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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel A. Seeger Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Seeger, Daniel A.
Overview

Seeger is best known for the 1965 Supreme Court court case regarding his conscientious objector claim without belief in a Supreme Being as grounds for C.O. status.

Dates: 1958-2008

Norman J. Whitney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Overview Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates: 1938-1967

George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-236
Overview

George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.

Dates: 1931-2010

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  • Subject: Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources X

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Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 4
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
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Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 3
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Direct action -- History -- Sources 2
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 2
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 2
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 2
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Adoption -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Adoption -- Vietnam -- History -- Sources 1
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
Charities -- Vietnam 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Clergy -- California -- History -- Sources 1
College chaplains -- Ohio -- History -- Sources 1
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Crime prevention -- Citizen participation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
Education -- Vietnam 1
Intercountry adoption -- History -- Sources 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
Lobbyists -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Militarism -- History -- Sources 1
Missionaries -- China -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Research -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History 1
Peace movements -- United States 1
Periodical editors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Polaris (Missile) 1
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Prisoners' writings, American 1
Psychologists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- California -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Canada -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Ohio -- Yellow Springs -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Political activity -- 20th century -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Refugees -- Vietnam -- History -- Sources 1
Social service -- Vietnam 1
Socialist parties -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- United States 1
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- History -- Sources 1
Universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Children -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Sources 1
War finance -- History -- Sources 1
War tax resistance -- United States 1
Women political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World tomorrow (Periodical) 1
Young democracy (Periodical) 1
Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 1
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