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Center on Conscience and War Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-025
Overview
Organization still in existence that was formed to aid conscientious objectors in World War II.
Dates:
1940-2015
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Overview
Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates:
1938-1951
Igal Roodenko Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-161
Overview
Igal Roodenko was a pacifist, peace and civil rights activist, and advocate of nonviolence. He was a member of the War Resisters League Executive Committee, served on boards of A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and Consortium on Peace Research and Development (COPRED), and was active in Men of All Colors Together.
Dates:
1935-1991
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
Denny Wilcher Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wilcher, Denny
Overview
This collection documents the experiences of Wilcher (and his friends), while in Civilian Public Service, and after he left CPS and was imprisoned at McNeil Island Federal Prison Camp.
Dates:
1941-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
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- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 2
- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Brethren in Christ Church -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
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- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States 1
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Sources 1
- Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
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- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 4
- Civilian Public Service 3
- American Friends Service Committee 2
- Kaufman, Abraham 2
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 2
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
- Barr, Allen H. 1
- Borkholder, Philip L. 1
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Center on Conscience and War 1
- Civilian Public Service Union 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Merom, Ind.) 1
- Corfman, Rex 1
- Curry, A. Stauffer (Abram Stauffer), 1913- 1
- Doty, C. LeRoy 1
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 1
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 1
- Greene, Felix 1
- Hershey, Lewis Blaine, 1893-1977 1
- Hoover, Warren W. 1
- Huston, Ora 1
- Hutchison, Glenn 1
- Isely, Philip 1
- Jacob, Philip E. 1
- Lang, Vivien 1
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 1
- National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
- National Service Board for Religious Objectors 1
- New York State Board for Civilian Public Service 1
- Newton, Ray 1
- Pacifist Research Bureau 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 1
- Price, Paton 1
- Reeves, George B., 1905- 1
- Roodenko, Igal 1
- Rosenbaum, Crane 1
- Schmidt, John Wesley, 1917-1997 1
- Sherk, J. Harold 1
- Stafford, David Benbow, 1918- 1
- Swift, David Everett, 1914- 1
- Syracuse Peace Council 1
- Tatum, Lyle 1
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 1
- Thomas, Evan, 1951- 1
- Toney, Raymond J. 1
- Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956 1
- Vogel, Robert S. 1
- War Resisters League 1
- Whitehead, Carle 1
- Whitney, Mildred C. 1
- Wilcher, Denny, 1914-1993 1
- Will, Herman, 1915- 1
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 1
- Winchester, Harold P. 1
- World Alliance for International Friendship through Religion 1
- World Council of Churches 1
- Yolton, L. William 1 ∧ less
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