Collection Overview
Title: John M. Ramsay Papers
Predominant Dates:1950s-2002
ID: RG 09/9.38
Creator: Ramsay, John M.
Extent: 1.0 MS boxes
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
A Berea College (1952) alum, Dr. John M. Ramsay served as director of the Berea College Recreation Extension from 1973 to 1995. Ramsay also led the Berea College Country Dancers, founded and led Morris, Contra, and Oh Contraire groups, participated in leading the community-wide Adult Folk Dancing, and further strengthened the Danish American Exchange program. Dr. John Ramsay combined the values of teaching, traveling and performing in his work, especially through exchanges with Denmark. Dr. Ramsay organized various international dance tours to folk schools and festivals in South Korea, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, China, Denmark, El Salvador, England, Germany, Luxembourg, Scotland and Sweden throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. During its founding in 1995, he was elected president of the New Folk Circle Association, a nonprofit organization that acting as a clearinghouse for folk dance and recreation in the Berea region. As president he worked to preserve the folk dance heritage associated with Berea College by sponsoring dances and holding workshops.
In 2010, Ramsay received a Lifetime Contributor Award from the Country Dance and Song Society of America for his contributions to the world of country dance. Ramsay received his PhD in Animal Breeding in 1960 from Iowa State University.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
These are the personal papers of John M. Ramsay, in particular his papers regarding his attempts to be classified as a conscientious objector with the Selective Service Board. Included in the papers are copies of his memoir, personal correpsondence and correspondence with the US government (draft board), lawyers, and others involoved in working for his conscientious objector status, and official government papers.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Use Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations.
Preferred Citation:
[Item/Folder/Box Identification], RG 09/9.38: John M. Ramsay Papers, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Berea, Ky.
Processing Information:
Processing completed in May 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1

- Folder 1

- Item 1: Appendix, 1-A. Fit to Kill, Dec. 17, 2002

- List of loose leaf file deposited in the Berea College Library
- Folder 2

- Item 1: Chapter 8, 1-A. Fit to Kill, Dec. 16, 2002

- Copy of chapter
- Folder 3

- Item 1: Selective Service System Cover Sheet, Sep. 17, 1948

- Log kept by Local Board 49 of Classifications and Address changes
- Item 2: Selective Service Minutes of Actions by Local Board and Appeal Board, October 10, 1951 - November 23, 1953

- Item 3: Selective System System Classification Questionnaire, May. 10, 1949

- document in which I answered "No" to the request for form 150
- Folder 4

- Item 1: Selective Service System Order to Report for Armed Forces Physical Examination, May. 20, 1950

- Report at Office of Local Board 49 at 8:00 am on 5/27/50
- Item 2: Kenneth H. Thompson to Local Board 49, May. 26, 1950

- Dean of Men's verification to Local Board 49 that I was in school
- Item 3: Selective Service System Transfer For Armed Forces Physical Examination, Application, May. 27, 1950

- signed by John Martin Ramsay
- Item 4: John Martin Ramsay's letter to Mrs. Brantley, Oct. 2, 1950

- Item 5: Selective Service System First Endorsement, May. 27, 1950

- Approved transfer of physical examination to Richmond
- Item 6: Selective Service Certificate of Acceptability, Oct. 23, 1950

- Found acceptable for induction into the Armed Services
- Item 7: Report of Medical History, Oct. 16, 1950

- Physician/Examiner, D.W. Bartow, MD in Lexington, KY; height 72 1/4; Weight 162
- Folder 5

- Item 1: Selective Service System Order to Report for Physical Examination, Dec. 22, 1950

- Date set for 1/8/51 in Douglasville
- Item 2: Kenneth H. Thompson to Local Board 49, Jan. 9, 1951

- Quotes from Selective Service Act section 6(i)2
- Item 3: Kenneth H. Thompson Telegram to Local Board 49, Jan. 8, 1951

- Request postponement
- Item 4: Student's Program sent to Local Board 49, Jan. 9, 1951

