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Another Mother for Peace Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-102
Abstract

Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.

Dates: 1964-1978; Majority of material found within 1964-1978

Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-073
Abstract

CCCO developed a nationwide network of military and draft counselors and attorneys to assist conscientious objectors. Most active during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the CCCO promoted such issues as amnesty, repatriation, and counter-recruitment.Operations were suspended in late October 2009. As of 2010, some of their counseling service has been taken over by the GI Rights Hotline.

Dates: 1948-2010

Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee for Amnesty...
Abstract On January 12, 1946, the Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription was established to seek an amnesty for "all objectors to war and conscription," which included men under army court-martial for their stance against war. The Committee's most widely publicized work was the sponsorship of picketing demonstrations at the White House in May and December 1946 calling for amnesty, but the organization also promoted its objectives through lobbying of Congressional and other...
Dates: 1945-1948

Families of Resisters for Amnesty Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Families of Resisters for Amnesty
Dates: 1973-1974

Gold Star Parents for Amnesty Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Gold Star Parents for Amnesty
Dates: 1974-1977

Joint Amnesty Committee Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Joint Amnesty Committee
Dates: 1922-1923

Dwight S. Large and Frances K. Large Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Large, Dwight S. and Frances K. Large
Abstract

Papers of a Frances K. and Dwight S. Large, who worked for legal amnesty for Vietnam War resisters.

Dates: 1969-1976

League for the Amnesty of Political Prisoners Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-League for the Amnesty of Political Prisoners
Dates: 1918

Albon Man Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Man, Albon P.
Abstract

Albon Platt Man Jr.,was called up for the draft during World War II, but failed to register because of his conscientious objection to war, and was sentenced to three years in prison in March 1943. He was later involvemented with the Committee for Amnesty, the CCCO, the War Resisters League, and other peace groups.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1943-1965

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

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  • Subject: Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources X

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Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 5
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 4
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Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 3
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 2
African American soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Amnesty -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
Amnesty -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
Arms control -- History -- Sources 1
Christian union -- United States -- Societies, etc. 1
Christianity and international relations 1
Demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Families of military personnel -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Interdenominational cooperation -- United States 1
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Sources 1
Jews -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Draft resisters -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Jews -- Sources 1
Legal aid -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Lobbying -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Mothers -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
Political persecution -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Printers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Social justice -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Soldiers -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women 1
Veterans -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Peace -- Congresses -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Religious aspects -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Sources 1
War -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Women and the military -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Women soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Protest movements -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Draft resisters -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Sources 1
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Names
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 2
Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription 2
Koch, Ed, 1924- 2
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 2
National Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty 2
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Tatum, Arlo D. 2
Accra Assembly (Organization) 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. Project on Amnesty 1
Amnesty Information and Action Center 1
Another Mother for Peace (Association) 1
Avedon, Barbara 1
Axelrod, Beverly 1
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
Barr, Allen H. 1
Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958 1
Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
Berman, Aline 1
Big Flats Defense Committee 1
Blass, Dorothy 1
Brooks, R. Boland 1
Brown, George Edward, 1920-1999 1
CCCO/An Agency for Military and Draft Counseling 1
Civilian Public Service 1
Clarke, Mary S., 1916- 1
Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
Colton, Kenneth R. 1
Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 1
Cranston, Alan, 1914-2000 1
DeSilver, Harrison 1
Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 1
Eaby, Gail 1
Families of Resisters for Amnesty 1
Farnsworth, Douglis 1
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America 1
First, Curry 1
Flynn, Bina 1
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley 1
Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995 1
Furnas, Paul J. 1
Gitlin, Nancy 1
Gold Star Parents for Amnesty (U.S.) 1
Goldwasser, Martin 1
Gottlieb, Edward P. 1
Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 1
Gulick, Steve 1
Halpern, Seymour, 1913-1997 1
Hartke, Vance 1
Herring, Frances W. 1
Hosman, Glenn B. 1
Hutchison, Glenn 1
Joint Amnesty Committee 1
Jones, Dorothy B. 1
Jordan, John E. (John Edward), 1934- 1
Kaufman, Abraham 1
Kovner, Jean 1
Kreig, Florence Ain 1
Landau, Jon 1
Lang, Vivien 1
Large, Dwight S. 1
Large, Frances K. 1
Lazarus, Frieda Langer 1
League for the Amnesty of Political Prisoners (U.S.) 1
Lens, Shirley 1
Levering, Robert, 1944- 1
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 1
Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926- 1
Lyttle, Bradford 1
MacAdam, Ruth E. 1
Magnes, Judah Leon, 1877-1948 1
Man, Albon 1
Maryland Civil Liberties Committee 1
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922- 1
Medlock, Julie 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
Milgram, Morris, 1916-1997 1
Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974 1
Musil, Robert K. 1
Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 1
National Coalition Against War, Racism, and Repression 1
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America 1
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Emergency Ministeries Concerning the War 1
National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
New York Bureau of Legal Advice 1
New York Bureau of Legal First Aid 1
Paris World Assembly for Peace and Independence of Indochinese People (1972) (Versailles, France) 1
Peck, Sidney M. (Sidney Morris), 1926- 1
Pennsylvania Committee for Political Prisoners 1
People's Coalition for Peace and Justice 1
Polner, Murray 1
Price, Paton 1
Proxmire, William 1
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 1
Reed, Donna, 1921-1986 1
Rees, Thomas M., 1925- 1
Reeves, George B., 1905- 1
Reston, James, 1941- 1
Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives 1
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