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Albert and Frank Dietrich Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Dietrich correspondence
Abstract
Collection consists of correspondence between the two brothers and their letters to their parents and to Frank's wife, Christine; topics include war, peace, patriotism, daily life in the army and Civilian Public Service, and arguments about the use of military force and pacifist nonviolence in the face of Nazi Germany and expansionist Japan; Frank's letters from the Philippines offer descriptions of life there, and the challenges of wartime marriages and parenthood.
Dates:
1939-1946, 1988-1998; Majority of material found within 1939-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Elkinton, Waring Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1239
Abstract
This collection includes information about multiple generations of the Elkinton and Waring families. It is concentrated on two generations: firstly, that of Howard West Elkinton (1892-1955) and Katharine Wistar Mason Elkinton (1892/3-1961), his wife, and secondly, that of their daughter, Theodora Elkinton (1927-) who married Thomas Waring (1921-2001). It is a story of life choices made by these Quakers: for Howard and Katharine Elkinton, to serve under the American Friends Service Committee...
Dates:
1815-2006
Charles E. (Charles Eugene) Fager Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-214
Abstract
Charles Eugene Fager is a Quaker writer, publisher, educator, and activist. Born in 1942, "Chuck" Fager graduated from Colorado State University and attended Harvard Divinity School. After working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Selma, Alabama, he performed Vietnam CO alternative service at Friends World College in 1966. He left FWC the following year, devoting his time to writing and freelance work. In the mid 1980s Fager started Kimo Press, a small publishing operation...
Dates:
1976-1999
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records
Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Henry LeRoy Finch Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-195
Abstract
Henry Leroy (Roy) Finch Jr. was a pacifist, conscientious objector to World War II, philosopher and writer.
Dates:
1933-1995
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Nelson Fuson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-261
Abstract
Nelson Fuson was a physicist and educator, active in Quaker concerns. The collection contains extensive correspondence and papers concerning his service as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II. As the child of missionaries to China, his hope was to do relief service in China, and many of the papers deal with CPS China Units. However, the China Units were never activated and Fuson was assigned to camps in Maryland, Indiana, New York, and North Dakota. He...
Dates:
1909-1996
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-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
William Huntington papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1181
Abstract
The collection relates primarily to William Huntington, (1907-1990), a 20th century Quaker peace activist and the ship The Golden Rule which Huntington and others used to protest atomic testing in the South Pacific. Included are correspondence, photographs, conference papers, newspaper articles, memoranda, and minutes.
Dates:
1932-1984
Roy C. Kepler Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-185
Abstract
Roy Kepler was a radical pacifist and conscientious objector during World War II, owner of Kepler Books in Menlo Park, California, involved for many years with the War Resisters League, one of the founders of the Pacifica Foundation and public radio in California.
Dates:
1940-1985
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mennonite Central Committee Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Mennonite Central Committee
Abstract
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) was formed when representatives of various Mennonite conferences met July 27-28, 1920, in Elkhart (Indiana), and pledged to aid hungry people, including Mennonites, in Russia and Ukraine.Since then thousands have served with MCC worldwide on relief, peace and development projects.
Dates:
1940-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 21
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- Quaker conscientious objectors 2
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 2
- African American civil rights workers -- History -- Sources 1
- African American pacifists -- History -- Sources 1
- African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- Sources 1
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
- American Literature 1
- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement 1
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- Bible -- Children's use -- Congresses 1
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- Cooking, American 1
- Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Food service 1
- Friendly Letter 1
- International relief 1
- International relief -- France 1
- International relief -- Germany 1
- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Sources 1
- Journey of Reconciliation, 1947 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
- Liberation (New York, N.Y. : 1956) 1
- Mennonites -- Charities 1
- Mennonites -- Charities -- History -- Sources 1
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- Nonviolence -- History 1
- Nuclear disarmament 1
- Oral histories 1
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- Peace -- Religious aspects 1
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- Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History 1
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- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Psychiatric hospital care -- History -- Sources 1
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Psychiatric hospitals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Virginia -- Williamsburg -- History -- Sources 1
- Public radio -- California -- Berkeley -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker authors 1
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- Reconstruction (1939–1951) 1
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- Social service -- France 1
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- Society of Friends -- Congresses 1
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- American Friends Service Committee 10
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 6
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 4
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 4
- Barr, Allen H. 3
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 3
- Furnas, Paul J. 3
- Kaufman, Abraham 3
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 3
- American Friends Service Committee. Civilian Public Service 2
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 2
- Brethren Service Committee 2
- Brooks, R. Boland 2
- Cary, Stephen G. 2
- Civilian Public Service Union 2
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Big Flats, NY) 2
- Corfman, Rex 2
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 2
- DeSilver, Harrison 2
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 2
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 2
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 2
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 2
- Mennonite Central Committee 2
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
- National Service Board for Religious Objectors 2
- Pacifist Research Bureau 2
- Peacemaker Movement 2
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 2
- Stanton, William Macy, 1919-1995 2
- War Resisters League 2
- Wilhelm, Paul A. 2
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 2
- Winchester, Harold P. 2
- A Quaker Action Group 1
- Alexander, Howard W. (Howard Wright), 1911-1985 1
- Alexander, Mary Alice 1
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- American Forum for Socialist Education 1
- American Friends Service Committee. China Program 1
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
- Association of Catholic Conscientious Objectors 1
- Big Flats Defense Committee 1
- Binford, Helen 1
- Binford, Raymond, 1876-1951 1
- Borkholder, Philip L. 1
- Brandt, Willy 1
- Brandt, Wilmer, 1920- 1
- Branson, J. (Julia) 1
- Break with Conscription Committee 1
- Briggs, Franklin Humphrey, 1916- 1
- Bromley, Ernest 1
- Bromley, Marion, -1996 1
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 1
- Byberry State Hospital (Pa.) 1
- Center on Conscience and War 1
- Chicago Conference on Social Action (1943) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (China Unit) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Coleville, Calif.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Gulfport, Miss.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Lagro, Ind.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Medaryville, Ind.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Merom, Ind.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Missoula, Mont.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Powellsvile, Md.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Trenton, N.D.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Waldport, Or.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
- Civilian War Services Conference (1943 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Columbia University 1
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
- Committee to End Slave Labor in America 1
- Congress of Racial Equality 1
- Cooper, Samuel 1
- Curry, A. Stauffer (Abram Stauffer), 1913- 1
- Delaware Valley Land Trust 1
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 1
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
- Dietrich, Albert, 1914-2002 1
- Dietrich, Christine 1
- Dietrich, Frank, 1914-2009 1
- Doty, C. LeRoy 1
- Dyer, Henry W. 1
- Eastern State Hospital (Va.) 1
- Elkington, Peter W. 1
- Elkinton family 1
- Elkinton, Howard W. (Howard West), 1892-1955 1
- Elkinton, Katharine Wistar, 1892-1961 1
- Eller, Cynthia 1
- Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
- Fager, Charles (Charles Eugene), -1942 1
- Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Committee on the Conscientious Objector 1
- Food for Europe Fund 1
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- Friends Bible Conference (1989 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1 + ∧ less
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