World War, 1939-1945

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Lois Gunden Clemens Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/926
  • Collection
  • 1901-1996

The papers and photographs in this collection include Lois Gunden Clemen's relief work in France under Mennonite Central Committee from 1941 to 1944. They also document her work as an educator and author, her Conrad Grebel Lectures, her work with Women's Missionary and Service Commission and other Mennonite-related organizations, her involvement with American Association Of University Women, and correspondence with her future husband Ernest Clemens.

Clemens, Lois Gunden, 1915-

Henry C. Penner Papers 1944, 1974

  • US MCUSAA HM1/815
  • Collection
  • 1918, 1940, 1944, 1974

Information regarding the World War II experiences of Henry C. Penner, a Mennonite from Wrickler, Manitoba who was arrested for resisting the draft in 1944. Tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by Leonard Gross with Henry and his son Leonard Penner are included, as is correspondence between the army and Henry’s uncle George Penner concerning the arrest and subsequent court martial. The records of the court martial, some miscellaneous notes and pamphlets, and slides of documents are also included.

Penner, Henry C.

Newspaper clippings

This series contains an assortment of useful items in several folders and in a scrapbook. Most noteworthy are the clippings (1945-1950 and materials related to World War II and Mennonite Contentious Objector (CO) status in Canada. The clippings come from newspapers and magazines such as the Red River Valley Echo, Steinbach Post, Mennonite Weekly Review, and The Winnipeg Free Press. The clippings deal with religious issues and issues pertaining to the history of Mennonite in Canada and Latin America. Many of the history clippings deal with the emigration of Mennonites to Paraguay in 1948. There is also a file related the Echo Verlag series of historical books.

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