Dates of creation: 1964-1975

15 cm. of textual records

Samuel J. Steiner (Sept. 18, 1946-    ) was the youngest child of David C. Steiner and Kathryn M. Smucker. He was born in North Lima, Ohio. He attended Goshen College from 1964-1967. During 1967-1968 he was military draft resistor against the Vietnam War, and immigrated to Canada in late 1968. Beginning in 1974 he served first as Archivist, and later Librarian and Archivist, at Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, Ontario.

On August 2, 1969 he married Susan D. Clemmer, whom he met at Goshen College. She has been a pastor in the Mennonite Church since the late 1980s.

For further information see chapter in The path of most resistance : stories of Mennonite conscientious objectors who did not cooperate with the Vietnam war draft by Melissa Miller and Phil M. Shenk (Kitchener, Ont. : Herald Press, 1982)

The fonds consists of correspondence and legal documents related to Steiner's experience as a draft resister, and documents related to an earlier disciplinary incident at Goshen College.

Custodial history: Donated to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario by Sam Steiner

Box 1

1. Draft resistance letters, newspaper articles, draft forms, 1968
2. Correspondence, documents re: dismissal of charges by U.S. government, 1975
3. Correspondence re: draft, 1972-1973
4. Correspondence re: draft, 1975 (mostly with American Civil Liberties Union)
5. Documents re: draft, 1964-1967
6. Correspondence, documents re: draft, 1967-1968
7. Miscellaneous material re: draft, 1966-1968
8. Correspondence, articles re: suspension from Goshen College, 1966-1967
9. "Sam and Sue" a document read at their wedding, Aug., 1969
10. Miscellaneous documents re: draft, 1967-1974

Box 2

1. Chicago Area Draft Resisters (CADRE) workbook
2. Miscellaneous articles re: Vietnam War and military draft

Last modified 21-Feb-2007 by Sam Steiner