Midwest Committee for Military Counseling Records
Scope and Contents
This collection is unprocessed and contains files sent from the Midwest Center for Military Counseling.
Dates
- Creation: 1977-1996
Creator
- Midwest Committee for Military Counseling (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Historical note
The Midwest Committee for Military Counseling was founded in 1976 as an outgrowth of the Midwest Office of the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (which had closed in 1976) and its predecessor, the Midwest Committee for Draft Counseling. The MCMC provided counseling, training sessions and public education. Staff worked with counselors, attorneys, community groups and religious bodies on behalf of potential recruits to the military and people on active military duty. The MCMC ceased operation in 1995 or 1996.
Extent
1.75 linear ft. (1.75 linear ft.)
Abstract
The Midwest Committee for Military Counseling was founded in 1976. The MCMC provided counseling, training sessions and public education. Staff worked with counselors, attorneys, community groups and religious bodies on behalf of potential recruits to the military and people on active military duty. The MCMC ceased operation in 1995 or 1996.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Midwest Committee for Military Counseling, 1996 [Acc. 96A-015].
Separated Materials
Items removed: Photographs, Bumper stickers, Posters.
Legal Status
Copyright to the records created by the Midwest Committee for Military Counseling has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
This collection remains unprocessed. This finding aid was created by Wendy Chmielewsk, October 2011.
Subject
- Midwest Committee for Military Counseling (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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