Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981

Devere Allen Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-053

Abstract

Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Dates: 1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

American Civil Liberties Union Collected Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Civil Liberties Union

Abstract

The ACLU grew out of the American Union Against Militarism, which was founded in 1916 and dissolved in 1922.

Dates: 1917

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-022

Abstract 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

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

American Union Against Militarism Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-004

Abstract In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union...

Dates: 1915 - 1922

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Center on Conscience and War Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-025

Abstract

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

Dates: 1940-2015

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Committee on Militarism in Education Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-009

Abstract Includes minutes of the executive committee, annual reports, correspondence (1925-1940), financial records, form letters, articles and manuscripts, pamphlets, CME periodicals and other publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Subject files provide state-by-state coverage of the U.S. Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), Citizens Military Training Corps (CMTC) and Civilian Conservation Corps, and congressional anti-conscription campaigns. Correspondents include Devere Allen,...

Dates: 1925-1940

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Julien D. Cornell Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-010

Abstract

Julien Cornell (1910-1994) practiced law in New York City, with a special interest in civil liberties. During World War II, he handled many cases for conscientious objectors, as well as advising many other COs about their various problems with the legal system. He was considered an expert on legal issues regarding conscientious objection and Civilian Public Service, and was consulted by many lawyers throughout the country for his opinions.

Dates: 1940-1947

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-011

Abstract

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana was a writer and pacifist who taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1912 until 1917. Dana lost his teaching post as an opponent of American participation in World War I. Dana continued to advocate civil liberties and the rights of conscientious objectors.

Dates: 1914-1950

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Dorothy Detzer Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-086

Abstract

Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1913-1981

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Edward W. Evans Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-122

Abstract

Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.

Dates: 1916-1922

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Devere Allen Papers

American Civil Liberties Union Collected Records

American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records

American Union Against Militarism Records

Center on Conscience and War Records

Committee on Militarism in Education Records

Julien D. Cornell Papers

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers

Dorothy Detzer Papers

Edward W. Evans Papers

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