Civilian Public Service worker with a patient on Meyer Ward

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Description	Charles Elliott, C.P.S. worker, assisting a patient with speech correction. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the program, conscientious objectors, known as C.P.S. workers, were assigned to assist in charting, keeping patient records, and clinical laboratory work.
Date created	1944
Subject	Hospital wards Duke University. Department of Psychiatry Civilian Public Service. Camp No. 61 (Durham, N.C.) Patients African Americans
Identifier	per00197
Resource type	Image
Holding entity	Duke Medical Center Archives
Archival collection	Photograph & Negative Collection

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