World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
National Council of Churches USA Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Council of Churches USA
Overview
The records of the FCC and NCC highlight the unifying issues for national church work, including labor rights, anti-racism, and conscientious objection.
Dates:
1908-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Murray Polner Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-113
Overview
Polner was an author and editor of books and periodicals on social history, public policy, and Jewish concerns. This collection chiefly relates to his research on Vietnam veterans for his book No Victory Parades and on the question of amnesty for When Can I Come Home? The collection also include audiotapes of oral histories of American Jews who were conscientious objectors or who resisted serving in the military during World War II or the Korean War. There is additional material from...
Dates:
1963-1988
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Igal Roodenko Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-161
Overview
Igal Roodenko was a pacifist, peace and civil rights activist, and advocate of nonviolence. He was a member of the War Resisters League Executive Committee, served on boards of A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and Consortium on Peace Research and Development (COPRED), and was active in Men of All Colors Together.
Dates:
1935-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward Thomas and Margaret Loring Thomas Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Thomas, Edward-Margaret Loring Thomas
Overview
Edward Thomas was a chemist and chemical patent lawyer in New York City. His wife Margaret Loring Thomas had been active in settlement work and a teacher of home economics before marriage. Both were activist, pacifist Quakers.
Dates:
1917-1952
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
