There are several types of evidence that seem to be the most useful for my scenerio. Newspapers and books written near the time of WWII have given me the most information. Magazines provide some interesting information, but I could not find very much that was relevent to my conscientious objector. I find that the UW library database is the most useful for finding sources that back up my character. I actually found a book that was about a concientious objector living in a CPS Camp in Oregon, which is where my character will be.
Overall, it was been somewhat difficult to find primary sources about concienctious objectors, just because it seems like so much of the information out there is about the military. Perhaps they didn't write as much about their experiences, or its just that so many more people were in the military that there is that much more information for them.
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You might find more in religious-related magazines like Commonweal. Might also try searching more broadly under pacifism perhaps. There are more than 50 articles on "conscientious objectors" in Readers Guide Retrospective.
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