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American Union Against Militarism Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Abstract 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

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

New York Bureau of Legal Advice Records

 Collection — othertype: Reel 142.1
Identifier: SCPC-Reel-142.1
Abstract Holdings in Tamiment Library: about half the records of the New York Bureau of Legal Advice consist of case histories pertaining to selective service exemption, draft evasion, conscientious objector status, military imprisonment, military discharge, desertion, amnesty, civil liberties and deportations. One third of the collection consists of office files, administrative reports and correspondence, including extensive fundraising correspondence. The remainder of the collection is made up of...
Dates: 1917-1919

Allen S. Olmsted II Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-095
Scope and Contents The bulk of the Allen S. Olmsted papers is correspondence (1898-1977). Most of these are carbon copies of letters dictated by Olmsted and filed in subject transfer files at his law offices in Philadelphia and Media (Pennsylvania) [note: there are also many letters from Allen Olmsted in the papers of his wife, Mildred Scott Olmsted (DG 082)]. Correspondents include Brent Dow Allinson, Gertrude Baer, Emily Greene Balch, Roger Nash Baldwin, Witter Brynner, Joseph S. Clark, Sophia H. Dulles,...
Dates: 1898-1986

Murray Polner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-113
Abstract Polner was an author and editor of books and periodicals on social history, public policy, and Jewish concerns. This collection chiefly relates to his research on Vietnam veterans for his book No Victory Parades and on the question of amnesty for When Can I Come Home? The collection also include audiotapes of oral histories of American Jews who were conscientious objectors or who resisted serving in the military during World War II or the Korean War. There is additional material from...
Dates: 1963-1988

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Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 2
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Sources 1
Jews -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Judges -- United States 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Draft resisters -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Jews -- Sources 1
Lawyers -- United States 1
Lawyers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Legal aid -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Militarism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Practice of law -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Soldiers -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources 1
Veterans -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Draft resisters -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- History -- Sources 1
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Language
French 1
 
Names
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 3
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Albert, Alfred, 1908- 1
Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
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American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience 1
American Legion 1
American Union Against Militarism 1
American Union Against Militarism. Civil Liberties Bureau 1
Angell, Ernest, 1889-1973 1
Baer, Gertrude 1
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958 1
Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 1
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 1
DeSilver, Harrison 1
Eastman, Crystal, 1881-1928 1
Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 1
Fangmeier, Robert 1
Flynn, Bina 1
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley 1
Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 1
Forster, Clifford 1
French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 1
Hallinan, Charles T. 1
Heisler, Francis, 1895- 1
Hill, Lewis K. 1
Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 1
Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 1
Joint Peace Committee of Providence and Chester Monthly Meetings (Society of Friends : Media, Pa.) 1
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 1
Kaufman, Abraham 1
Koch, Ed, 1924- 1
Lape, Esther Everett, 1881-1981 1
Lazarus, Leonard 1
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 1
Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926- 1
Longstreth, Walter C. 1
Lynch, Frederick, 1867-1934 1
MacAdam, Ruth E. 1
Magnes, Judah Leon, 1877-1948 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
Mussey, Henry Raymond, 1875-1940 1
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 1
Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 1
National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 1
Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983 1
New York Bureau of Legal Advice 1
New York Bureau of Legal First Aid 1
Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 1
Osborne, Winslow H. 1
Philadelphia Peace Council (1925-approximately 1932) 1
Philadelphia Peace Council (1937-ca. 1943) 1
Phillips, Randolph Godfrey 1
Polner, Murray 1
Rankin, Belle 1
Reeves, George B. 1
Reston, James, 1941- 1
Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives 1
Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 1
Sherman, Edward F., 1937- 1
Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 1
Tamiment Library 1
Tatum, Arlo D. 1
Tatum, Lyle 1
Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 1
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 1
Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929 1
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 1
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940 1
Warbasse, James Peter, 1866-1957 1
Willoughby, George, pacifist 1
Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949 1
Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 1
Yarrow, C. H. Mike 1
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