- Copy of senior year classes 9/12/50 - 6/4/51 sent to Local Board 49
- Folder 6

- Item 1: Gertrude Ramsay to Local Board 49, Jul. 4, 1951

- Summer addresses for John and Bill (on ship)
- Item 2: Selective Service System College Qualification Test Score Report, May. 26, 1951

- Date of Test 5/26/51; Score 76
- Folder 7

- Item 1: Selective Service System Lila S. Brantley, Clerk, Aug. 29, 1951

- Previous postponement, deferrment denied
- Item 2: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Sep. 8, 1951

- Request for appearance at next board meeting, and for number of boys in line
- Item 3: Kenneth Thompson to Local Board 49, Sep. 7, 1951

- Graduation anticipated for end of fall term
- Item 4: Local Board 49 to John M. Ramsay, Sep. 12, 1951

- Board meeting on 9/21/51 at 9:30 am; no other registrants older than John
- Item 5: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Sep. 21, 1951

- Change of address to Univ. of KY
- Item 6: Local Board 49 to John Martin Ramsay, Sep. 21, 1951

- Classification remains I-A
- Item 7: Selective Service System Order to Report for Induction, Sep. 26, 1951

- Induction set for 10/8/51 in Douglasville at 8:00 am
- Folder 8

- Item 1: Local Board 49 to John M. Ramsay, Oct. 1, 1951

- Board had not received notice of appeal; required to report for induction
- Item 2: John M. Ramsay to Brigadier Fowler, Sep. 28, 1951

- Request for appeal and reclassification in order to finish school
- Item 3: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Sep. 29, 1951

- Appeal letter crossed in mail. How does that affect Oct. 8?
- Item 4: Wm J. Hatcher, Major to Local Board 49, Oct. 3, 1951

- Registrant should be allowed to appeal
- Item 5: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Oct. 5, 1951

- Appeal through proper channel
- Item 6: Local Board 49 to John M. Ramsay, Oct. 4, 1951

- File being forwarded to appeal board
- Item 7: Local Board 49 Findinga on the Case of John Martin Ramsay, Oct. 10, 1951

- registrant lacks Form 109; course of study not vital; classified I-A
- Item 8: Selective Service System Individual Appeal Record, Oct. 18, 1951

- Appeal Board voted for II-S 4 Yes and 0 No, until 2/1/52
- Item 9: State Headquarters for Selective Service to Local Board 49, Oct. 19, 1951

- II-S until 22/1/52
- Folder 9

- Item 1: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Feb. 1, 1952

- Stating position as CO and requesting Form 150
- Item 2: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Feb. 9, 1952

- Notice of acceptance at Hartford Seminary Foundation
- Item 3: Fellowship of Christian Service for 1952; 50 to Asia, Feb. 9, 1952

- Job description for service in Asia
- Item 4: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Feb. 13, 1952

- Willingness to appear before board to present case
- Item 5: Selective Service System Special Form for Conscientious Objector, 150, Feb. 15, 1952

- Presentation of belief in a Supreme Being and religious objection to military service
- Folder 10

- Item 1: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Feb. 25, 1952

- Material to establish Methodist support of conscientious objectors
- Item 2: Fellowship of Reconcilliation membership card, Jan. 24, 1952

- Copy of membership by John sent to draft board and received 3/17/52
- Item 3: Registration of Members of the Methodist Church as CO's, Feb. 14, 1952

- Copy sent to Local Board 49
- Item 4: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Feb. 28, 1952

- Request for personal appearance after classification sent to wrong address
- Item 5: Sanborne, Rev. Leon D. to Local Board 49, Feb. 29, 1952

- certify as minister-counsellor of John Ramsay since Sept 1950
- Folder 11

- Item 1: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Mar. 3, 1952

- Request to bring a witness to hearing and quoting UMT Act, "In class I-O shall be placed
- Item 2: Local Board 49 to John M. Ramsay, Mar. 5, 1952

