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Generally 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday to Friday. An appointment in advance is recommended.
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Mennonite Archives of OntarioConrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6
Phone: 519-885-0220 x24238
Files on this page are scans of files in the Mennonite Archives of Ontario that relate directly to the activities of Ontario Mennonites and other peace churches during the First World War. The files were scanned in 2016 and 2017.
They include the extensive files of the Non-Resistant Relief Organization and the relevant files of the Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference, as well as related files in the personal collections of Ontario Mennonite leaders Lewis J. Burkholder, Samuel F. Coffman, Christian Gascho, and Thomas Reesor. Files related to the formation and wartime activities of the Ontario District of the Mennonite women's sewing circles are also included.
These digital scans have been provided by the Mennonite Archives of Ontario at Conrad Grebel University College for the purpose of research and private study. Any use for other purposes may require the authorization of the copyright owner of the work.
XV-11.2.1/2 Minutes and reports
1917-March 1919 | April 1919-1924 |
XV-11.2.2/2 Correspondence
XV-11.2.3/2 News clippings
News clippings |
XV-11.4.5/1 News clippings
Undated | 1917 (1) | 1917 (2) |
1918 (1) | 1918 (2) | 1919 (1) |
1919 (2) | 1919 (3) |
XV-11.2.3/5 Manuscript,"Non-Resistant Groups in World War I"
"Non-Resistant Groups in World War I" |
XV-11.2.3/6 Appeals to government, U.S. and Canada
Appeals to government by various U.S. and Canadian organizations |
XV-11.2.3/7 Copies of exemption forms
Copies of exemption forms |
XV-11.4.5/2 Military exemption tribunals
Miscellaneous | Military Service Branch Tribunal Circulars |
Local Exemption Tribunals list (1) | Local Exemption Tribunals list (2) |
XV-11.4.5/3 Notes on the history of Mennonites seeking exemption in Canada
Notes on the history of Mennonites seeking exemption in Canada |
XV-11.4.5/4 Appeals for exemption under the Military Service Act
XV-11.4.6/1 Military Service Act exemption process
Military Service Act exemption process |
Hist.Mss.1.4.2/4 Lewis J.Burkholder's Non-Resistant Relief Organization files
Burkholder (1) | Burkholder (2) |
Burkholder (3) | Burkholder (4) |
Hist.Mss.1.1.1.2.10/6 Samuel F.Coffman's World War I personal correspondence
Coffman (1) | Coffman (2) |
Hist.Mss.1.61/2 Christian Gascho's Non-Resistant Relief Organization files
Gascho (1) | Gascho (2) |
Hist.Mss.1. 225.2/1 Thomas Reesor's account of his experiences with the Non-Resistant Relief Organization
Thomas Reesor |
VIII-2.3.1/1 Non-Resistant Relief Organization correspondence
1917-March 1918 | March 1918-May 1918 |
May 1918-August 1918 | August 1918-February 1919 |
March 1919-1925 |
VIII-2.3.1/3 Mennonite Relief Fund
Receipt book and correspondence | Receipts and correspondence (2) |
Receipts and correspondence (3) |
VIII-2.3.2/1 Correspondence re military exemption
Undated-May 1918 | May 1918-1919 |
II-5.4.2/2 Minute book | II-5.4.6/2 Financial records |
Memorandum of Laws Affecting the Members of the Mennonite Religious Society and Military Service in Canada, [Ontario? : Non-Resistant Relief Organization?, 1917?] | Official Documents from the Canadian Government regarding Exemption of Mennonites from Military Service in Canada. Gretna, Manitoba: B. Ewert's Printery, 1918. |
Generally 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday to Friday. An appointment in advance is recommended.
Phone: 519-885-0220 x24238
Conrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G6
519-885-0220
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