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Civilian Public Service

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-022
Overview The roots of the NCCO began shortly after conscription in WWII was instituted. Little is known about the New York Office of the NCCO. It was headquartered at 31 Union Square West in New York City (NY) where the ACLU had its offices, and was likely set up in 1940, under the chairmanship of Norman Angell, and stayed in existence through 1945. In Washington (DC), the Temporary Committee for Legal Aid to Conscientious Objectors was formed in 1940. R. Boland Brooks had gone to NSBRO (National...
Dates: 1940-1946

Center on Conscience and War Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-025
Overview

Organization still in existence that was formed to aid conscientious objectors in World War II.

Dates: 1940-2015

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

Macedonia Cooperative Community Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-071
Overview The Macedonia Cooperative Community was formed in 1937 northern Georgia by Morris Randolph Mitchell (1895-1976), an educator who later served as the first president of Friends World College. The Macedonia Cooperative Community, which took its name from a nearby Baptist Church, was comprised of families who worked collectively on dairy, agricultural, forestry, and woodworking projects that provided the economic underpinnings of the community. Originally established as an economic cooperative,...
Dates: 1937-1958

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

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Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 2
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Collective settlements -- New York (State) -- Rifton -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Brethren in Christ Church -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
Cooperative societies -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Cooperative societies -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
Methodist Church -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Religious communities -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Selective conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Societies living in common without vows -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 1
Work camps -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects -- Sources 1
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