Conscientious objectors -- United States

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Christian L. and Mina Roth Graber Papers 1840-1973

  • US GCA HM1/209
  • Collection
  • 1813-1973

Personal papers of Christian L. Graber and Mina Roth Graber, consisting of correspondence, diaries, sermons, scrapbooks, geneological records, and information about Christian L. Graber's time as a conscientious objector during World War I, his stint as a relief worker, and his service to Mennonite Central Committee.

The papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence

(2) Sermons and Writings

(3) Personal and Family Records

(4) War, Peace, and Relief Work

(5) Business, Legal, and Estate Files

(6) Subject Files and Miscellaneous

(7) Mina Roth Graber Diaries

(8) Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Miscellaneous

Graber, Christian L., 1895-1987

Harold E. (Harold Ernest) Bauman Papers

  • US GCA HM1/396
  • Collection
  • 1947-1958

This collection includes personal papers, correspondence, draft materials, Mennonite Youth Conference materials, and Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference materials.

Bauman, Harold E. (Harold Ernest), 1922-

Atlee Beechy Papers

  • US GCA V/04/018-020
  • Collection
  • 1937-2000

Personal papers of a Goshen College professor of education and psychology.  Materials include not only his faculty papers, but also materials pertaining to service work with Civilian Public Service and Mennonite Central Committee Europe prior to his academic career.

Beechy, Atlee, 1914-2000

Owen Gingerich Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/533
  • Collection
  • 1950-1999

A small set of papers pertaining primarily to Gingerich's difficulties with the draft board in the 1950s. Gingerich, a conscientious objector, encountered difficulty when he attempted to extend a student deferment. With assistance from MCC, he was granted a Presidential appeal and ultimately reclassified "1 O." Other materials in the collection include a 1999 article about Gingerich's seagoing cowboy experience and a curriculum vitae.

Gingerich, Owen

Case Files of Conscientious Objectors Court-Martialed during World War I

  • US MCUSAA HM8/037
  • Collection
  • 1917-1919

98 case files on microfilm containing the transcripts of courts-martial of 131 conscientious objectors during World War I. The records originate from the National Archives' Record Group 153 (United States. Army, Office of the Judge Advocate General).  The name index to the microfilm in this finding aid is arranged alphabetically, as are the case files on microfilm.  Researchers should note that these case files contain two courts-martial in which multiple conscientious objectors were tried together.

United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General

Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries Voluntary Service and I-W Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/004
  • Collection
  • 1949-1969

Offical correspondence with agencies and individuals involved in service placements for conscientious objectors and other volunteers.

It appears that about half of this series is missing, as there are just a handful of alphabetically arranged folders thet begin with letters before "M."

Mennonite Board of Missions. Service Ministries

Mennonite Board of Missions I-W Records 1953-1974

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/009
  • Collection
  • 1943-1974

Adminstrative files documenting the placement of conscientious objectors into alternative service positions.  These records are divided into the following series:

(1) Personnel Files, 1943-1971

(2) Minutes, Reports, and Financial Records, 1952-1969

(3) Draft Census Records, 1963-1965

(4) Correspondence, 1954-1971

(5) I-W Program Files, 1952-1974

Mennonite Board of Missions

Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) New Draft Census Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/022
  • Collection
  • 1954-1956

Response card files, work sheets, correspondence, and final reports for the 1956 census of Mennonite men's draft registration status.  This census, conducted in 1956, was also known as Project 33 of the Mennonite Research Foundation.

Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.)