OLPb026BAK.xml Donald E. Baker Collection 1939-2015 Baker (Donald) E. Collection Zachariah Selley Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives 2017
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Donald E. Baker Collection Baker, Donald E., 1918- OLPb026BAK 1 linear feet 1 box 1939-2015 This collection includes correspondence, publications and other papers from Don Baker, a WWII conscientious objector interned at the Cascade Locks (Oregon) Civilian Public Service Camp, who had been sentenced to prison at McNeil Island, Washington following his protest and desertion from the camp work.

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 literary journal edited and published by Baker, Kemper Nomland, and Kermit Sheets. In 1944 Baker walked out of the camp in an act of protest. Soon after he was arrested by Federal authorities and sentenced to prison at McNeil Island Prison in Washington. This collection includes letters sent to Baker while he was in prison by his close friend and fellow C.O., James Townsend. Townsend kept Baker informed about activities at Cascade Locks and the two carried on philosophical discussions about their roles as conscientious objectors.

After the war Baker, like many of his fellow C.O.'s, settled in San Francisco where he worked as a printer until retirement. Baker died on September 30, 2015.

Donated to Lewis & Clark College by DonBaker in 2008, with a remainder donated by his family in 2015

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 Townsend, James Wyeth (Or.) civilian public service Civilian Public Service. Camp #21 (Cascade Locks, Or.) Correspondence 1942-2008 Letter form National Director, Brethren Civilian Public Service to D. Baker January 9, 1942 1 1 Russell G. Pruden to Camp Director : CPS Camp #38 October 17, 1942 1 3 Letter from Russell G. Pruden to D. Baker about "the Columbian" : CPS Camp #21 October 7, 1942 1 2 From LeRoy Qualls to Camp Director about "the Columbian", CPS Camp #21 October 21, 1942 1 4 Letter from Jerome K. Wilox to Donald E. Baker about "The Columbian": CPS Camp #21 November 2, 1942 1 5 From Raymond H. Shove to "The Columbian" Directors: Camp #21 November 10, 1942 1 7 From Jerome K. Wilox to Donald Baker about "The Columbian" : CPS Camp #21 November 18, 1942 1 8 Letter from Rox M. Corfman to Welfare Hospital (Welfare Island, N.Y): CPS November 5, 1942 1 6 From Betty and Jordan (family) to Donald Baker: CPS Camp #21 January 14, 1943 1 9 From Fran and Bill to Donald Baker January 21, 1943 1 10 An Open letter to the people at Camp 56 from J. W Sulek March 1943 1 11 From Harriet to Donald Baker March 1, 1943 1 12 From Donald Baker, Bob Mclane, Dave Salstorm, General Correspondence: CPS #56 March 22, 1943 1 13 From Harold Row to Donald Baker and Others April 12, 1943 1 17 Letter from Rufus M. Franz , Camp #60 Director to Donald E. Baker March 27, 1943 1 14 Letter from Karl Olson to Donald Baker, Bob McLane, Dave Salstorm: CPS Camp #37 April 3, 1943 1 15 Letter from Charles D. Hornig to General Lewis B. Hershey April 4, 1943 1 16 Letter from Jesse Wallace Hughan: CPS April 15, 1943 1 18 From Harriet to Donal Baker August 7, 1943 1 19 From Donald Baker to his Family, about leaving CPS: CPS Camp #21 January 10, 1944 1 20 To Donald Baker: CPS Camp #21 January 15, 1944 1 21 From his Father to Donald Baker: CPS Camp #21 January 18, 1944 1 22 From his Mother to Donald Baker: CPS Camp #21 January 19, 1944 1 23 From Donald Baker to his Mother: CPS Camp #21 