Title: Crossville P.O.W. Camp Collection

Date/Date Range :   1942-1981

Extent: 0.5 linear feet

Abstract:

The Crossville P.O.W Camp Collection, 1942-1981 consists primarily of newspaper clippings and copies of photographs. Also included in the collection is a history of the Camp property and correspondence and a memoir compiled by a former camp guard.

Call number: MS-2561

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections by Ms. Crocia Roberson in November, 2001.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Crossville P.O.W. Camp Collection, MS-2561. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of four folders.

No biographical information can be found.

The Crossville P.O.W Camp Collection, 1942-1981 consists primarily of newspaper clippings about the camp in the years after the war. Several clippings discuss rationing and local opposition to the establishment of the camp. In addition to the clippings, the collection contains several photographs from the camp when it held German prisoners of war. One former guard from the camp created a memoir about the camp, which includes excerpts from a book, photographs, and a map of the camp's layout. Since the site is currently used as a 4-H summer camp, a copy of 4-H's history of the property is included.

• Crossville Internment Camp (Tenn.) -- History.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
• Prisoners of war -- United States.
• Prisoners of war -- Germany.