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Kennaway Henderson, seen here in a Canterbury Society of Arts class, became a conscientious objector who served two sentences in Paparua Prison.
Canterbury Society of Arts art class, ca 1912. Standing: Cecil Kelly, Edwin Bartley, Raymond McIntyre, Alfred Wilson Walsh. Sitting: Leonard Hampden Booth, Andrew Kennaway Henderson, Sydney Lough Thompson, William Menzies Gibb, Charles E Bickerton.
Mr N M Bell, two young men ca 1909
A photograph of Norman Bell (right) conscientious objector, seen here with another young man, probably his brother Harold.
Rotoaira Prison for First World War objectors
Photograph of Rotoaira Prison camp number two and Whakapapanui stone bridge.
Third New Zealand Esperanto Congress, 1931.
A photograph of the Third New Zealand Esperanto Congress, held in Christchurch in December 1931.
No More War Committee ca. 1930.
A photograph of the No More War Committee ca. 1930. Norman Bell, seated centre, is holding a photo of Fred Page, who had recently died in Paris. Sarah Page is sitting on Bell's left. Standing second from the right is Charles Mackie, with Lincoln…
The Anti-Militarist journal Vol. 1 No. 1 01 September 1911
Cover page, first issue of The Anti-Militarist
Mr Herbert Corder lecture ticket 1911
Ticket for lecture given by Herbert Corder, at the Alexandra Hall, Christchurch, 10 July 1911
Manifesto to Conscripts
Manifesto calling on men to passively resist conscription under the Defence Act. The manifesto was likely produced in 1911, during the early days of opposition to compulsory military training.
We'll Set the Children Free
Song sheet for We'll Set the Children Free, set to the tune of John Brown's Body. Copies of the song were handed out at a demonstration outside the Lyttelton Gaol in March 1912.
