Brethren Service Committee
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Church of the Brethren Collected Records
Scattered items relating to peacemaking efforts and social justice projects of the Church of the Brethren. Includes some items about Civilian Public Service camps administered by the Church of the Brethren, and about the Brethren Service Committee, later called the Brethren Service Commission.
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records
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.
Nelson Fuson Family Papers
Charlie Piersol letters
11 letters written by Charles Piersol to Chris Holladay. The letters contain his observations of racism in Virginia during his departure, his work as a "cowboy" on the ship, and his experiences of the American Zone, the Red Cross, and the devastation following the war.
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- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Cooking, American 1
- Courtship -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Food service 1
- International relief 1
- Methodist Church -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Church of the Brethren -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Church of the Brethren -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Tennessee 1
- Reconstruction (1939–1951) 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 1
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