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American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-022
Overview
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Julien D. Cornell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-010
Abstract
Julien Cornell (1910-1994) practiced law in New York City, with a special interest in civil liberties. During World War II, he handled many cases for conscientious objectors, as well as advising many other COs about their various problems with the legal system. He was considered an expert on legal issues regarding conscientious objection and Civilian Public Service, and was consulted by many lawyers throughout the country for his opinions.
Dates:
1940-1947
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Anna Melissa Graves Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-015
Abstract
Anna Melissa Graves was a writer, teacher, world traveler, and internationalist. From the 1920s to the 1940s Graves traveled through Africa, Central and South America, China, Europe, and the Middle East. She taught school in many of these places and maintained a voluminous correspondence with the teachers, acquaintances, and former students she met on her travels.
Dates:
1919-1953
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
War Resisters League Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-040
Overview
The War Resisters League is a pacifist organization whose members are against all war. Witnessing the establishment of the War Resisters' International in Europe in 1921, and sensing a need for a similar organization in the United States, Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan established the War Resisters League as an independent organization. The War Resisters League membership pledge, which has remained essentially unchanged since its inception, reads: "The War Resisters League affirms that war is a...
Dates:
1923-1994
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
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- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
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- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 4
- Brooks, R. Boland 3
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 3
- DeSilver, Harrison 3
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 3
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 2
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
- Barr, Allen H. 2
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 2
- Civilian Public Service 2
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 2
- Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955 2
- Hill, Lewis K. 2
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 2
- MacAdam, Ruth E. 2
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
- National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 2
- Olmstead, Frank 2
- Phillips, Randolph Godfrey 2
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 2
- Aberman, Sidney 1
- Albert, Alfred, 1908- 1
- Albizu Campos, Pedro, 1891-1965 1
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 1
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- Angell, Ernest, 1889-1973 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
- Balabanoff, Angelica, 1878-1965 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Barbusse, Henri, 1873-1935 1
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
- Big Flats Defense Committee 1
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 1
- Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 1
- Brown, A. Barratt 1
- Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
- Clark, Roderic Kendall 1
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
- Corfman, Rex 1
- Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965 1
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
- DiGia, Ralph 1
- Drevet, Camille 1
- Dunbar, Olivia Howard, 1873-1953 1
- Eichel, Julius, 1896- 1
- Fangmeier, Robert 1
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 1
- Forster, Clifford 1
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
- Goicochea, E. J. 1
- Goldwasser, Martin 1
- Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 1
- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 1
- Grimes, Louis Arthur, 1883- 1
- Harkness, Georgia Elma, 1891-1974 1
- Haya de la Torre, Víctor Raúl, 1895-1979 1
- Hedemann, Ed 1
- Hedemann, Grace 1
- Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970 1
- Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964 1
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 1
- Kepler, Roy C. 1
- Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971 1
- Lazarus, Leonard 1
- Ligt, Bart de, 1883-1938 1
- Lévy, Blancy 1
- McReynolds, David 1
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
- Milgram, Morris, 1916-1997 1
- Morgan, Angela 1
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 1
- Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983 1
- Osborne, Winslow H. 1
- Partido Aprista Peruano 1
- Ransom, Frances Rose 1
- Reeves, George B. 1
- Reeves, George B., 1905- 1
- Reynolds, Reginald, 1905-1958 1
- Richards, Edward C. M., 1886-1974 1
- Rolland, Marie Romain 1
- Romero James, Concha 1
- Roodenko, Igal 1
- Royden, A. Maude (Agnes Maude), 1876-1956 1
- Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 1
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 1
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 1
- Schaum, Winifred W. 1
- Schwartz, Wendy (Editor) 1
- Sforza, Carlo, conte, 1872-1952 1
- Sidgwick, Ethel, 1877-1970 1
- Sánchez, Luis Alberto, 1900-1994 1
- Tatum, Arlo D. 1
- Thomas, Norman 1
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
- United Pacifist Committee 1 ∧ less
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