January 20, 1944 1 24 From Donald Baker, General Correspondence: CPS Camp #21 January 21, 1944 1 25 From Donald Baker to United States Attorney (After leaving CPS Camp #21) March 7, 1944 1 26 From C. B. Baldwin to The United States Board of Parole, Department of Justice: Parole Request November 8, 1944 1 27 From Robert A. Fangmeier to Earle J. Baker, about Donald Baker's Parole November 21, 1944 1 28 From Jack McGraw to Fellow Outmate, General Correspondence April 1, 1946 1 29 From Josiah P. Marvel, Chairman CO Demobilization Committee, General Correspondence July 1946 1 30 From Mulford Q. Sibley to COs: The Pacific Research Bureau August 9, 1946 1 31 From Rev. Alfred Schmalz to Ministers of Congregational Christian Churches: Committee on Conscientious Objectors November 27, 1950 1 32 The Congregational Christian Pacifist Fellowship and List of COs April 12, 1952 1 33 From Alan Jenkins, General Correspondence: The Congregational Christian Pacifist Fellowship August 28, 1953 1 34 From Rhonda Refsnider, PTI Volunteer to Donald Baker, about Oral History Project September 14, 2002 1 36 From Rhonda Refsnider to Donald E. Baker, about Oral History Project October 4, 2002 1 37 From Doug Erickson and Paul Merchant to Donald Baker October 23, 2008 1 38 From Wallace Hamilton, Committee on Educational Aid to COs, General Correspondence ca. 1940s-1950s 1 39 From Cicero Codina, Mutual Aid Food Package Service, For Overseas , General Correspondence ca. 1940s 1 40 Letter from Cynthia Eller to the Conscientious Objectors July 19, 1988 1 35 From Melvin Holt to Donald E. Baker about Membership of the Cooperative Society ca. 1940s 1 41 From Emmy to Donald Baker ca. 1930s- 1960s 1 42 Cards + Postcards ca. 1940s- 1990s 1 43 Paul Merchant, Doug Erickson and Don Baker correspondence 2008 1 44 Townsend to Baker March 10, 1944 1 45 Townsend to Baker March 23, 1944 1 46 Townsend to Baker June 26, 1944 1 47 Townsend to Baker ca. 1944 1 48 Townsend to Baker July 12, 1944 1 49 Townsend to Baker July 23, 1944 1 50 Townsend to Baker August 7, 1944 1 51 Townsend to Baker August 14, 1944 1 52 Townsend to Baker August 20, 1944 1 53 Townsend to Baker August 25, 1944 1 54 Townsend to Baker September 3, 1944 1 55 Townsend to Baker September 14, 1944 1 56 Townsend to Baker September 26, 1944 1 57 Townsend to Baker October 19, 1944 1 58 Townsend to Baker November 6, 1944 1 59 Townsend to Baker November 29, 1944 1 60 Townsend to Baker December 8, 1944 1 61 Townsend to Baker December 22, 1944 1 62 Townsend to Baker January 4, 1945 1 63 Townsend to Baker January 31, 1945 1 64 Townsend to Baker February 7, 1945 1 65 Townsend to Baker March 20, 1945 1 66 Publications: Newsletters 1942-1947 Coercion: A study in the Use of Force Series 2, No. 4 April 1944 1 67 The Columbian Vol.1, No.6 April 11, 1942 1 68 The Columbian Vol.1 No.18 February 1943 1 69 The Compass, CPS Camp #56 Summer- Fall 1944 1 70 The Compass, CPS Camp #56 Spring 1946 1 71 F.O.R Fellowship: Conscientious Objectors in World War 2, Vol.15 No.1 January 1949 1 72 The Forerunner Vol.2 No.4 April 1944 1 73 The Grapevine No.7: Prison News Exchange Service February 1946 1 74 The Outmate No.1, Phila. Prison Group April 1, 1946 1 75 The Outmate No.2, Phila. Prison Group June 1, 1946 1 76 The Outmate No.3, Phila. Prison Group August 1, 1946 1 77 The Outmate No.4, Phila. Prison Gruop October 1946 1 78 Pacifica Views, CPS Camp #76 July 1943- August 1943 1 79 Pacifica Views, CPS Camp #76 July 1946- December 1946 1 80 Pacifica