Mennonite Archival Information Database

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.9-88
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Clayton Burkholder photograph album

An Alternative Service worker constructing a rool The building is probably a cabin in one of the Alternative Service work camps.

Lake and mountains on Vancouver Island

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.9-103
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Clayton Burkholder photograph album

View of a lake and mountains near an Alternative Service work camp.

Elim Bible School

CA CMBS NP122-01-6
Item
1942-1943

Part of Georget Rose Braun Photograph Collection

This photo shows the students and faculty of the Elim Bible School in Yarrow, B.C. 1942-43.

Publications

CA MHSBC 30-12
Series
1942-2008

Part of BC Conference of MB Churches fonds

Series consists of the following files:
1) Missions - 1964-1967
2) Newsletters - 1962-1968
3) Camps - 1987-1994
4) Programs and Newsletters - 1942-1978
5) Confession of Faith - 1902, 1916, 1952, 1969-1975
6) Directories - 1966-1982, 2007-2008
7) Newsletters - 1962-1968
8) Pictorial Survey - Mission Workers in Various Churches in BC

Jacob and Helena Fehr Photograph Collection

CA MHC 277
Collection
[1942-1943]

This collection contains photos of the experiences of men who were conscientious objectors to war in Canada during the Second World War and were assigned to work in an Alternative Service program. The photos are organized into the following categories:
1-2 camp; 3-11 individuals; 12-25 groups; 26-32 camp life; 33-42 camp cooks; 43-50 vistors; 51-54 misc. Items 1 to 50 were taken in British Columbia.

Unknown

Taking a selfie in ca. 1943 Alternative service in forestry - C.O.'s - groups

CA MHC 277-12.0
Item
1942-43

Part of Jacob and Helena Fehr Photograph Collection

This photo is of two conscientious objectors in an alternative service camp in B.C. during the Second World War taking a selfie (sitting in front of a mirror to take a photo of themselves)

Clayton Burkholder, Irvin Weber, Mel Kropf

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.9-64
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Clayton Burkholder photograph album

Caption on back reads: "We had some time over lunch hour. So we read. I had the Readers Digest."

Alternative Service workers looking at old machinery

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.9-71
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Clayton Burkholder photograph album

Clayton Burkholder writing

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.9-77
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Clayton Burkholder photograph album

Alternative Service workers patching a roof

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.9-85
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Clayton Burkholder photograph album

Alternative Serivce workers in their baseball field

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.9-97
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Clayton Burkholder photograph album

Caption on back reads: "10 of the men who played ball in that field around Christmas time. The weather was quite warm."

View of a mountain road on Vancouver Island

CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.9-104
Item
[between 1942 and 1944]

Part of Clayton Burkholder photograph album

View of a mountain road with lake beyond near an Alternative Service work camp

Alternative Service workers planting trees

CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.202.3-20
Item
[1942 or 1943]

Part of Wes Brown photograph album

This photo is of Alternative Service worker Helmut P. Neufeld carrying a pack of lunch boxes and holding an axe, getting directions from foreman Peter Wolfe as they stand in an area where seedlings are to be planted after the 1938 Sayward forest Fire on Vancouver Island.