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Houser, George M.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1916 - 2015

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Zelma Corning Brandt papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-M92
Overview Zelma Corning Brandt (1891-1990) was a social crusader active throughout the twentieth century. Her chief interests included the independence and development of colonial countries, American Indian affairs, nuclear disarmament, women’s issues, and geriatric concerns. The collection consists of correspondence, travel notes, diaries and writings, and publications and reports, especially from 1960-1989. Brandt’s longevity and attention to detail provide a complete view of various world and...
Dates: 1906 - 1989

John D'Emilio Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-D'Emilio, John
Abstract Audiocassettes and typed transcripts of interviews with Bayard Rustin, his friends and co-workers for D'Emilio's book Lost Prophet: the Life and Times of Bayard Rustin. Rustin was an African-American conscientious objector, civil rights worker, pacifist, Quaker. Interviews were between 1992 and 2002. Interviewees include: Bayard Rustin, Charles Bloomstein, Ernest Bromley, Marion Bromley, Stephen Carey, Ralph DiGia, Roy Finch, Caleb Foote, Larry Gara, Norman Hill, Rachelle Horowitz, George...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1992-2002

Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-013
Abstract

The Fellowship of Reconciliation in the U.S. was founded in 1915 by Christian pacifists. The organization, whose members are now drawn from many religious groups, seeks to apply principles of peace and social justice and non-violent social change to issues such as disarmament, conscription, race relations, economic justice, and civil liberties.

Dates: 1915-

George Houser Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Houser, George
Abstract

Collection is primarily correspondence between Houser and others regarding amnesty for war objectors (1945-1947), the Break With Conscription committee (1946-1947), correspondence with conscientious objectors (1942-1946), the Labour Pacifist Fellowship (Britain) (1945), Civilian Public Service strike (1946), the Peace Now Movement (1943-1944), and the Resist Conscription Committee (1948).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942-

Homer A. Jack Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-063
Abstract Homer A. Jack (1916-1993) was a Unitarian Universalist clergyman and denominational official who sought to apply religious values to national and international affairs. Jack was executive secretary of the Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination (1943-1948), executive director of SANE (1960-1964), and secretary general of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (1970-1983). He had been minister of churches in Lawrence, Kansas (1942-1943), Evanston, Illinois (1948-1959),...
Dates: 1930-1995

Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists
Abstract This file includes correspondence and memoranda dated 1945, pertaining to the proposed organization of a new movement for radical nonviolent pacifists. Includes a letter of April 27, 1945, of which signers include Rex Corfman, Henry Dyer, Roy Finch, Lewis Hill, Morris Horowitz, Byron Johnson, Igal Roodenko, and Stanley Rappeport; a list of the addressees is included on the same page as the signers. Collection also includes a "Memorandum on Effective Pacifist Organization for Action" by...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1945

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Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Cuba 1
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Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
England 1
Feminists 1
France 1
Geriatrics 1
Ghana 1
Human rights -- History -- Sources 1
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Humanitarianism 1
India 1
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Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
Kenya 1
Laos 1
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Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Radicalism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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South Africa 1
Unitarian Universalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Vietnam 1
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
War victims -- Services for -- History -- Sources 1
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