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Only top-level descriptions World War, 1939-1945 - Conscientious objectors
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David J. Krehbiel Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.275
  • Collection
  • 1874-1968

Most of the papers document his conscientious objector status at Camp Funston during World War I.

Also included is an 1874 Russian passport of his grandfather Daniel Krehbiel, and his own passport from a 1968 service trip to Paraguay.

Krehbiel, David J., 1896-1979

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

Dump boat for rock disposal

  • CA MAO 2015-1-70
  • Item
  • [1942 or 1943]

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

Sauder, Stanley

Elmer Leichty Court Martial Proceedings

  • US MCUSAA HM1/839SC
  • Collection
  • 1918

Transcript of Elmer Leichty's court martial for refusing to accept work orders at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, during World War I.

Leichty, Elmer

Elmon Bender fonds

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.342
  • Fonds
  • 1942-1943

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.

Unknown

Fred Cressman photograph album

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.137.6
  • File
  • 1942-1943

The album contains photographs of Cressman's time as a conscientious objector in Alternative Service in British Columbia from 1942-1943. Although primarily based at the Goldstream (Langford) camp, Cressman and the other COs sometimes worked in the local community or in other CO camps on Vancouver Island. Most of the men in the photographs are fellow COs from Ontario, along with a few staff of the British Columbia Forestry Service.

Cressman, Fred

George S. Miller Court Martial Proceedings

  • US MCUSAA HM1/645SC
  • Collection
  • 1918

A photocopy of the proceedings of a General Court Martial at Camp Dodge, Iowa in World War I.  The defendant, George S. Miller, was a Mennonite conscientious objector.  This is an incomplete copy that does not contain the judgment.  Testimony, however, is present.

Miller, George S., 1887-1978

Gerlof D. Homan Research Files

  • US MCUSAA HM1/965
  • Collection
  • 1916-1995

Research files of a Mennonite historian who taught at Illinois State University.  These records are divided into two series:

(1) World War I Research, 1916-1989

(2) Dutch Mennonite Research, 1989-1995

Homan, Gerlof D., 1929-

Gordon Oyer Collection on Civilian Public Service Camp #115 Subunit #30 (Urbana, Ill.)

  • US MCUSAA HM1/944
  • Collection
  • 1943-1991

A set of research materials assembled by Gordon Oyer to write an article on the history Civilian Public Service in Illinois, including CPS Camp #115, Subunit #30.  CPS volunteers at this camp were "guinea pigs" for medical experiments studying the physiological effects of heat and tropical conditions.  Camp #115 was a cooperative agency administered the Mennonites, Brethren, and Friends under the direction of the Office of Scientific Research and Development.  Subunit #30 was administered by Mennonite Central Committee.

Materials in this collection include the diaries of two CPS volunteer participants in these experiments:  Duane Hougham (Methodist) and George Nachtigall (Mennonite Brethren).  Nachtigall's diary is a photocopy of the original.  Also included are letters with CPS volunteers stationed in Illinois, clippings, and a copy of Oyer's article.

Oyer, Gordon

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

Harry Sommers Papers 1917-1919

  • US MCUSAA HM1/887
  • Collection
  • 1917-1992

Papers pertaining to a Mennonite conscientious objector's experiences during World War I.  Includes correspondence, empemera pertaining to conscientious objection, a transcript of Sommers's court martial proceedings, a parole pass, photographs, and other miscellaneous items.  Also includes a brief two page biography of Sommers written by Myron Sommers in 1992.

Sommers, Harry, 1894-1984

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

Ice bridge at Montreal River

  • CA MAO 2015-1-68
  • Item
  • [1942 or 1943]

Alternative Service workers explore an ice bridge at Montreal River near Lake Superior

Sauder, Stanley

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