Classification scheme: 
Hist. Mss. 1.245 (s.c.)

Title: Elmon Lichti collection

Dates of creation: 2009

Physical description: 1 page of textual records

Biographical sketch: Elmon Lichti of Tavistock, Ontario entered Alternative Service in late 1942, serving at Montreal River and on Vancourver Island. He died in 2005. His family later donated his workboots to the Mennonite Heritage Centre in Winnipeg.

Scope and content: Contains a photocopy of the following article:
Walk a mile in his shoes : Conscientious objector's boots add context to display in war museum / by Brenda Suderman. --Winnipeg Free Press, Sun 4 Oct 2009.

Custodial history: Photocopy received in 2009.

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