Identity area
Reference code
CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2
Title
Jesse B. Martin photograph albums
Date(s)
- [between 1941 and 1944] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
4 albums (ca. 150 photographs)
Context area
Name of creator
(1897-1974)
Biographical history
Martin was a pastor, bishop, Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Mennonite Church representative on issues of peace and conscientious objection. He chaired the CHPC's Military Problems Committee, and provided itinerant pastoral support to Alternative Service workers during the Second World War.
Repository
Archival history
Albums were donated to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario by Naomi Martin in 1975
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Contains four photograph albums of Alternative Service camps. Photographs were taken or collected by Jesse B. Martin. A sample of photographs from these albums is described in the database. For the complete albums, see Hist.Mss.1.34.2.2 at the Mennonite Archives of Ontario.
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Place access points
- Green Timbers Forestry Station (Surrey, British Columbia)
- Petawawa Forest Experiment Station (Chalk River, Ontario)
- Montreal River Alternative Service Work Camp (Montreal River Harbour, Ontario)
- Seymour Mountain Park Alternative Service Work Camp (Dollarton, British Columbia)
- Emory Creek Alternative Service Work Camp (Hope, British Columbia)