Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1941-1943, 1946 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
32 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
farmer, conscientious objector (Montreal River, Jul-Nov 1941; Seymour Mountain, Jun 1942-May or Jun 1943), businessman, telephone company administrator, secretary/treasurer of the Mennonite Aid Union
Repository
Archival history
Album donated to the Archives after an interview with Schmidt conducted for the Alternative Service in World War II oral history project in 1975.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of photographs taken by Schmidt during his time in Alternative Service.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Not all photographs in the collection have been scanned and described at the item level. Close variant photographs and scenic photographs have largely been omitted. Further accruals to this description related to Schmidt's life after 1946 have yet to be added. The collection in its entirety can be viewed at the Archives.