collections related to Civilian Public Service camps.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Civilian Public Service
  • Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Personal narratives

Personal Names

  • Harvey, Mary Manche Langley, 1918-
  • Jones, Eliza Elkins

finding aid by Jeremy Skinner
2007

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