Views, CPS Camp #76 January 1947- April 1947 1 81 Paisano Vol.3 No.2 April 6, 1944 1 82 Paisano Vol.3 No.3 April 20, 1944 1 83 Paisano Vol.3 No.5 May 18, 1944 1 84 Paisano Vol.3 No.6 June 1, 1944 1 85 Paisano Vol.3 No.7 June 15, 1944 1 86 Paisano Vol.3 No.8 June 29, 1944 1 87 Paisano Vol.3 No.9 July 13, 1944 1 88 Paisano Vol.3 No.10 July 27, 1944 1 89 Paisano Vol.3 No.11 October 8, 1944 1 90 Paisano Vol.3 No.13 September 7, 1944 1 91 Paisano September 9, 1944 1 92 Paisano Vol.3 No.14 September 21, 1944 1 93 Paisano Vol.3 No.15 October 5, 1944 1 94 Paisano Vol.3 No.21 December 28, 1944 1 95 Paisano Vol.3 No.22 January 11, 1945 1 96 Paisano Vol.3 No.23 January 25, 1945 1 97 Paisano Vol.3 No.24 February 1945 1 98 Paisano Supplement, "City College After Two Years in the Service of the U.S Navy" October 18, 1944 1 99 Prison Views Vol.1 No.1, Federal Detention Center, Philadelphia May 1947 1 100 Program S.F: The Magazine for Theatergoers Vol.2 No.15, The Playhouse Early 1960s 1 101 The Reporter Vol.1 No.6, National Service Board for Religious Objectors December 1, 1942 1 102 The Reporter Vol.1 No.14 National Service Board for Religious Objectors April 1, 1943 1 103 The Reporter Vol.1 No.15 National Service Board for Religious Objectors April 15, 1943 1 104 The Reporter Vol.1 No.19, National Service Board for Religious Objectors June 15, 1943 1 105 The Reporter: Prison Supplement, National Service Board for Religious Objectors December 1, 1943 1 106 The Reporter Vol.2 No.18, National Service Board for Religious Objectors March 15, 1944 1 107 School of Pacifist Living No.1: CPS #21 January 1, 1944 1 108 The Tide Vol.2 No.1, CPS Camp #56 January 1943 1 109 The Tide Vol.2 No.3, CPS Camp #56 March 1943 1 110 The Untide Vol.1 No.1, CPS Camp #56 January 6, 1943 1 111 The Untide Vol.1 No.3, CPS Camp #56 January 1943 1 112 The Untide Vol.1 No.4, CPS Camp #56 January 30, 1943 1 113 The Untide Vol.1 No.5, CPS Camp #56 February 6, 1943 1 114 The Untide Vol.1 No. 6, CPS Camp #56 February 1943 1 115 The Untide Vol.1 No.7, CPS Camp #56 February 20, 1942 1 116 The Untide Vol.1 No.8, CPS Camp #56 February 28, 1943 1 117 The Untide Vol.1 No.9, CPS Camp #56 March 5, 1943 1 118 The Untide Vol.1 No.10, CPS Camp #56 March 13, 1943 1 119 The Untide Vol.1 No.11, CPS Camp #56 March 20, 1943 1 120 The Untide Vol.1 No.12, CPS Camp #56 March 1943 1 121 The War Register No.52, The Westminster Press Autumn 1946 1 122 Youth Action Vol.1 No.7, Youth Committee for Democracy April 1943 1 123 Misc. Publications British Pacifists Carry On!: Magazine ca. Early 20th Century 1 124 "Caligula" By Albert Camus, Directed by kermit Sheets, At the Playhouse: Program December 1957 1 125 Camp Angel Concert Series, CPS Camp #56: Third Program March 14, 1943 1 126 "The Case Against Universal Military Training" ca. Early 20th Century 1 127 "Christian Pacifism Today" By A. J. Muste, Church Peace Mission ca. Early 20th Century 1 128 Civilian Public Service Camp #21 Program Description ca. Early 20th Century 1 129 "Colonists" in Wyoming, About Detention of Japanese Americans November 6, 1942 1 130 The Congregational- Christian Pacifists Fellowship: Pamphlet ca. Early 20th Century 1 131 "Conscience Free" By Lloyd Frankenberg: Harper's Magazine November 1947 1 132 "The Conscientious Objector Under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940: national Service Board for Religious Objectors ca. 1930s- 1950s 1 133 "Coronet Magazine Presents Plague- Fighting Pacifists By Joel Canada