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William Charles Allen Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Allen, William Charles
Overview
William C. Allen was born in 1857 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Friends. Allen was deeply opposed to war and wrote often about the problems of propaganda, censorship, conscription, imperialism, and the munitions industry. He traveled widely and wrote many articles about his experiences abroad.
Dates:
1895-1937; Majority of material found within 1913-1937
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Alliance for Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-088
Abstract
The Alliance for Conscientious Objectors (AFCO), based in Seattle (Washington), was founded in 1970 by John Long and Paul Anderson, who served as its national coordinator. It changed its name in 1972 to represent a wider scope of purpose. During this time, conscientious objectors who performed two years of alternate service, the same period as those drafted into the military served, were not entitled to Veterans Administration benefits under the GI Bill of Rights. By 1974 AFCO had reached a...
Dates:
1970-1974
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Brent Dow Allinson Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Allinson, Brent Dow
Abstract
Collection includes undated typescript writings by Allinson, pamphlets by and about him, and a newspaper clipping discussing his court martial.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1918-1920
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service / Prison Service Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-002
Overview
Organized to provide alternative service for conscientious objectors, who were assigned "work of national importance under civilian direction; the historic peace churches (Church of the Brethren, Religious Society of Friends and the Mennonite Church) band ed together to form the National Service Board for Religious Objectors (NISBRO) which coordinated the civilian public service (CPS) program; the American Friends Service Committee administered seventeen CPS camps and over thirty special...
Dates:
1940-1947
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Friends Service Committee Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Friends Service Committee
Abstract
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.
Dates:
1917-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Union Against Militarism Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Overview
In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union...
Dates:
1915 - 1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bent Andresen Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Andreson, Bent
Abstract
Bent Andresen registered as a conscientious objector during WWII, and was sent to a Civilian Public Service in 1944. Andresen participated in a "guinea pig project" in which he and several other C.O.s lived in a refrigerated room for three months to test the impact of a high-protein diet on cold-weather conditions. He went AWOL in 1945 and was sentenced to two years in prison. Andreson was involved in various peace/justice groups throughout his lifetime.
Dates:
1928-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bennett W. Andrews and Florence N. Andrews Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-209
Abstract
Bennett Andrews was an absolutist conscientious objector during World War II. He served a five year sentence Danbury Prison, a federal penitentiary, in Connecticut. There he worked in a number of positions in the prison. Bennett Andrews was released from prison on July 11, 1946 and received amnesty from President Truman in 1947. Florence Andrews (born in 1913) married Bennett on July 22, 1938. She was also a strong pacifist, who fully supported her husband's C.O. stance.
Dates:
1940-1950, 1979-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Archives of War Resisters' International, 1921-1974 : [microform]
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-Microfiche-2.1-2.103
Dates:
1977
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Swarthmore College Peace Collection 125
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- Subject
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 80
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 49
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 36
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 25
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 21
- Conscientious objectors -- United States 15
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 15
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 14
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 14
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 11
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- Pacifists -- United States 10
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 10
- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 8
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 8
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 7
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 7
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 7
- Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 6
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain 5
- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Quaker conscientious objectors 5
- War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 5
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain 5
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 4
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 4
- Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors 4
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 3
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Conscientious objection -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 3
- Conscientious objection -- United States 3
- Conscientious objectors 3
- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 3
- Conscientious objectors -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 3
- Conscientious objectors -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 3
- Draft resisters -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 3
- International relief 3
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Pacifists -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 3
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 3
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 3
- Selective conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States 3
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain 3
- World War, 1939-1945 3
- Americans -- Canada -- History -- Sources 2
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 2
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious Objectors -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objection -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objectors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Draft -- United States 2
- Draft resisters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- Sources 2
- Draft resisters -- United States 2
- I-W service 2
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Sources 2
- Jews -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Lawyers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 2
- Legal aid -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 2
- Methodist Church -- Clergy -- History -- Sources 2
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 2
- Nuclear disarmament 2
- Pacifism 2
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 2
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 2
- Prison reformers -- United States 2
- Prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Quaker authors 2
- Quaker businesspeople 2
- Quaker conscientious objectors -- Pennsylvania 2
- Quakers 2
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 2
- Quakers -- North Carolina 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
- Quakers -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
- Segregation -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Society of Friends -- Charities 2
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines 2
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
- Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 2 ∧ less
- Language
- English 150
- Undetermined 1
- Names
- Civilian Public Service 36
- American Friends Service Committee 16
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 9
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 8
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 8
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 6
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 6
- War Resisters League 6
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 5
- Furnas, Paul J. 5
- Kaufman, Abraham 5
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 5
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 5
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 4
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 4
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 4
- Tatum, Arlo D. 4
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 4
- A Quaker Action Group 3
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 3
- Barr, Allen H. 3
- Bromley, Ernest 3
- Byberry State Hospital (Pa.) 3
- Cary, Stephen G. 3
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Big Flats, NY) 3
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 3
- Congress of Racial Equality 3
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 3
- DeSilver, Harrison 3
- Ferber, Michael 3
- Gara, Larry 3
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 3
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 3
- National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors 3
- Peacemaker Movement 3
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 3
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 3
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 3
- Stern, Lee, 1915-1992 3
- Tatum, Lyle 3
- Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 2
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 2
- American Civil Liberties Union 2
- American Friends Service Committee. Civilian Public Service 2
- American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience 2
- American Legion 2
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 2
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 2
- Boston Draft Resistance Group 2
- Brethren Service Committee 2
- Bromley, Marion, -1996 2
- Brooks, R. Boland 2
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 2
- Civilian Public Service Union 2
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Lagro, Ind.) 2
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Trenton, N.D.) 2
- Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription 2
- Cooper, Samuel 2
- Corfman, Rex 2
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 2
- Dyer, Henry W. 2
- Eichel, Julius, 1896- 2
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 2
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 2
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
- Friends Ambulance Unit 2
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 2
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 2
- Gould, Thomas B., 1813-1856 2
- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 2
- Heisler, Francis, 1895- 2
- Hill, Lewis K. 2
- Hoover, Warren W. 2
- Horton, Robert, 1900-1991 2
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 2
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 2
- Kantor, William Marx 2
- Lens, Sidney 2
- Lunde, Erling H. 2
- Lynd, Alice 2
- Lynd, Staughton 2
- Lyttle, Bradford 2
- MacAdam, Ruth E. 2
- Macedonia Cooperative Community 2
- Man, Albon 2
- Mennonite Central Committee 2
- National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 2
- National Service Board for Religious Objectors 2
- Nelson Fuson, 1913-2006 2
- New York Bureau of Legal Advice 2
- New York Bureau of Legal First Aid 2
- New York State Board for Civilian Public Service 2
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
- Newton, Ray 2
- Pacifist Research Bureau 2
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Civilian Public Service Fund Committee 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 2
- Phillips, Randolph Godfrey 2 ∧ less
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