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Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-048
Abstract
The Federal Council of Churches organized its Committee on the Conscientious Objector under its Department of International Justice and Goodwill in 1941. The Committee was interested in all aspects of conscientious objection, especially religious life in Civilian Public Service camps. Among the Committee's projects was the organizing of a program of visitation to CPS camps.
Dates:
1941-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Nelson Fuson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-261
Overview
Nelson Fuson was a physicist and educator, active in Quaker concerns. The collection contains extensive correspondence and papers concerning his service as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II. As the child of missionaries to China, his hope was to do relief service in China, and many of the papers deal with CPS China Units. However, the China Units were never activated and Fuson was assigned to camps in Maryland, Indiana, New York, and North Dakota. He also...
Dates:
1909-1996
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- American Friends Service Committee. China Program 1
- American Friends Service Committee. Civilian Public Service 1
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Big Flats, NY) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (China Unit) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Lagro, Ind.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Powellsvile, Md.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Trenton, N.D.) 1
- Civilian War Services Conference (1943 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Columbia University 1
- Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Committee on the Conscientious Objector 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
- Friends Civilian Public Service Cooking School 1
- Fuson, Chester Garfield, 1881-1965 1
- Fuson, Marian Darnell, b. 1920 1
- Hartman, Grover L. 1
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 1
- Mennonite Central Committee 1
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 1
- National Service Board for Religious Objectors 1
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