Esther S. Frankel Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains case files and occasional correspondence of Frankel relating to her work handling civil liberties and selective service litigation. It includes subject file material mostly relating to conscientious objection, and the men who resisted the draft either before being drafted or after.
Dates
- Creation: 1948-1975
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1967-1971
Creator
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
The military draft records in this collection are restricted until the year 2030. Researchers using personal information from these files must disguise the identity of the individuals concerned, and must sign a form agreeing to this stipulation. Please contact SCPC staff for further information:
Conditions Governing Use
The military draft records in this collection are restricted until the year 2030. Researchers using personal information from these files must disguise the identity of the individuals concerned, and must sign a form agreeing to this stipulation.
Biographical note
Esther Strum Frankel was a New Jersey attorney in the firm of Frankel and Frankel (along with her husband, Leopold), a pacifist, and civil rights activist; member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, served as head its Human Rights Committee, especially active in its New Jersey branch; also involved with Women Strike for Peace and other reform movements relating to feminism and disarmament; specialized in civil rights litigation in the 1950s and Selective Service litigation in the 1960s.
Extent
5 linear ft. (5 linear ft.)
Arrangement
Case files are organized alphabetically by the last name of the subject. Frankel's correspondence and case notes are organized chronologically. Box 7-12 contains general reference material on conscientious objection and other peace topics.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Esther Frankel, 1975 [Acc. 75A-155].
Bibliographic References
Bibliographic References
Legal Status
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
Processed by Anne Yoder, September 2004; This finding aid was prepared by Chloe Lucchesi- Malone, July 2009.
Subject
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) (Person)
Topical
- Civil rights -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
- Civil rights -- Trial practice -- History -- Sources
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Lawyers -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
- Practice of law -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources
- Women lawyers -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Find It at the Library
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