- Hearing set 3/17/52 at 9:30 am
- Item 3: Local Board 49 to John M. Ramsay, Mar. 10, 1952

- Cannot permit anyone to appear: regulations, Part 1624.1 (b)
- Item 4: M.O. Williams, Board of Missions of Methodist Church, Mar. 10, 1952

- Certify active contact with John Ramsay
- Item 5: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Mar. 10, 1952

- acknowledge notice of hearing date
- Item 6: Dodge, Witherspoon (Dad's colleague and boarder in our home) to Local Board 49, Mar. 12, 1952

- …known Mr. Ramsay for the past 6 years, during which he grew from boyhood to young manhood, with a parental background…
- Item 7: Rasnake, Waldo E. (Union staff and family friend) to Local Board 49, Mar. 13, 1952

- …With his parental background of deep religious conviction and devotion, it is natural…
- Item 8: Will, Herman, Jr. Commission of World Peace, Methodist Church to Local Board 49, Mar. 13, 1952

- enclosed The Social Creed of The Methodist Church, and The Methodist Church and War and Peace
- Item 9: Worley, Rev. Loyd F. (The First Methodist Church, Hartford) to Local Board 49, Mar. 15, 1952

- …I believe him to be thououghly oncscientious in understanding and in the application of the teachings of Jesus
- Item 10: Gleason, Henry A., Jr. (Secretary/Faculty, Hartford Seminary) to Local Board 49, Mar. 11, 1952

- …certify that John Martin Ramsay is enrolled as a student in good standing in the Kennedy School of Missions…
- Folder 12

- Item 1: Local Board 49 to File, Mar. 17, 1952

- …registrant expressed over and over that love is stronger than hate…
- Item 2: Reynolds, Rev. Hubert, Chair of Hartford FOR telegram to Local Board 49, Mar. 21, 1952

- …he has impressed me as sincere…
- Item 3: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Mar. 22, 1952

- …appeal of my case to the next appeal board…
- Item 4: Local Board 49 to File, Mar. 26, 1952

- …we do not feel tha we can justify ourselves in selecting other boys from this county and allowing this registrant a classification of I-A-O or I-O…
- Item 5: Local Board 49 to John M. Ramsay, Mar. 26, 1952

- …file being forwarded to State Headquarters for appeal…
- Item 6: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Apr. 7, 1952

- …request for all adverse evidence…
- Item 7: Weekes, E. J., Acting Head of Dept. of English to Local Board 49, Apr. 10, 1952

- …he was forever standing up against others and defending his position…strongly opposed from religious convictions…
- Item 8: Ball, Frances F., Dept of Missionary Personnel Board of National Missions of Presbyterians, Jun. 20, 1952

- to John…Miss Gladfelter has shared wtih me your letter of June 17 returning your appointment letter…
- Item 9: Ball, Frances F., Dept of Missionary Personnel Board of National Missions of Presbyterians, Jun. 20, 1952

- to Eugene Blake…John M. Ramsay has just begun his work at Warren Wilson on a volunteer basis until July 1…
- Item 10: Selective Service System Request for Duplicate Notice of Classification, Apr. 8, 1952

- …did not receive SSS Form 110…
- Item 11: Local Board 49 to Clerk of Appeal Board, Apr. 14, 1952

- …transmitte herewith concerning registrant whose file was forwarded 3/26/52…
- Item 12: Hendrix, Mike Y., Classification Officer to Local Board 49, Apr. 16, 1952

- …enclosed letter from Mr. F. M. Bird…
- Folder 13

- Item 1: Selective Service System Appeal Board; Individual Appeal Record, May. 6, 1952

- Classified I-A by vote of 3 Yes to 0 No
- Item 2: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, May. 13, 1952

- Item 3: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, May.22, 1952

- Item 4: Hendrix, Mike Y. to Honorable J. Ellis Mundy, US District Attorney, Jun. 10, 1952

