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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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
War Resisters' International Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-039
Overview
The War Resisters' International was founded at Bilthoven, Netherlands, in 1921 by representative pacifists from that country, Germany, Austria and Great Britain. The War Resisters' International was never more than a coordinating body in its relationship to affiliated groups.
Dates:
1923-1976
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 2
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- Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889 1
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- Beaton, Grace M. 1
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- Berg, Russel O. 1
- Big Flats Defense Committee 1
- Bohn, Lewis Christian 1
- Bolling, Landrum Rymer 1
- Brainerd, Heloise, 1881-1969 1
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 1
- Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970 1
- Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 1
- Brooks, R. Boland 1
- Broun, Heywood, 1888-1939 1
- Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 1
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 1
- Byrns, Elinor 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Catchpool, Corder, 1883-1952 1
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
- Ceresole, Pierre, 1879-1945 1
- Charlotte Citizens for Peace (Port Charlotte, Fla.) 1
- Chase, E. Dixwell 1
- Coolidge, A. Sprague 1
- Cranston, Maurice, 1920-1993 1
- Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996 1
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952 1
- Drevet, Camille 1
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
- Dulles, John Foster 1
- Early, Frances H. 1
- Einstein, Albert 1
- Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.) 1
- Engelbrecht, H. C. (Helmuth Carol), 1895-1939 1
- Fangmeier, Robert A. 1
- Fey, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1898-1990 1
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
- Florence, Lella Secor, 1887-1966 1
- Forster, Clifford 1
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- Fry, A. Ruth (Anna Ruth), 1878-1962 1
- Furnas, Paul J. 1
- Gara, Larry 1
- Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940 1
- Goldwasser, Martin 1
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 1
- Grant, Donald, 1889- 1
- Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 1
- Gray, Philip, 1906- 1
- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 1
- Harris, Paul, b. 1897 1
- Hassler, Alfred, 1910- 1
- Hill, Lewis K. 1
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 1
- Hunt, Dorothy H. 1
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- Inman, Samuel Guy, 1877-1965 1
- Jacob, Philip E. 1
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- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 1
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 1
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