Material includes works created by Mark Hayler or influenced by his experiences and that of other Conscientious Objectors. Also includes notes and dairy entries gathered by Mark Hayler in preparation for writing his autobiography and drafts of it.
Includes a telegram, letters and transcript of the Tribunal.
Two Cigarettes for Peace, Is that enough?
Transcription of a lecture given by Ruth Fry at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester.
Booklet compiled of articles by various authors. Includes list of men sentenced to death or died in prison during the First World War.
Papers regarding the tribunals of Mark Hayler, J.W Hill, correspondences, a poem, the Newsletter The Mufti (08/04/1916) and a publication by Mark H. C. Hayler: The Man from Battle, being a centenary Interpretation of the life and work of Guy Hayler, Social Reformer, 1850-1943.
Papers dealing with the personal experiences of Mark Hayler during the First World War from a mixture of sources including the Hayler family and Mark Hayler's own diaries.
Mark Henry Chambers Hayler
Tribunal Papers: Case of Mark H. C. Hayler
Includes a Newspaper clipping of tribunal at Newton-le-Willows (23/03/1916) letters to and from Guy Hayler, attempts of employment. Includes notes written on the back of National Temperance leaflets and references to Glen Hayler (brother) and Pearce
Material mainly from 1911 to 1913. Includes a Trefecca magazine from 1900 (vol II, No.3) in English and Welsh, music sheet, college booklets, notes regarding Trefecca, small note book of preaching engagements, photography and correspondences. Includes an extract from the Memoirs of Mary Robinson taken by Mark H. C. Hayler in 1967.
Mark Henry Chambers Hayler
Photographs and Postcards depicting students, staff and the buildings of Trefecca College, the town of Talgarth and surroundings.
The absolutists' objection to conscription
2 copies of an undated publication by the Friends Service Committee. Full title The absolutists' objection to conscription, A Statement and an Appeal to the Conscience of the Nation.
Pamphlet about the experiences of Conscientious Objectors during World War One. Includes statistics of Conscientious Objectors including religion, occupation, homes, prisons and other. A letter by Leo Tolstoy has been included as way of an introduction.
The Voice of the Silence and My Dartmoor notes
Full title: The Voice of the Silence and other chosen fragments from the Book of the Golden Precepts by Helena P. Blavatsky and published by the Theosophical Publishing Society. A translation of a book reportedly found by the author during her travels in the East, has strong connotations of Mayahana Buddhism. Owned by Mark H. C. Hayler during his arrest and internment.
My Dartmoor notes is a diary with leather cover half filled with entries. Back end of diary has notes on books about Dartmoor, and list of names and addresses.
Secret newspaper published by the Non Conscription Fellowship. Vol. 1 to Vol. 182. Contains themes of socialism, role of women and the situation in the US.
Internal publication shared between conscientious objectors at Dartmoor Convicts Prison. Vol 7- 15. Includes Illustrations (Cartoons)
Religious anti-war newspaper. Vol. 4-50. Observes other conflicts globally as well. Includes Newspaper clipping attached of the origins of conscientious objectors.
Includes folios, invites to events, an all weekend school, pledge card, an article 'Friends Intellectual' and the a fire prevention leaflet.
The Court-Martial of Mark Guy Pearce Sep, 1916 and Roderic K. Clark, Jan 1917
Pamphlet by unknown publisher about the trial and result of trial of Mark Guy Pearce .
A self-printed pamphlet by Clark compiled of extract from the Croydon Advertiser, Court Martial statements, letters from the army and result of the trial.
Weekly publication of Parliamentary reports concerning Conscientious Objectors, Vol. 1 No. 3 to Vol.2 No. 53
Letters, notes and drafts about experiences of Dartmoor
Society of Friends publications
Leaflets, booklets and articles about militarism, post First Word War issues and statistics about Conscientious Objectors from the First World War
Certificate warded to Mark H. C. Hayler for passing exams.
Song sheets with words by Mark H. C. Hayler and music by Herbert M. Gildersleve
Results of case before Tribunal: Croydon branch
Contains names and results of cases for Conscientious Objectors, including George Glasscock, Includes 2 letters and a sheet of facts about appeal form, written on the back of a concert programme. Stored in an envelope labeled 'Croydon Tribunal Appeal Results'
Includes petition publications, song sheets, a poem, extracts of a letter form the trenches, newspaper clippings, photographs of Mark H. C. Hayler and Guy Hayler (father) and notes of obituaries of Mark H. C. Hayler, J.W. Hill and Eric B. W. Chappelow. Includes a booklet made from clippings of an observer articles about Conscientious Objectors titled 'Rebels in Uniform'