- Item 5: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Jun. 17, 1952

- Folder 14

- Item 1: Sanborne, Rev. Leon D. statement to Local Board 49, Jan. 30, 1953

- Item 2: Sanborne, Rev. Leon D. copy of sermon sent to Local Board 49, Jan. 7, 1953

- Item 3: Landfield, Elizabeth J., Director of Christian Education to Local Board 49, Jan. 27, 1953

- Item 4: Deihl, R. Irving, pastor to Local Board 49, Jan. 27, 1953

- Item 5: Klemm, Ethel M., Chemistry Teacher to Justice Dept., Atlanta, Jan. 27, 1953

- Folder 15

- Item 1: Bird, F.M., Special Asst. to Attorney General to Lt. Col. Mike Y. Hendrix, Apr. 7, 1953

- Item 2: Selective Service System; Crawford, W. M., Personnel Officer to Local Board 49, Mar. 11, 1953

- Item 3: John M. Ramsay statement, Mar. 28, 1953

- Folder 16

- Item 1: Draft Board in Douglas Resigns, Apr. 3, 1953

- …lack of cooperation by state headquarters and the Justice department concerning John Martin Ramsay…
- Item 2: Smith, T. Oscar, Special Assistant to the Attorney General to Appeal Board, Apr. 23, 1953

- …FBI established life-long religious training and a splendid reputation…I-O classification recommended…
- Folder 17

- Item 1: Selective Service System Individual Appeal Record, May. 7, 1953

- Classification I-A by vote 2 Yes to 1 No
- Item 2: Hendrix, Mike Y., Classification Officer to Local Board 49, May. 8, 1953

- …inform registrant that he has the right of Appeal to the President…
- Item 3: Local Board 49 to John M. Ramsay, May. 11, 1953

- …classification I-A…right of appeal…
- Item 4: Local Board 49 to Appeal Board, May. 16, 1952

- Item 5: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, May. 19, 1953

- …appeal to the President…God is all powerful, omnipotent and demands our first and total allegiance…
- Item 6: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, May. 20, 1953

- …I should have the right to know any such evidence…
- Item 7: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, May. 20, 1953

- Item 8: NSBRO reproduction, May. 20, 1953

- Department of Justice Instructions
- Item 9: Shirley Greene to John, May. 20, 1953

- What the Law says
- Folder 18

- Item 1: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, May. 20, 1953

- Case History
- Item 2: Mennonite Central Committee, Jan. 2, 1952

- Refusal of Induction for Conscience Sake
- Folder 19

- Item 1: Bannerman, Arthur M., President WWC to Local Board 49, May. 20, 1953

- Item 2: Local Board 49 to Appeal Board, May. 26, 1953

- Item 3: Local Board 49 to John M. Ramsay, Jun. 1, 1953

- Your file does not contain an FBI report
- Item 4: Local Board 49 to State Headquarters, Jun. 16, 1953

- Item 5: Hendrix, Mike Y., Classification Officer to Local Board 49, Jun. 30, 1953

- Folder 20

- Item 1: National Selective Service System Record of Appeals, Aug. 3, 1953

- Classification I-A vote of 3 Yes to 0 No
- Item 2: Hendrix, Mike Y., Classification Officer to Local Board 49, Aug. 17, 1953

- Item 3: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Aug. 28, 1953

- Item 4: Bannerman, Arthur M., President WWC to Local Board 49, Aug. 28, 1953

- Item 5: Muste, A. J., Missioner, The Church Peace Mission to Mrs. John G. Ramsay, Jun. 4, 1953

- Folder 21

- Item 1: John M. Ramsay to 151 friends, Aug. 28, 1953

- Item 2: Richey, McMurry S. (wife was Moravian, knew Mother) to Local Board 49, Sep. 4, 1953

- Item 3: Smith, Louis, Dean of College to Local Board 49, Sep. 3, 1953

- Item 4: Keener, Orrin L., Associate Professor of Social Studies to Local Board 49, Sep. 3, 1953

