What I liked about the Imperial War Museum was that it reminded me of the museums that I have seen in Washington D.C., but it was also an archive at the same time. There were many documents that were laid out by the archivists and I specifically looked at two documents, one was a collection of papers written by H. C. Bradshaw, one of the conscientious objectors at the time, and the other was a newspaper article Illustrated Sunday Herald. Both documents reminded of yellow-brownish archaic paper. The paper was very soft and the private papers were handwritten while the newspaper was typed. Juxtaposing these two documents helped me determine the different realities that were set in at the time. For instance, from the papers by Bradshaw, you can see how peaceful he was when he tried explaining why he did not want to participate in the war. He stated that it was against his religion and respectfully declined to go to war. On the other hand, the newspaper Illustrated Sunday Herald called conscientious objectors "not real Britons." Having these two sides helped paint the false picture that conscientious objectors were given. It showed me a new side of the war that was not the war itself. This quote contrasts what Virginia Woolf wrote in Three Guineas  "Therefore, if you are a pacifist, you will have to fight harder than anyone else for the peace of the world. You will have to make yourself more military than the military themselves. You will have to be prepared to wage war, but only by non-violent means." It was interesting to see how conscientious objectors play an important role when dealing with war and peace. Their stance challenges the idea that military service is the best example of patriotism and it raises questions on the purpose of war and how effective it is at ultimately resolving conflict.I also loved how the papers were all laid out for us so we did not have to search for the documents. Each document was placed in a binder sleeve that made it easy to access but at the same time protect the document. All in all, this was one of my favorite archives because it had a larger collection of material to read through than most.