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McNeil Island Penitentiary.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Don Baker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: OLPb026BAK(1)
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1944-1945