- Item 5: Smith, May B., formerly Professor to Local Board 49, Sep. 3, 1953

- Item 6: Weekes, E.J., Emeritus Professor of Literature to Local Board 49, Sep. 3, 1953

- Item 7: Hoffman, Edwin Michael (friend from Fellowship of Southern Churchmen) to Local Board 49, Sep. 3, 1953

- Item 8: Smathers, Patricia (Berea College classmate) to Local Board 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 9: Alexander, Howard (family friend since 1937) to Local Board 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 10: Smith, Frank. H. (taught John country dancing at Berea College) to Local Board 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 11: Gundlach, Adelaide, Registrar of Berea College to Local Board 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Folder 22

- Item 1: Todt, Earl A. (brother-in-law) to Local Board 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 2: Todt, William F. (brother-in-law's father) to Local Board 49, Sep. 5, 1953

- Item 3: Lotz, Winona (future bride) to Local Board 49, Sep. 9, 1953

- Item 4: Ramsay, John G. (father) to Dwight D. Eisenhower and Local Board 49, Sep. 1, 1953

- Item 5: Ramsay, Mrs. John G. (mother) to Local Board 49, Sep. 1, 1953

- Item 6: Lewis, Mary G. (Warren Wilson English teacher) to Local Board 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 7: Harkala, Helmi (Warren Wilson staff) toLocal Board 49, Aug. 30, 1953

- Item 8: Lotz, Charles J. (father of fianc, Aug. 31, 1953

- Item 9: Giffin, Roscoe (Sociology professor), Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 10: Gleason, John C. (friend of Dad's I met in Atlanta) to Local Board 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 11: Martin, Ira J. 3rd (religion professor) to Local Board 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 12: Comingore, Charity (Berea College staff and "mother" to dancers) to Local Board 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 13: Heirich, Max (co-teacher at Warren Wilson) to Local Board 49, Sep. 1, 1953

- Item 14: Kemp, Martha L. (Hartford classmate) to Local Board 49, Sep. 1, 1953

- Item 15: Worley, Rev. Loyd F. (pastor in Hartford) to Local Board 49, Aug. 31, 1953

- Item 16: Woodie, Norris B. (father was CIO staff, Norris staff at Berea) t Local Board 49, Aug. 31, 1953

- Item 17: Davis, Frances Bynum (Berea classmate) to Local Board 49, Sep. 1, 1953

- Item 18: Todt, Patricia (sister) to Local Board 49, Sep. 1, 1953

- Item 19: Richey, Erika (father was Moravian pastor) to Local BOard 49, Sep. 2, 1953

- Item 20: Thompson, Kenneth H. LCDR, USNR-R529757, Director of Veterans Service to Local Board 49, Sep. 4, 1953

- Item 21: Stewart, Edwin L. (Warren Wilson faculty) to Local Board 49, Sep. 4, 1953

- Item 22: Price, Grace A. (cousin, same age) to Local BOard 49, Sep. 4, 1953

- Item 23: Leser, Paul W. (Professor of Anthropology) to Local Board 49, Sep. 4, 1953

- I have been greatly impressed by the sincerity and maturity of Mr. Ramsay
- Item 24: Abshire, Darlene (Warren Wilson student) to Local Board 49, Sep. 4, 1953

- Item 25: Chase, Richard (folk dance leader and friend) to Local Board 49, Sep. 5, 1953

- Item 26: Trimble, H. B. (Dean of Theology at Emory) to Local Board 49, Sep. 5, 1953

- Item 27: Strong, George W (arranged for me to go to Hartford) to Local Board 49, Sep. 5, 1953

- Item 28: Dingman, Helen H. (faculty and leader at Berea College) to Local Board 49, Sep. 6, 1953

