Hist. Mss. 1-350
Mark A. Schmucker, 1960-
Papers, 1980-1987
2 Boxes (1 Gray, 1 Large)

Introduction

These papers were deposited into the Archives by Anna
Belle and Arden Schmucker of Alliance, Ohio. They are the
parents of Mark A. Schmucker.

The collection contains correspondence, articles and
newspaper clippings regarding the court case of Schmucker,
who was convicted in October 1982 for failing to register
for the draft by a U.S. district court in Cleveland, Ohio.
He was ordered to pay a $4,000 fine, and was sentenced to
three years probation, two of which he served in public
service work at Emmaus Home, a United Church of Christ-
affiliated residence for retarded adults in Marthasville,
Missouri.

Schmucker was a Mennonite, from Beech Mennonite
Church, and was a twenty-two year old Goshen College
student, in 1982. He was the third person in the nation to
be prosecuted after a 1980 presidential proclamation
reinstating draft registration.

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Gray)

Collected articles on the court case, 1982-87

Box 2 (Large)

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, July-October, 1982
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, October 1982
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, October 1982 - August 1983
Assorted correspondence from friends and the public, 1982
Collected materials not directly related to Mark's case,
1980-84

Name and Subject Tracing

Beech Mennonite Church, Louisville, Ohio
Civil Disobedience
Conscientious Objection
Draft Resisters
Goshen College
Pacifism

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07-09-97/Dennis Stoesz
Archives of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana