Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Another Mother for Peace Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-102
Abstract
Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.
Dates:
1964-1978; Majority of material found within 1964-1978
CCCO/An Agency for Military and Draft Counseling Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-073
Abstract
CCCO developed a nationwide network of military and draft counselors and attorneys to assist conscientious objectors. Most active during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the CCCO promoted such issues as amnesty, repatriation, and counter-recruitment.Operations were suspended in late October 2009. As of 2010, some of their counseling service has been taken over by the GI Rights Hotline.
Dates:
1948-2010
Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee for Amnesty...
Overview
On January 12, 1946, the Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription was established to seek an amnesty for "all objectors to war and conscription," which included men under army court-martial for their stance against war. The Committee's most widely publicized work was the sponsorship of picketing demonstrations at the White House in May and December 1946 calling for amnesty, but the organization also promoted its objectives through lobbying of Congressional and other...
Dates:
1945-1948
Families of Resisters for Amnesty Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Families of Resisters for Amnesty
Dates:
1973-1974
Gold Star Parents for Amnesty Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Gold Star Parents for Amnesty
Dates:
1974-1977
Joint Amnesty Committee Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Joint Amnesty Committee
Dates:
1922-1923
Dwight S. Large and Frances K. Large Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Large, Dwight S. and Frances K. Large
Abstract
Papers of a married couple who worked for legal amnesty for Vietnam War resisters.
Dates:
1969-1976
League for the Amnesty of Political Prisoners Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-League for the Amnesty of Political Prisoners
Dates:
1918
Albon Man Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Man, Albon P.
Abstract
Albon Platt Man Jr.,was called up for the draft during World War II, but failed to register because of his conscientious objection to war, and was sentenced to three years in prison in March 1943. He was later involvemented with the Committee for Amnesty, the CCCO, the War Resisters League, and other peace groups.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943-1965
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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Albon Man Papers
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