- Item 29: Gabler, Lore (classmate from Germany) to Local Board 49, Sep. 7, 1953

- Item 30: Mariner, Mrs. Elwyn (mother's sister) to Local Board 49, Sep. 6, 1953

- Item 31: Martinb, Edward (John's cousin) to Local Board 49, Sep. 7, 1953

- Item 32: Abels, Doris E. (Home Ec teacher at Warren Wilson) to Local Board 49, Sep. 8, 1953

- Item 33: Allen, Julia F. (Dean of Women, arranged acceptance to Berea) to Local Board 49, Sep. 8, 1953

- Item 34: Brown, Florence (classmate) to Local Board 49, Sep. 5, 1953

- Item 35: Earon, John (church friend from Hartford) to Local Board 49, Sep. 22, 1953

- Item 36: Cotton, Paul (pastor in Bethlehem) to Local Board 49, Sep. 22, 1953

- Item 37: Reed, Rev. Robert R. (pastor of Indianola Presbyterian) to Local Board 49, Sep. 22, 1953

- Item 38: Noss, George S. (Bible teacher at Berea) to Local Board 49, Sep. 22 1953

- Item 39: Fellowship of Reconcilliation, Berea to Local Board 49, Sep. 23, 1953

- Item 40: Jenkins, Leta (CIO friend of family), Sep. 25, 1953

- Item 41: Jordan, Clarence (President of Koinonia Farm, Inc.) to Local Board 49, Sep. 25, 1953

- Item 42: Cash, Doris Marie (Berea classmate) to Local Board 49, Oct. 3, 1953

- Item 43: Kottner, Loren (Winona's cousin) to Local Board 49, Sep. 9, 1953

- Item 44: Ball, Frances F., Dept of Missionary Personnel to Arthur Bannerman, Aug. 27, 1953

- Item 45: Martin, Elizabeth (Asst Dean at Warren Wilson) to Local Board 49, Aug. 29, 1953

- Item 46: Carson, Eila C. (House mother at Warren Wilson) to Local Board 49, Aug. 29, 1953

- Item 47: Connet, John L. (Music faculty at Warren Wilson) to Local Board 49, Aug. 29, 1953

- Item 48: Wesley, Charles Maurice (roomate in Berea) to Local Board 49, Aug. 30, 1953

- Item 49: Mitchell, George S. (Dad's associate, teacher at Highlander) to Local Board 49, Sep. 8, 1953

- Item 50: Capolungo, Ralph J. (friend in Hartford) to Local Board 49, Sep. 9, 1953

- Item 51: Kottner, Loren (Winona's cousin) to Local Board 49, Sep. 9, 1953

- Item 52: Woods, Virginia R. (Berea faculty) to Local Board 49, Sep. 13, 1953

- Item 53: Hardin, Rowena (friend of parents) to Local Board 49, Sep. 16, 1953

- Item 54: Sanborne, Rev. Leon D. (pastor of Union Church in Berea) to Local Board 49, Sep. 20, 1953

- Item 55: Dodd, Ruth (Berea classmate) to Local Board 49, Sep. 8, 1953

- Item 56: Dodd, Mrs. Aleck D. (mother of classmate), Sep. 18, 1953

- Folder 23

- Item 1: Speers, Wallace C., Laymen's Movement for a Christian World, Jun. 1, 1951

- Going to work with God on Monday; reprint from American Magazine
- Folder 24

- Item 1: Duerson, Guy K., Jr., Commander Cleveland Frost Post to Local Board 49, Sep. 4, 1953

- Item 2: Sutherland, Mrs. J. M. (mother of a Berea classmate) to Local Board 49, Sep. 30, 1953

- Item 3: Sutherland, Mrs. J. M. (mother of a Berea classmate) to Local Board 49, Sep. 28, 1953

- Folder 25

- Item 1: Local Board 49 to John Martin Ramsay, Sep. 18, 1953

- …Since you did not appear with new evidence…new evidence involves matters concerning over which you have no control…
- Item 2: Selective Service System Order to Report for Induction, Sep. 21, 1953

- Greeting…8:00 am on 15th October, 1953…
- Item 3: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Sep. 21, 1953

