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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
Norman J. Whitney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Overview
Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates:
1938-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Barr, Allen H. 1
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
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- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 1
- DeSilver, Harrison 1
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
- Furnas, Paul J. 1
- Goldwasser, Martin 1
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- Jacob, Philip E. 1
- Kaufman, Abraham 1
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- Milgram, Morris, 1916-1997 1
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 1
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- Tatum, Arlo D. 1
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- Vogel, Robert S. 1
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