The Fellowship was formed on 5 June 1941
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors
Conscientious objectors - Various papers
Date: 1941-1961
From: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0445-B/9
Description: Hautu Defaulters' Detention camp report on work to be done, 1942-1944; 7th annual report of Canterbury Council for Civil Liberties, 1961; Australian Council for Civil Liberties campaign notes on the Crimes Bill, 1960; Howard League newsletters; Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors newsletters; The Christian Pacifist Society of NZ newsletters; submission by the Theosophical Order of Service in NZ to Joint Select Committee on Capital Punishment; statement of P P Lynch, pathologist of Wellington to the Select Committee on Capital Punishment; evidence on capital punishment by Rev Raymond Simpson, Takapuna; evidence submitted by Edward H Dowsett on the authority of the Society of Friends in NZ; statement from the Public Questions Committee of the Presbyterian Church of NZ; etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers relating to conscientious objection
Date: [1942-1946]
From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-7655-08
Description: File relating to Megget's time in Whitanui Detention Camp; includes correspondence, notes, parole leave warrant, arts and crafts exhibition notice etc Other Titles - Defaulters' digest (1 Dec 1941) Other Titles - Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors' newsletter (1945, 1946) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors' newsletters
Date: 1941-1946
From: Gibson, Lucy, 1897-1959 : Papers
Reference: 91-142-09
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence
Date: [1945]
From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers
Reference: 2005-016-15
Description: Inward and outward correspondence; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters to Ron and Frank. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence
Date: [1940-1945]
From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers
Reference: 2005-016-16
Description: Inward and outward correspondence and related material; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters from Ron, Gisborne; [?] Marr [?] Tarkington, Hikurangi; letters to Bob and Doreen, Orakei; and Ken. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Ross, Herbert Victor, 1916- : Papers relating to conscientious objection
Date: 1939-1991
By: Ross, Herbert Victor, 1916-1992
Reference: MS-Papers-10686
Description: Contains Armed Forces Appeal Board, Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors, NZ Peace Pledge Union, NZ Christian Pacifist Society, UK Peace Pledge Union material and other related papers Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter
Papers relating to conscientious objection
Date: 1941-1989
From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-8218-11
Description: Conchie concert programme (1945); article on `conchies' by Garry Arthur (nd); newsletters of the Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors (1945-1946); article on Ernest Crane (1986); parole leave warrant and defaulters' digest (1941); and correspondence. Includes one letter from [?] Pacy (Butch) [?] Gourley, Palmerston North (1989). Other Titles - Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors' newsletter (n31, 20 Mar 1945, n39 15 Jan 1946) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notices and newsletters
Date: [ca 1941-1945]
From: Scott, Thomas Henry, 1918-1960 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6309-21
Description: Poster for debate on ethics (1942); newsletters of the Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors (some for Wellington branch) (1941-1943); circular, `Mr Fraser speaks, 1916'; some camp memoranda Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence and papers
Date: [1944]
From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers
Reference: 2005-016-04
Description: Inward and outward correspondence of the Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters to Mt Petch; Frank; letters from Michael, Burnham Detention Barracks, and from Rita to Frank. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Conscientious objectors - Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors
Date: 1941-1942
From: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0445-B/2
Description: Mainly inward and outward correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence and papers
Date: [1945]
From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers
Reference: 2005-016-05
Description: Inward and outward correspondence and related papers; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters to Frank; Mr Malcolm; Cashmere, Christchurch; and Arthur. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Minute book
Date: 5 Jun-18 Sep 1941
From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-9192-03
Description: Includes minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Fellowship which was set up on 5 June 1941 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume). Physical Description: Ms
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Newsletters
Date: 1941-1942
From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-9192-05
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence - S
Date: [1940-1958]
From: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0445-40
Description: Correspondents include K H Samms, Ron Scarlett, Harold Schmidt, Harry Scott, John Severinsen, D J Shleby, Evelyn Silvester, W G Simpkin, Elsie M Simpson, W P Spencer, James Stanley, Jim N Steedman, Christine Stephens, Joseph Stephens, Mrs C Stewart, David Stone, Student Christian Movement, Connie Summers, Mrs Sutherland and `Sympathiser'
Gibson, Lucy, 1897-1959 : Papers
Date: 1936-1959
By: Gibson, Lucy, 1897-1959
Reference: 91-142
Description: Comprise letters to and from conscientious objectors in detention camps during World War II; papers relating to the Peace Pledge Union; also letters to government members and other people, including Millicent Baxter, relating to the treatment of conscientious objectors, along with replies; speech notes, clippings, Conscientious Objectors Fellowship newsletters and other publications. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 91-143 Quantity: 1 box(es) 11 folders. 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Newsletters
Date: 1943-1946, 1946-1949
From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-9192-06
Description: Contains Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors newsletters, 1943-1946 and `Conchie gossip', 1946-1947 and `Conch newsletter', 1949 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence and papers
Date: [1943]
From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers
Reference: 2005-016-03
Description: Inward and outward correspondence and related papers; includes electoral material for Lincoln Efford and C ron Howell. Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters from Win, Christchurch, and to Mum, with legal instructions. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Minute book
Date: 24 Sep 1941-12 Feb 1942
From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings
Reference: MS-Papers-9192-04
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors - Correspondence
Date: [Jan-Mar 1942]
From: Mason, Read Rex, 1904-1992 : Papers
Reference: 2005-016-01
Description: Correspondence file for Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors which Mason was overseeing during John Davis's absence; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes correspondence with Win, Christchurch; Henry, Dunedin; Rev [?] M Banks, Remuera, Auckland; Brownie (CHB), St Albans, Christchurch. Arrangement: The papers remain in the order in which they were received Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Conscientious objectors - Hunger strikes
Date: 1945
From: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0445-B/6
Description: Correspondence (including telegrams), some from The Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors; etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).