- Item 4: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Oct. 12, 1953

- Item 5: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Oct. 12, 1953

- Item 6: Asheville Citizen-Times, Oct. 5, 1953

- College Stresses Community Living by Philip Clark
- Item 7: Selective Service Appointment of Leader, Oct. 15, 1953

- Item 8: John M. Ramsay Case History, Oct. 15, 1953

- Handwritten by John
- Item 9: NSBRO Oaths Taken by Men Inducted, Aug. 30, 1950

- Folder 26

- Item 1: John M. Ramsay to Werner, J., Major, AGG Induction Officer, Oct. 16, 1953

- Statement "I am a conscientious objector…" witnessed by 1st Lt. Fred Baldridge and SFC RA James D. Cook
- Item 2: Werner, J., Major, AGG Induction Officer to Whom it may concern, Oct. 16, 1953

- Statement of procedures taken at induction center
- Item 3: Werner, J. Major to Local Board 49, Oct. 19, 1953

- Transmitted herewith induction record
- Item 4: John Ramsay, Oct. 16, 1953

- Random notes
- Item 5: AND Induction Station to United States Attorney, Attn F. Douglas King, Oct. 16, 1953

- Reference telephone conversation…registrant refused induction…
- Item 6: State Headquarters Selective Service System to Local Board 49, Nov. 18, 1953

- Item 7: Local Board 49 to State Headquarters, Nov. 23, 1953

- Transmitted as requested
- Item 8: Check Sheet for Appeals signed by Lila S. Brantley, Clerk Local BOard 49, Nov. 23, 1953

- Checksheet on file
- Item 9: Malone, Thomas F.; Clinical Record Consultation Sheet, Oct. 15, 1953

- Item 10: Gava (?), E. Report of Medical Examination Re Exam, Oct. 15, 1953

- Item 11: John M. Ramsay Report of Medical History, Oct. 15, 1953

- Item 12: Werner, J., Major Record of Induction, Oct. 16, 1953

- Item 13: Wood, W.T. Fingerprint form, Armed Forces, Oct. 16, 1953

- Fingerprints
- Folder 27

- Item 1: Ira J. Martin 3rd to John M. Ramsay, Nov. 20, 1953

- Folder 28

- Item 1: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Nov. 24, 1953

- Item 2: Bollinger, H. D., General Board of Education, Methodist Church to John M. Ramsay, Nov. 21, 1953

- Folder 29

- Item 1: Lohn M. Ramsay to Lyle Tatum, Exec. Sec. Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, Oct. 10, 1953

- Item 2: Palmer, T. Vail, Jr. to John M. Ramsay, Oct. 13, 1953

- Folder 30

- Item 1: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Nov. 2, 1953

- Item 2: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Jan. 5, 1954

- Item 3: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Feb. 10, 1954

- Item 4: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John G. Ramsay, Feb. 10, 1954

- Item 5: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Feb. 25, 1954

- Item 6: Swomley, John M., Jr., FOR to Winona R. Lotz, Apr. 30, 1954

- welcome you into the Fellowship of Reconcilliation
- Item 7: Tatum, Lyle, CCCO to John Ramsay, Jun. 10, 1954

- Item 8: Palmer, T. Vail, Jr. to John Ramsay, Jul. 6, 1954

- Item 9: Curry, A. Stauffer, Exec Sec. NSBRO to John G. Ramsay in Washington, Aug. 9, 1954

- Item 10: Curry, A. Stauffer, Exec Sec. NSBRO to Morris B. Abram, Attorney, Aug. 9, 1954

- Item 11: Metzler, Edgar, Ass. Sec. NSBRO to John M. Ramsay, Aug. 19, 1954

- Item 12: Curry, A. Stauffer, Exec Sec. NSBRO to John M. Ramsay in Washington, Oct. 12, 1954

- Item 13: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Oct. 22, 1954

- Item 14: Haworth, Byron of Haworth, Haworth and Walker to John M. Ramsay, Nov. 30, 1954