and Lee Nicholas July 1944 1 134 "The Diary of A. Scoundrel" By Alexander Ostrovsky, Directed by Kermit Sheets & Curtiss Cowan, At the Playhouse ca. 1940s- 1970s 1 135 The Experience of the American Friends, Service Committee in Civilian Public Service 1941-1945 1 136 "Is the Achievement of Peace Within Our Power?": A Sermon by Rev. James Clark Brown May 25, 1952 1 137 "It's Time to Shut Down America's Concentration Camps": Pamphlet ca. 1940-1950 1 138 "Knights of the Round Table" By Jean Cocteau, Translated by W.H. Auden, Directed by Kermit Sheets: At the Playhouse ca. 1940s- 1970s 1 139 Loyal to Their Christian Convictions Congregational Christian Convictions, Congregational Christian Young Men in Civilian Service ca. Early 20th Century 1 140 Manchester College- 1997 Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute, With Letter from Ken Brown to CPSers March 1998 1 141 Men Against the State By George B. Reeves Number 9 1946 1 142 Mile High Timberline Lodge: A Year Around Resort: Pamphlet Late 20th Century 1 143 "Miriam Loves Birds" a Novel by Kermit Sheets, Dedication to Don Baker April 18, 1984 1 144 "Moral and Religious Arguements in Support to Pacifism: Conscientious Objectors and the Second World War" by Cynthia Eller: Featuring Don Baker 1988 1 145 "N.T. Basic of Pacifism- MacGreggor, A Study Help by Carl J. Landes: Index May 22, 1940 1 146 "New About the San Dimas CPS Camp and the CO Fellowship Fund": Special Committee for C.O.s October 18, 1941 1 147 "Ondine" A Play by Jean Giraudoux with Announcement of the Playhouse Season 1960-61 1960-1961 1 148 "Oral History Release Agreement" United States Department of Agriculture, Siuslaw National Forest 2002 1 149 Our Way in the Midst of War, Statement by the Executive Committee of the Fellowship of Reconciliation December 9, 1941 1 150 Pacifism and the Human Spirit by Alfred Hassler: Pamphlet ca. Early 20th Century 1 151 "Pacifists Facing World Problems"- Chicago Fellowship of Reconciliation ca. Early 20th Century 1 152 "Peace Service Bulletin" Vol.6 No.12 December 1953 1 153 The Quare Fellow By Brendan Behan, Directed by Gina Waldron, The Interlayers at the Bella Union Theatre Late 20th Century 1 154 "Rose Burke" By Henri Bernstein Mayfair Theatre, Portland February 3, 1942 1 155 "S.O.S For Europe's Children" by Tracy D. Mygatt, Accounts of Starvation in Europe During WWII March 1943 1 156 "San Francisco's Burning"- Musical, Written by Helen and Pat Adam, Music by Warner Jepson and Directed by Kermit Sheets: At the Playhouse 1961 1 157 "Seminary Students and the War Crisis" A Christian Pacifist Manifesto 1900s- 1950s 1 158 "Shaw Androcles and the Lion" Directed By Jane Steckle, At the Playhouse: Program ca. Late 20th Century 1 159 "Stalingrad Statemate" Play by Kermit Sheets, CPS Camp #21 1943 1 160 "That Men May Live: Statement of Purpose" of the Fellowship of Reconciliation: Pamphlet ca. Early 20th Century 1 161 "They Serve Without Weapons"- National Service Board for Religious Objectors: Pamphlet ca. Early 20th Century 1 162 Trails on Slopes of Mount Hood, Recreation Guide 41 1939 1 163 "Up for Air- a musical venue", At the Playhouse: Program ca. Late 20th Century 1 164 "Waldport 1943" A Poem By Kermit Sheets, Printed for the ninetieth birthday of Kermit Sheets At Lewis and Clark College August 14, 2005 1 165 "War Elegies" by William Everson- Untide Press 1943 1 166 "Water of the Moon" By N.C. Hunter- The Playhouse Repertory 1949-1950 1 167 "A Week- End for Peace" By