These photo were used to illustrated the book "Waffen der Wehrlosen: Ersatzdienst der Mennoniten in der UdSSR (Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 1980) that focuses on the Alternative Service to active military service in the Soviet Union between 1917-1954.
The collection contains photographs depicting aspects of John and Tina Voth's family life as immigrants to Canada in the 1920s through to the various places they lived in Canada, as well as images of their parents and their early years in Russia. The collection includes more than the 41 scanned images.