- Folder 31

- Item 1: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Sep. 9, 1954

- Item 2: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Dec. 8, 1954

- Item 3: John M. Ramsay to Morris B. Abram, Dec. 10, 1954

- Item 4: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Dec. 16, 1954

- Item 5: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Dec. 20, 1954

- Item 6: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Apr. 19, 1955

- Folder 32

- Item 1: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to Lyle Tatum, CCCO, Mar. 21, 1955

- Item 2: Tatum, Lyle, CCCO to Morris B. Abram, Mar. 24, 1955

- Item 3: Tatum, Lyle, CCCO to John M. Ramsay, May. 20, 1955

- …I would assume that the case would be dismissed under the recent Supreme Court decisions…The dismissal will reopen your classification with your local board…wait for the dismissal…
- Item 4: Curry, A. Stauffer, Exec Sec. NSBRO to John G. Ramsay in Washington, Aug. 30, 1955

- Wison be considered
- Folder 33

- Item 1: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, May. 1, 1955

- Item 2: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Jun. 3, 1955

- Folder 34

- Item 1: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Jun. 4, 1955

- Item 2: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Jul. 13, 1955

- Item 3: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to David S. Burgess, CIO, Jul. 21, 1955

- Item 4: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Aug. 27, 1955

- Folder 35

- Item 1: Selective Service System Notice of Classification, Oct. 18, 1955

- I-A
- Item 2: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Oct. 22, 1955

- Item 3: Abram, Morris B., Law Offices of Heyman & Abram to John M. Ramsay, Oct. 25, 1955

- Folder 36

- Item 1: Department of Justice to John M. Ramsay, May. 8, 1956

- Item 2: Resum, Apr. 10, 1956

- Folder 37

- Item 1: Local Board 49 to John Martin Ramsay, Oct. 31, 1955

- Item 2: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Nov. 2, 1955

- Item 3: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Nov. 7, 1955

- Item 4: Thomas, Wendell to Local Board 49, Nov. 3, 1955

- Item 5: Mennonite Central Committee, Jan. 2, 1952

- Refusal of Induction for Conscience Sake
- Item 6: National Service Board for Religious Objectors, Jun. 7, 1951

- Discussion in the House of Representatives Regarding CO Provisions
- Item 7: National Service Board for Religious Objectors, Jun. 1, 1951

- Discussion in the House of Representatives Regarding CO Provisions
- Folder 38

- Item 1: John M. Ramsay to State Selective Service Board of Appeal, May. 21, 1956

- Item 2: John M. Ramsay to State Selective Service Board of Appeal, Aug. 18, 1956

- Item 3: John M. Ramsay, Aug. 18, 1956

- notes as to Why Am I a Pacifist
- Folder 39

- Item 1: Smith, Elizabeth A., Clerk of Appeal Board for the Middle Judicial District of Ga. to John Martin Ramsay, Aug. 10, 1956

- Folder 40

- Item 1: Martin, John R., Associate Exec. Sec. NSBRO to John M. Ramsay, Jan. 16, 1957

- Item 2: Gertrude E. Ramsay to John M. Ramsay, Apr. 19, 1961

- Folder 41

- Item 1: Selective Service System Notice of Classification, Jun. 9, 1965

- Classified V-A
- Item 2: John M. Ramsay to Local Board 49, Sep. 5, 1963

- Item 3: Local Board 49 to John M. Ramsay, Sep. 16, 1963

- …a registrant is classified in the lowest for which he is entitles…Since you are married and a father you are entitled to a III-A…lower than a I-O…
- Folder 42

- Item 1: Envelope of pamphlets on conscription, peace ministry, other

- Item 2: Envelope of postage receipts

- Item 1: CD of John Ramsay Memoirs

- All but Chapter 2 included; Word Document 98
- Item 2: CD of John Ramsay Memoirs

- Chapter 1 to 11; Claris Works