- CA MAO 2015-1-73
- Item
- [1942 or 1943]
Alternative Service workers on a truck leaving camp for work
Sauder, Stanley
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Alternative Service workers on a truck leaving camp for work
Sauder, Stanley
(left to right): Bob Neufeld, Laurenda Margaret
(left to right): Bob Neufeld, Laurenda Margaret Scott and Jon B. Messer in Neufeld's office at the Ottawa Mennonite Church. Messer was a draft dodger from Pennsylvania. Photo from Frank H. Epp Collection "103-B-00 Draft Dodger".
Unknown
Len Bechtel photograph collection
Consists of photographs taken or collected by Bechtel during his time in Alternative Service.
Bechtel, Len
L-R: Charles Shorten and Charles Chambers sawing
L-R: Charles Shorten and Charles Chambers sawing down a large tree in the Alternative Service work camp in British Columbia, ca. 1943.
Fretz, John L.
Contains a letter written by Brunk, describing her work as a nurse with Mennonite Central Committee in Pusan, Korea. The scroll, presented to Brunk by the Korean Nursing Association of Pusan, features the Nightingale Pledge written in Korean. Also includes a journal from her experiences working as a "C.O. Girl" in the Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane in Poughkeepsie, NY, during the summer of 1945.
Brunk, Mabel V. (Mabel Virginia), 1926-
These papers consist primarily of newspaper clippings, court records, and incoming correspondence pertaining to the 1982 conviction of Mennonite conscientious objector and Goshen college student Mark Arden Schmucker on charges of failing to register for the draft.
Researchers should note that this collection does not contain copies of all of the court records for Schmucker's case. Rather, the court records in this collection are primarily briefs submitted to the court on Schmucker's behalf.
Schmucker, Mark Arden, 1960-
Men around Christmas tree at conscientious
Men around Christmas tree at conscientious objector work camp at Lake Cowichan, British Columbia. L-R: Irvin Weber, Andy Bowman, Mike Bohonoski, Elias Brubacher, Tobias Bowman, Raymond Good
Fretz, John L.
Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Office Correspondence, Part 2
Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding both primarily home and voluntary service work and the placement of Mennonite conscientious objectors into service programs of partner agencies. These files also contain some information on overseas voluntary service work. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author or subject.
Researchers should note the restrictions on files marked "confidential." These files generally do not contain confidential information about the individual whose name is on the folder. Rather, the files contain confidential information about voluntary service and mission workers supervised by the individual whose name is on the folder.
Mennonite Board of Missions
Mennonite Church Peace Problems Committee Records
Records of a Mennonite Church organization that addressed issues concerning conscription and perceived patriotism, divided into the following series:
Series 1: World War I Correspondence and Subject Files: Aaron Loucks and Jonas S. Hartzler, 1918-1919
Series 2: World War I Correspondence and Subject Files: Elias L. Frey, 1917-1922
Series 3: Orie O. Miller Correspondence and Subject Files, 1925-1965
Series 4: Christian L. Graber Correspondence and Subject Files, 1927-1953
Series 5: Harold Stauffer Bender Correspondence and Subject Files, 1935-1962
Series 6: Summer Peace Team Records, 1948-1949
Series 7: Minutes and Reports, 1917-1964
Series 8: World War II Draft Census and Research Files, circa 1940-1948
Series 9: Guy F. Hershberger Correspondence and Subject Files, 1950-1964
Mennonite Church. Peace Problems Committee
Mennonite Media Television Spots, and Scripts, Documentaries, and Videos
This series consists of television spots and scripts created by Mennonite Media to promote ethical behavior and the Mennonite faith, a documentary about James and Rowena Lark (James Lark was the first ordained African American Mennonite pastor), and three videos about American Mennonites and the 1991 Gulf War.
Mennonite Media
Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Noncombatant Service Study Records
A small set of records documenting Mennonite Research Foundation Project #5 on Noncombatant Service (i.e. military service in positions not requiring combat participation). Materials include a collection of tracts on noncombatant service by the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, correspondence and surveys completed by Mennonite men who served in noncombatant positions during World War II, and draft manuscripts of "What of Noncombatant Service" and "What Is War" by Melvin Gingerich.
Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.)
Moses L. Gerber with the camp dog at Montreal River
Unknown
Otto Dick conscientious objector photo collection
Photographs from Otto Dick's photo album depicting his service with conscientious objectors at Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park during the Second World War.
Dick, Otto, 1919-2009
Outside the blacksmith shop at Montreal River
Stanley Sauder, Wayne Gingrich (Preston, Ontario), Elmon Lichti (Tavistock, Ontario) outside the blacksmith shop at Montreal River. Date on back of photograph is 1941, but these men are on the camp list for 1942-1943.
Unknown
Party at Civilian Public Service Unit #63
Party at Civilian Public Service Unit #63
Richert, Paul H., 1918-1984