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.

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.