Don Baker Papers 1944-1945

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Don Baker Papers 1944-1945

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv69021

This collection includes a series of twenty-two letters from James Townsend, a WWII conscientious objector interned at the Cascade Locks (Oregon) Civilian Public Service Camp, to Don Baker, a C.O. who had been sentenced to prison at McNeil Island, Washington. The letters written from 1944 to 1945 cover a range of topics including activities at the Cascade Locks camp and philosophical discussions of pacifism.

.3 cubic feet; 1 box

eng,

Lew s & Clark College Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6376658

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Baker, Donald E. (Donald Eugene)

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Donald (Don) E. Baker was born in 1918. Baker petitioned and received conscientious objector status during World War II. On January 21, 1942 Baker was assigned to Civilian Public Service Camp 21 at Cascade Locks, Oregon. The men at the Cascade Locks camp worked during the day as foresters. Their responsibilties included logging, planting, building roads, and fighting fires. Baker was also involved with the printing of the camp newsletter and the first two issues of The Illiterati, a...

Townsend, James

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Epithet: Alderman of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0001af Epithet: Clerk to the E Budleigh Tax Commissioners British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x000280 ...