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Kaufman, Abraham

 Person

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Devere Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-053
Abstract

Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Dates: 1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-022
Overview The roots of the NCCO began shortly after conscription in WWII was instituted. Little is known about the New York Office of the NCCO. It was headquartered at 31 Union Square West in New York City (NY) where the ACLU had its offices, and was likely set up in 1940, under the chairmanship of Norman Angell, and stayed in existence through 1945. In Washington (DC), the Temporary Committee for Legal Aid to Conscientious Objectors was formed in 1940. R. Boland Brooks had gone to NSBRO (National...
Dates: 1940-1946

Center on Conscience and War Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-025
Overview

Organization still in existence that was formed to aid conscientious objectors in World War II.

Dates: 1940-2015

Charlotte Citizens for Peace Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Charlotte Citizens for Peace
Abstract

Correspondence, administrative files, financial records, flyers, newspaper clippings, reference files. Correspondents include Esther S. Frankel and Abraham Kaufman.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1982-1996

Consultative Peace Council Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Consultative Peace Council
Abstract

Includes correspondence, reports, financial records, administrative files, minutes of meetings, publicity materials, brochures, newspaper clippings. Correspondents include: Devere Allen, Dorothy Detzer, Alfred Hassler, Jessie Wallace Hughan, Abe Kaufman, Frederick J. Libby, A.J. Muste, Ray Newton, Mildred Scott Olmsted, John Swomley, E. Raymond Wilson, and M.R. Zigler.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930-1969

Julien D. Cornell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-010
Abstract

Julien Cornell (1910-1994) practiced law in New York City, with a special interest in civil liberties. During World War II, he handled many cases for conscientious objectors, as well as advising many other COs about their various problems with the legal system. He was considered an expert on legal issues regarding conscientious objection and Civilian Public Service, and was consulted by many lawyers throughout the country for his opinions.

Dates: 1940-1947

Anna Melissa Graves Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-015
Abstract

Anna Melissa Graves was a writer, teacher, world traveler, and internationalist. From the 1920s to the 1940s Graves traveled through Africa, Central and South America, China, Europe, and the Middle East. She taught school in many of these places and maintained a voluminous correspondence with the teachers, acquaintances, and former students she met on her travels.

Dates: 1919-1953

Jessie Wallace Hughan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-251
Abstract

Jessie Wallace Hughan (December 25, 1875 – April 10, 1955) was an American educator, social activist, and a radical pacifist. During her college days she was one of four co-founders of Alpha Omicron Pi, a national sorority for university women. She also was a founder and the first Secretary of the War Resisters League, established in 1923. For over two decades, she was a perennial candidate for political office on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America in her home state of New York.

Dates: 1870-1998

Abraham Kaufman Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kaufman, Abraham
Overview

In October 1928, Kaufman became the first paid employee of the War Resisters League, eventually becoming its Executive Secretary through 1947. He co-founded the Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942-1997

Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-060
Abstract

The Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors was a non-sectarian, free advisory service for conscientious objectors to war and military service. The MBCO was set up to provide counseling and legal aid in metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and established by the United Pacifist Committee in 1940. The group disbanded in 1980.

Dates: 1940-1980

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Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
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Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection 2
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifism 2
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 2
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Florida -- Port Charlotte -- History -- Sources 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Civil disobedience 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Brethren in Christ Church -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters 1
Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalists -- History -- Sources 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
Lawyers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
Nonviolence 1
Nuclear disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- Societies, etc. 1
Peace -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements 1
Peace movements -- Florida -- Port Charlotte -- History -- Sources 1
Periodical editors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peru -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Selective conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Socialist parties -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Women and peace 1
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 1
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Women pacifists -- History -- Sources 1
Women political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Women political candidates -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- 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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