Ontario Mennonites and the First World War digital files

XV-11.2.1/2 Minutes and reports

• 1917-March 1919 (PDF)
• April 1919-1924 (PDF)

XV-11.2.2/2 Correspondence

• January-October 1917 (PDF)
• October 1917 (PDF)
• October-November 1917 (PDF)
• November 1917 (1) (PDF)
• November 1917 (2) (PDF)
• November-December 1917 (PDF)
• December 1917 (PDF)
• January-February 1918 (PDF)
• February 1918 (PDF)
• March 1918 (PDF)
• April 1918 (1) (PDF)
• April 1918 (2) (PDF)
• April 1918 (3) (PDF)
• May 1918 (1) (PDF)
• May 1918 (2) (PDF)
• May 1918 (3) (PDF)
• May 1918 (4) (PDF)
• June 1918 (1) (PDF)
• June 1918 (2) (PDF)
• June 1918 (3) (PDF)
• June 1918 (4) (PDF)
• July 1918 (1) (PDF)
• July 1918 (2) (PDF)
• July 1918 (3) (PDF)
• July 1918 (4) (PDF)
• August 1918 (1) (PDF)
• August 1918 (2) (PDF)
• September 1918 (1) (PDF)
• September 1918 (2) (PDF)
• October 1918 (1) (PDF)
• October 1918 (2) (PDF)
• October 1918 (3) (PDF)
• November-December 1918 (1) (PDF)
• November-December 1918 (2) (PDF)
• 1919-1924 (1) (PDF)
• 1919-1924 (2) (PDF)
• 1919-1924 (3) (PDF)

XV-11.2.3/2 News clippings

• News clippings (PDF)

XV-11.4.5/1 News clippings

• Undated (PDF)
• 1917 (1) (PDF)
• 1917 (2) (PDF)
• 1918 (1) (PDF)
• 1918 (2) (PDF)
• 1919 (1) (PDF)
• 1919 (2) (PDF)
• 1919 (3) (PDF)

XV-11.2.3/5 Manuscript,"Non-Resistant Groups in World War I"

• "Non-Resistant Groups in World War I" (PDF)

XV-11.2.3/6 Appeals to government, U.S. and Canada

• Appeals to government by various U.S. and Canadian organizations (PDF)

XV-11.2.3/7 Copies of exemption forms

• Copies of exemption forms (PDF)

XV-11.4.5/2 Military exemption tribunals

• Miscellaneous (PDF)
• Military Service Branch Tribunal Circulars (PDF)
• Local Exemption Tribunals list (1) (PDF)
• Local Exemption Tribunals list (2) (PDF)

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 (PDF)

XV-11.4.5/4 Appeals for exemption under the Military Service Act

• Members or adherents eligible for service (PDF)
• Statistics on members or adherents eligible for service (PDF)
• Exemption claims of Mennonite, Amish and Brethren in Christ members (1) (PDF)
• Exemption claims of Mennonite, Amish and Brethren in Christ members (2) (PDF)
• Exemption claims of Mennonite, Amish and Brethren in Christ members (3) (PDF)
• Reports of cases decided by Central Appeal Judge (1) (PDF)
• Reports of cases decided by Central Appeal Judge (2) (PDF)

XV-11.4.6/1 Military Service Act exemption process

• Military Service Act exemption process (PDF)

Hist.Mss.1.4.2/4 Lewis J.Burkholder's Non-Resistant Relief Organization files

• Burkholder (1) (PDF)
• Burkholder (2) (PDF)
• Burkholder (3) (PDF)
• Burkholder (4) (PDF)

Hist.Mss.1.1.1.2.10/6 Samuel F.Coffman's World War I personal correspondence

• Coffman (1) (PDF)
• Coffman (2) (PDF)

Hist.Mss.1.61/2 Christian Gascho's Non-Resistant Relief Organization files

• Gascho (1) (PDF)
• Gascho (2) (PDF)

Hist.Mss.1. 225.2/1  Thomas Reesor's account of his experiences with the Non-Resistant Relief Organization

• Thomas Reesor (PDF)

VIII-2.3.1/1 Non-Resistant Relief Organization correspondence

• 1917-March 1918 (PDF)
• March 1918-May 1918 (PDF)
• May 1918-August 1918 (PDF)
• August 1918-February 1919 (PDF)
• March 1919-1925 (PDF)

VIII-2.3.1/3 Mennonite Relief Fund

• Receipt book and correspondence (PDF)
• Receipts and correspondence (2) (PDF)
• Receipts and correspondence (3) (PDF)

VIII-2.3.2/1 Correspondence re military exemption

• Undated-May 1918 (PDF)
• May 1918-1919 (PDF)

• II-5.4.2/2 Minute book (PDF)
• II-5.4.6/2 Financial records (PDF)

• Memorandum of Laws Affecting the Members of the Mennonite Religious Society and Military Service in Canada (PDF), [Ontario? : Non-Resistant Relief Organization?, 1917?]
• Official Documents from the Canadian Government regarding Exemption of Mennonites from Military Service in Canada (PDF). Gretna, Manitoba: B. Ewert's Printery, 1918.