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Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 80 Collections and/or Records:

Greenville Peace Committee Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Greenville Peace Committee
Overview

This small collection highlights the efforts of a local peace group from the viewpoint of its members.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1979-2003

Richard Bartlett Gregg Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Gregg, Richard

Kenneth G. Hanauer Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hanauer, Kenneth George
Abstract

Collection includes printed materials, including published court documents about the case Kenneth George Hanauer, appellant, v. Wilson H. Elkins, President of the University of Maryland, et al.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1956-1958

Edward Hasbrouck Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hasbrouck, Edward
Overview Edward Hasbrouck was born in 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1980, when registration for the draft was reinstituted, he refused to register. Hasbrouck worked with the National Resistance Committee and affiliated local organizations. In June 1983, he was put on probation because of his draft refusal and sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service. This sentence was revoked in November 1983 in favor of a six month prison term, which Hasbrouck served at the federal prison camp in...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1965-1987

Robert Horton Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Horton, Robert
Abstract

Collection includes biographical information about Robert Horton; consists primarily of materials gathered for a manuscript titled The Power of the Powerless, a series of biographies and interviews of conscientious objectors to war and those imprisoned for their beliefs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1948-

C. Douglas Hostetter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-260
Abstract C. Douglas Hostetter (1944 - ), has been an peace activist since the 1960s. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war and performed alternative service for the Mennonite Central Committee in rural Vietnam.Following his work in Vietnam Hostetter worked for the United Methodist Church at the United Nations on international affairs. From the mid 1980s through the end of the decade Hostetter served as the executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee in their New...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1959-

George Houser Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Houser, George
Abstract

Collection is primarily correspondence between Houser and others regarding amnesty for war objectors (1945-1947), the Break With Conscription committee (1946-1947), correspondence with conscientious objectors (1942-1946), the Labour Pacifist Fellowship (Britain) (1945), Civilian Public Service strike (1946), the Peace Now Movement (1943-1944), and the Resist Conscription Committee (1948).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942-

Gaillard T. Hunt Papers

 Collection — Othertype DG 199
Identifier: SCPC-DG-199
Abstract

Includes correspondence and draft counseling legal files, 1969 to 1972.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1969-1972

William Marx Kantor Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kantor, William Marx
Overview

William Kantor was a World War I conscientious objector from Philadelphia.

Dates: circa 1917-1920

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