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J. D. (Jacob D.) Mininger Papers 1900-1941

  • US MCUSAA HM1/011
  • Collection
  • 1900-1991

These papers of an (old) Mennonite Church evangelist and pastor to religious conscientious objectors at Fort Leavenworth during World War I are divided into five series:

(1) Correspondence, 1900-1941

(2) Materials on Conscientious Objectors at Fort Leavenworth, 1918-1919

(3) Subject Files,circa 1900-1941

(4) Sermons and Articles, undated

(5) Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1900-1991

Mininger, J. D. (Jacob D.), 1879-1941

Marvin L. Newcomer Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/1021
  • Collection
  • 1864-2001

This collection documents Newcomer's experiences in Civilian Public Service camps as a conscientious objector during World War II. Materials include ration books, camp rosters, photographs, miscellaneous correspondence, and a memoir of his experiences.

The collection also documents Newcomer's interest in the history of Mennonites in northern Indiana, specifically the Yellow Creek Mennonite Church. They include photographs, estate sale bills, and photocopied documents related to Yellow Creek members who were conscientious objectors during World War I.

Marvin L. Newcomer, 1922-2004

Harvey H. Weirich Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/938
  • Collection
  • 1940-2007

This small set of papers focuses primarily on Weirich's Civilian Public Service (CPS) work building flood control structures in Iowa and serving as a smoke jumper. Materials include an album of photographs and documents, collected articles on smoke jumpers, and newsletters and ephemera from Camp 18 (Denison, Iowa) and Camp 103 (Missoula, Montana). Also included are 26 photographs of First Mennonite Church (Middlebury, Indiana) in the 1950s and 1960s. Subjects include members of the church's baseball team circa 1950.

Weirich, Harvey H., 1924-2010

Harold and Philip Wik Family Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/991
  • Collection
  • 1900-2007

Papers of a Harold Wik, a Mennonite service worker who volunteered with Civilian Public Service, Mennonite Central Committee and missionary to China and Malaya (West Malaysia), and his son Philip Wik.  Documents include correspondence, photographs, two Wik family histories, and a Wik family anthology.  The family histories and anthologies integrate historical family documents or photocopies thereof into the text.

Wik, Harold

Stanley Sauder and fellow farm workers

  • CA MAO 2015-1-61
  • Item
  • [between 1943 and 1946]

Stanley Sauder with Kim Kempen and his sister. The sister was their cook on the Reid farm.

Unknown

The barn Stanley Sauder worked on

  • CA MAO 2015-1-62
  • Item
  • [between 1943 and 1946]

Stanley Sauder did carpentry work on this barn during an Alternative Service assignment

Sauder, Stanley

Dining hall at Montreal River camp

  • CA MAO 2015-1-64
  • Item
  • [1942 or 1943]

The dining hall at Montreal River set for a meal, with kitchen staff

Sauder, Stanley

Dump boat for rock disposal

  • CA MAO 2015-1-71
  • Item
  • [1942 or 1943]

Alternative Service workers with a dump boat they made for disposing of rocks during road building work.

Sauder, Stanley

Alternative Service cabin at Montreal River camp

  • CA MAO 2011-1 4
  • Item
  • 1987

Photo is of a log cabin on the grounds of the Twilight Resort in Montreal River Harbour, Ontario. The cabin housed Mennonite Alternative Service men during World War II. Carved into one of the logs are the names of Alternative Service workers Wilmer Wagler (Shakespeare, Ontario), Emerson Wagler (Shakespeare, Ontario), Moses G. Martin and Joe Martin (Wallenstein, Ontario). The man identified as Moses G. Martin could possibly be Morris Martin or Mahlon Martin; no Moses G. Martin is found in the Alternative Service lists.

Ruth Fletcher

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