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American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records

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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

Center on Conscience and War Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-025
Abstract

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

Dates: 1940-2015

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-048
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1941-1946

Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records

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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-

Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-060
Abstract

The Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors was a non-sectarian, free advisory service for conscientious objectors to war and military service. The MBCO was set up to provide counseling and legal aid in metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and established by the United Pacifist Committee in 1940. The group disbanded in 1980.

Dates: 1940-1980

Norman J. Whitney Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Abstract Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates: 1938-1967

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Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
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Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
Methodist Church -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 1
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- Sources 1
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Names
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 5
Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 4
Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 3
French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 3
Kaufman, Abraham 3
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Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 3
American Friends Service Committee 2
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
Barr, Allen H. 2
Brooks, R. Boland 2
Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 2
Curry, A. Stauffer (Abram Stauffer), 1913- 2
DeSilver, Harrison 2
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 2
Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
Furnas, Paul J. 2
Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 2
Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
National Service Board for Religious Objectors 2
Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 2
Will, Herman, 1915- 2
Acts for Peace (Organization) 1
Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
Arvio, Raymond Paavo 1
Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
Becker, Jo 1
Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Big Flats Defense Committee 1
Boehmer, Peter J. 1
Borkholder, Philip L. 1
Brethren Service Committee 1
Brick, Allan 1
Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 1
Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
Cary, Stephen G. 1
Center on Conscience and War 1
Church Peace Mission (U.S.) 1
Clergymen's Emergency Committee for Vietnam 1
Cornell, Thomas C. (Thomas Charles), 1934- 1
Dai Dong (Organization) 1
Deats, Richard L., 1932- 1
Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 1
Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
Doty, C. LeRoy 1
Drinan, Robert F. 1
Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 1
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Committee on the Conscientious Objector 1
Food for China (Project) 1
Forest, Jim (James H.) 1
Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
Gara, Larry 1
Goldwasser, Martin 1
Gottlieb, Edward P. 1
Harkness, Georgia Elma, 1891-1974 1
Hartman, Grover L. 1
Hassler, Alfred, 1910-1991 1
Heidbrink, John 1
Hershey, Lewis Blaine, 1893-1977 1
Hill, Lewis K. 1
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 1
Hoover, Warren W. 1
Hostetter, C. Douglas, 1944- 1
Houser, George M. 1
Hunter, Barton 1
Huston, Ora 1
International Committee of Conscience on Vietnam 1
International Fellowship of Reconciliation 1
International Fellowship of Reconciliation. North American Committee 1
Jacob, Philip E. 1
Jendrzejczyk, Michael 1
Jones, Paul, 1880-1941 1
Juram, Catharine 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Lazarus, Frieda Langer 1
Lens, Sidney 1
Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 1
MacAdam, Ruth E. 1
Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 1
McReynolds, David 1
Mennonite Central Committee 1
Milgram, Morris, 1916-1997 1
National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 1
National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
Nevin, Ethan Allen 1
New York State Board for Civilian Public Service 1
Newton, Ray 1
Nhất Hạnh, Thích 1
Nuclear Weapons Facilities Task Force. Rocky Flats/Nuclear Weapons Facilities Project 1
Olmstead, Frank 1
Pacifist Research Bureau 1
Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 1
Phillips, Randolph Godfrey 1
Pickus, Robert 1
Pérez Esquivel, Adolfo 1
Reeves, George B., 1905- 1
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 1
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