Jessie Wallace Hughan: War Registers League, NYC May 2, 1943 1 168 "What is the Fellowship of Reconciliation": Pamphlet ca. Early 20th Century 1 169 "You and the 1944 Budget: Plain Talk About Our Work" From the Fellowship of Reconciliation 1944 1 170 Printed and Misc. Materials, Photographs Donald Baker Parole Documents 1940-1945 1 171 Ski Instructions for Mt. Hood By MOunt Hood National Forest 1941 1 172 To the Congress of the United States, From Franklin Roosevelt: The White House December 8, 1941 1 173 Selective Service/ Peacetime Conscription: News Announcement ca. 1942 1 174 "The First Seven Weeks in CPS Camp No.21": Report about Cascade Locks By Camp Director Mark Schrock January 15, 1942 1 175 Wyeth's 'Conchies' Fight With Shovel: Article about CPS in The Sunday Oregonian March 1, 1942 1 176 Red Hot Memorandum #21: CPS Camp #21 1943 1 177 CPS Camp #56: Internal Report March 18, 1943 1 178 "Proceedings in Re Sentence" of William G. Webb May 12, 1943 1 179 Newspaper Clipping: The Call September 24, 1943 1 180 Written Experience in CPS Camp #21 By Robert W. McLane April 10, 1944 1 181 Revised mailing and Packing Instructions for Food and Clothing Packages, War Resisters League September 27, 1946 1 182 "American Militarism" By H.C Holdridge Reprinted By the Christian Century: Article 1947 1 183 "For an Evening Service" From Punch: Hymn November 2, 1953 1 184 "Herb Caen: In Our Time"- About Vietnam War April 18, 1967 1 185 Misc. List of Names 1968 1 186 "Typographical Union Appeals for Viet Peace": San Francisco Chronicle June 17, 1968 1 187 Invite- CPS Camp #21 Reunion - 35th Anniversary + 1972 Reunion Report 1976 1 188 Memorial Service for George Reeves: Newspaper Clipping June 3, 1983 1 189 "Being A WWII Conscientious Objectors (CO) at Camp Angel": Donald Baker Interview by Rhonda Refsnider: Interview Transcript August 28, 2002 1 190 Newspaper Clippings about kermit Sheets' Death April 23, 2006 1 191 Death Announcement and Memorial of Joseph Francis Gunterman February 2015 1 192 About Ella Nomland's Citizenship: Newspaper Clipping ca. 1967 1 193 Bibliography- Suggested by Caleb Foote, Former Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation: Misc. ca. Early 20th Century 1 194 Budget Planning [Accounts 11, 12, & 16] November 20, 1943 1 195 Collections of Poems: 'America the Beautiful, 'Solidarity Forever', 'The International', 'Men of the Soil' ca. Early 20th Century 1 196 "Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe": Care Pamphlet ca. Early 20th Century 1 197 Fellowship of Reconciliation: Misc. ca. Early 20th Century 1 198 "Kermit Sheets: From WWII to Star War- A Lifetime of Opposing War" By Malinda Beck, Volunteer Profile- Newspaper Clipping ca. Late 20th Century 1 199 List of Things to Bring for CPS Service By the Brethern Service Committee, CPS Camp #21 ca. Early 20th Century 1 200 Newspaper Articles about Conscientious Objector ca. Early 20th Century 1 201 "Save Life": Mutual Aid Food Package Service List of Food ca. Early 20th Century 1 202 "Vote For Peace in Vietnam" By Some Local 21 Members to Fellow Members ca. 1955-1975 1 203 Conscientious Objectors: At Reunion for 35th Anniversary of CPS Camp #21 at The Menucha Conference: Photos July 8, 1976- July 11, 1946 1 204 Conscientious Objectors Reunion Pictures and Negatives: Photos July 1986 1 205 Conscientious Objectors Reunion Pictures and Negatives: Photos June 1991 1 206 Photo Album: Don Baker's Cascade Locks CPS #21 Photograph album. ca. 1942 1 207