A list of Canadian Mennonites who went into alternative service during World War II

The three farm ledgers were started by Carl W. Nunemaker as a single man at the age of 18. They became farm ledgers which included detailed income and expenses of Carl and Mary as they experienced farm life through the years, during World War I, into the 1920’s, and through the Depression and World War II. The summary of each ledger as well as the biography as provided by John Nunemaker, help explain the different entries. Later additional records were added to the collection by John Nunemaker, and a short biography was added by Lowell Nunemaker. Photographs from the Mary (Dils) Nunemaker Photograph collection were compiled into this collection in 2023.

Certificate (blank) to certify that person is a Mennonite and exempt from military service. Also a card entitled "Earnest Appeal" in English and German intended to accompany above certificate. It urges recipients of exemption card to not boast of the privilege and to live a life consistent with Mennonite doctrines of faith and practice.

Certificate declaring holder to be a Mennonite and free from all military service. Original and photocopy

Farm Employment: Employer's order - Conscientious Objector. Informal document outlining particulars of farm family and requesting that their worker be given leave to continue employment with them.

"Talk at Kleefeld School on November 9, 1994 regarding my C.O. experience during World War II" by D.K. Schellenberg

"Diary kept by Noah H. Leatherman While in Camp during World War I"

Die Christliche Lehre von der Wehrlosigkeit: Brieswechsel zwischen Gras Leo Tolstoi von Russland und Prediger Adin Ballou von Amerika ("The Christian doctrine of nonresistance: correspondence between Leo Tolstoy of Russia and minister Adin Ballou of America.

Two copies of "Experiences of the Mennonites of Canada during the Second World War" A published collection of articles regarding experiences and minutes of meetings called to discuss circumstances related to the war.

Newspaper clippings reporting on Historic Peace Church Council, Delegation visiting the Prime Minister, loss of non-resistance, money earned by C.O.'s

Correspondence and agendas from the Historic Peace Church Council of Canada

Twenty-two issues of the Home News from it's second year of publication till its final copy in July 1946. The Home News was published by the Young People of Greenland, Kleefeld, Morris and Steinbach during WWII "in the interest of those deprived of life a

Twenty-four issues of Home News from the first year till 1945. The Home News was published by the Young People of Greenland, Kleefeld, Morris and Steinbach during WWII "in the interest of those deprived of life at home".

"Wichtige Dokumente betreffs der Wehrfreiheit der Mennoniten in Canada", ("important documents concerning the defense of freedom of the Mennonites in Canada")(20 copies and 1 photocopy) Includes a) Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council,

Minutes of a inter-denominational Mennonite meeting