This collection contains the Camp Downey oral histories which John Olinger used for his 1987 master’s thesis in history entitled, Camp Downey: A Conscientious Objector Work Camp . The materials include several audio recordings of interviews that John Olinger conducted, as well as transcripts, correspondence and other information concerning different religious sects and their relation to conscientious objectors. This collection is useful to anyone studying conscientious objectors during World War II and the civilian reactions to the war on the home front.

The three boxes of materials are separated into tapes of oral histories, oral history transcripts and written histories, and other materials relating to conscientious objectors during World War II.