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Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section / U.S. Peace Section Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Mennonite Central Committee-Peace Section
Abstract

The Peace Section of the Mennonite Central Committee was established in January 1942, as successor to the Mennonite Central Peace Committee organized in 1939. It served as an agency for counseling on problems related to conscription and the draft, a representation to government, a center for study, research, and writing regarding the peace position, and a central agency for peace education.

Dates: 1942-

Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors Records

 Collection
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

Juanita Morrow Nelson and Wallace F. Nelson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-262
Abstract

Juanita and Wally Nelson were civil rights activists, tax resisters, simple living proponents, farmers, and writers/speakers for peace.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1923-2015

Northern California Service Board for Conscientious Objectors Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Northern California Service Board-Conscientious Objectors
Abstract

Includes printed correspondence, minutes of meetings, memoranda, brochures; correspondents include Allen H. Barr and Robert F. Leavens.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940-1954

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Civilian Public Service Fund Committee (1942-1946)

 Collection — othertype: SW/Phy/510
Identifier: QM-Phy-510
Scope and Contents

Records of contributions and related correspondence of the Civilian Public Service Fund Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite), 1941-1945.

Dates: 1941-1945

Charles Schumacher Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Schumacher, Charles
Abstract

Charles Schumacher was a chemist, chemical engineer and conscientious objector to World War II. He entered Civilian Public Service in 1944 and served in three CPS camps.

Dates: 1930-2003

Reed Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-882
Abstract

This collection contains the letters of Reed Smith during his time in Civilian Public Serice camps as a Conscientious Objector during World War II and during his relief work in France, Germany, and Poland after the war with the American Friends Service Committee.

Dates: 1940-1947

Roland F. Smith Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Smith, Roland F.
Abstract

Papers of Roland F. Smith documenting his service in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during WWII, as well as family papers.

Dates: 1939-1946, 1981,1987-1990

William Macy Stanton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-242
Abstract Contains the papers of William Macy and Lois V. Stanton, compiled by Lois V. Stanton. The Stantons were active Quakers, and William Macy Stanton, Jr., was a conscientious objector in WWII. Both Stantons served in the American Friends Service Committee reconstruction efforts in Europe after the war as well as other Quaker activities and organizations. William Stanton worked for Swarthmore College for over twenty-five years, serving as director of physical plant. Of particular interest are the...
Dates: 1937-1995

Untide Press Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Untide Press
Abstract

Collection includes ten monographs published by Untide Press; three issues of The Illiterati (printed by the Untide Press), publication notices, and two letters between William Everson and Will Ransom.



Dates: 1943-1955

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Library
Swarthmore College Peace Collection 26
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 4
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 3
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 1
 
Subject
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 21
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 13
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 13
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 7
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Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Conscientious objectors -- United States 4
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 4
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 3
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 3
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
I-W service 2
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Quaker conscientious objectors 2
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
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
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Bible -- Children's use -- Congresses 1
Bible -- Study and teaching -- Congresses 1
Bible -- Theology -- Congresses 1
Charities -- France 1
Charities -- Germany 1
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Communal living -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Brethren in Christ Church -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- California, Northern -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Correspondence 1
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
Methodist Church -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence 1
Nonviolence -- History 1
Nuclear disarmament 1
Oral histories 1
Pacifism 1
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- California, Northern -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects 1
Peace -- Research -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History 1
Philosophers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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
Quaker businesspeople 1
Quakers -- France 1
Quakers -- Germany 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- Albany -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Tennessee 1
Radicalism -- California -- Berkeley -- History -- Sources 1
Radicalism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Reconstruction (1939–1951) 1
Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
Segregation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Selective conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Simplicity -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Smokejumpers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Social service -- France 1
Social service -- Germany 1
Society of Friends -- Congresses 1
Society of Friends -- Delaware 1
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Names
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
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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
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