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Reference code
CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.342
Title
Elmon Bender fonds
Date(s)
- 1942-1943 (Creation)
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15 photographs
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Donated by Elmon Bender's daughters in 2016
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Photographs of camp life and work at Montreal River Alternative Service work camp by conscientious objectors ("COs") during the winter of 1942-1943, a homemade calendar for 1942 featuring a picture of the camp, and a colourized photograph of the camp framed with birch bark.
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Publication note
For a list of Alternative Service workers at the Montreal River camp in the winter of 1942/1943, see:
Frey, Darrell. "Called to Be a Soldier: Experiences of COs at Alternative Service Camps During WWII." Wallenstein, Ont.: Vineyard Publications, 2014.