Manche Langley Harvey Collection

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)
20042005
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

Box 1: Manche Langley Harvey oral history recordings by Eliza Jones, May 14-September 4, 2004Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Item
1/1	Tape 1 1 master cassette, 2 copies	May 14, 2004
1/2	Tape 2 1 master cassette, 2 copies	May 14, 2004
1/3	Tape 3 1 master cassette, 2 copies	May 26, 2004
1/4	Tape 4 1 master cassette, 2 copies	June 5, 2004
1/5	Tape 5 1 master cassette, 2 copies	June 5, 2004
1/6	Tape 6 1 master cassette, 2 copies	June 25, 2004
1/7	Tape 7 1 master cassette, 2 copies	June 25, 2004
1/8	Tape 8 1 master cassette, 2 copies	June 25, 2004
1/9	Tape 9 1 master cassette, 2 copies	July 9, 2004
1/10	Tape 10 1 master cassette, 2 copies	July 9, 2004
1/11	Tape 11 1 master cassette, 2 copies	July 9, 2004
1/12	Tape 12 1 master cassette, 2 copies	July 9, 2004
1/13	Tape 13 1 master cassette, 2 copies	July 23, 2004
1/14	Tape 14 1 master cassette, 2 copies	July 23, 2004
1/15	Tape 15 1 master cassette, 2 copies	July 23, 2004
1/16	Tape 16 1 master cassette, 2 copies	September 4, 2004
1/17	Tape 17 1 master cassette, 2 copies	September 4, 2004
1/18	Tape 18 1 master cassette, 2 copies	September 4, 2004

Box 2: Manche Langley Harvey oral history supporting materials, 2004-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Item
2/1	Legal release & consent forms	May 2004
2/2	Correspondence, EJ to MLH	May-July, 2004
2/3	Interview transcription, Tape 1	May 14, 2004
2/4	Interview transcription, Tape 2	May 14, 2004
2/5	Interview transcription, Tape 3	May 26, 2004
2/6	Interview transcription, Tape 4	June 5, 2004
2/7	Interview transcription, Tape 5	June 5, 2004
2/8	Interview transcription, Tape 6	June 25, 2004
2/9	Interview transcription, Tape 7	July 25, 2004
2/10	Interview transcription, Tape 8	June 25, 2004
2/11	Interview transcription, Tape 9	July 9, 2004
2/12	Interview transcription, Tape 10	July 9, 2004
2/13	Interview transcription, Tape 11	July 9, 2004
2/14	Interview transcription, Tape 12	July 9, 2004
2/15	Interview transcription, Tape 13	July 23, 2004
2/16	Interview transcription, Tape 14	July 23, 2004
2/17	Interview transcription, Tape 15	July 23, 2004
2/18	Interview transcription, Tape 16	September 4, 2004
2/19	Interview transcription, Tape 17	September 4, 2004
2/20	Interview transcription, Tape 18	September 4, 2004
2/21	Manche Irene Langley Collected information on Manche Irene Langley, MLH’s aunt, includes images, published articles, news clippings, obituary, and “Queen’s Bench” materials	undated
2/22	MA thesis, “‘All done as a real pacifist:’ Manche Langley's recollections of peace and art in America's mid-twentieth century Far West” by Eliza Jones Based on oral history interviews	2005
2/23	MLH family photographs forty images	undated

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