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American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Committee to End Slave Labor in America Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee to End Slave Labor in America
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, flyers, reports.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 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
Eichel Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-131
Abstract
The Eichel Family papers provide a unique glimpse into the lives of conscientious objectors and peace activists from one family over two generations, from 1916 onward. Julius Eichel, David Eichel and Albert Eichel were all C.O.s during WWI. Julius Eichel and his wife Esther Eichel protested WWII. Their son Seymour Eichel also served time in prison for his refusal to serve in the military in the 1950s.
Dates:
1918 - 2008
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records
Collection
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-
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
Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists
Abstract
This file includes correspondence and memoranda dated 1945, pertaining to the proposed organization of a new movement for radical nonviolent pacifists. Includes a letter of April 27, 1945, of which signers include Rex Corfman, Henry Dyer, Roy Finch, Lewis Hill, Morris Horowitz, Byron Johnson, Igal Roodenko, and Stanley Rappeport; a list of the addressees is included on the same page as the signers. Collection also includes a "Memorandum on Effective Pacifist Organization for Action" by...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1945
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
John Nevin Sayre Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-117
Abstract
John Nevin Sayre was a pacifist who spent over 40 years at the helm of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Dates:
1885-1982; Majority of material found within 1922-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
War Resisters League Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-040
Abstract
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:
1923-2013
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
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- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 2
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- Civil disobedience 1
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- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
- Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
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- Pacifism 1
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- Names
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 7
- Civilian Public Service 5
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 5
- Kaufman, Abraham 5
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 3
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 3
- Brooks, R. Boland 3
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 3
- DeSilver, Harrison 3
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 3
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 3
- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 3
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 3
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 3
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 3
- American Civil Liberties Union 2
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 2
- Barr, Allen H. 2
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 2
- Eichel, Julius, 1896- 2
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 2
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 2
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
- Gara, Larry 2
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 2
- Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 2
- Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955 2
- Hill, Lewis K. 2
- Houser, George M. 2
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation 2
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 2
- MacAdam, Ruth E. 2
- McReynolds, David 2
- National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 2
- Olmstead, Frank 2
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 2
- Phillips, Randolph Godfrey 2
- Roodenko, Igal 2
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 2
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 2
- Smiley, Glenn E. 2
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 2
- Thomson, Charles A. (Charles Alexander), 1893-1961 2
- War Resisters League 2
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 2
- Aberman, Sidney 1
- Acts for Peace (Organization) 1
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
- Albert, Alfred, 1908- 1
- Albizu Campos, Pedro, 1891-1965 1
- American Friends Service Committee 1
- Angell, Ernest, 1889-1973 1
- Arvio, Raymond Paavo 1
- Ayusawa, Iwao, 1894-1972 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
- Balabanoff, Angelica, 1878-1965 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Barbusse, Henri, 1873-1935 1
- Bartlett, Percy W. 1
- Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
- Becker, Jo 1
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
- Berrigan, Daniel 1
- Big Flats Defense Committee 1
- Blaxall, Arthur W. 1
- Boehmer, Peter J. 1
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 1
- Brick, Allan 1
- Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970 1
- Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 1
- Bromley, Ernest 1
- Bromley, Marion, -1996 1
- Brookwood Labor College (Katonah, N.Y.) 1
- Brown, A. Barratt 1
- Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
- Burton, O. E. (Ormond Edward), 1893-1974 1
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
- Chandy, K. K., 1908- 1
- Church Peace Mission (U.S.) 1
- Clark, Roderic Kendall 1
- Clergymen's Emergency Committee for Vietnam 1
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
- Committee on Militarism in Education (U.S.) 1
- Committee to End Slave Labor in America 1
- Corfman, Rex 1
- Cornell, Thomas C. (Thomas Charles), 1934- 1
- Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965 1
- Curry, A. Stauffer (Abram Stauffer), 1913- 1
- Dai Dong (Organization) 1
- Deats, Richard L., 1932- 1
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
- DiGia, Ralph 1
- Drevet, Camille 1
- Drinan, Robert F. 1
- Dunbar, Olivia Howard, 1873-1953 1
- Eastman, E. Philip 1 + ∧ less
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