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Charles C. Walker Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-296
Abstract
Minutes, reports, writings, notes, photographs, and printed material from Walker's work as an activist and nonviolent resistance trainer. Materials have been place in series based on how the subjects were identified in their original boxes.
Dates:
1940-2000
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Civilian Public Service Personal Papers and Collected Materials
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-056
Abstract
Chiefly the personal papers of conscientious objectors assigned to Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps during World War II, such as correspondence, writings, memoirs, and reference material about CPS. Also included are records of or about various CPS camps and projects.
Dates:
1939-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Civilian Public Service publications
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1236
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of the publications of conscientious objectors (COs) working at Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps in the United States during World War II, performing "work of national importance" in lieu of combat. Camps were established for various purposes, from firefighting in the rural West to caring for mental patients and the elderly. The publications cover areas across the United States, although are focused in the Northeast, Upper Midwest, and California. Two...
Dates:
1941-1946
Civilian Public Service Union Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-008
Scope and Contents
The records of the CPSU were deposited in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection in June of 1946 by Robert Beach of Philadelphia, a CPSU member. A small portion of the records came to the Peace Collection in 1976 from historian Charles Chatfield. These records originated in the larger collection of CPS records given to Chatfield by Gordon Streib (see Accession 76A-84). Records include a proposed constitution, scattered minutes, correspondence (1943-1945), CPSU Newsletter, statements,...
Dates:
1944-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Collegiate Anti-Militarism League Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Collegiate Anti-Militarism League
Dates:
1915-1917
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Committee to End Slave Labor in America Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee to End Slave Labor in America
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, flyers, reports.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Courage to Resist Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Courage to Resist
Scope and Contents
Printouts of emails from Courage to Resist to group lists.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2007-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Delaware Draft Counseling and Education Service, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-229
Abstract
The Delaware Draft Counseling and Educational Service (DDCES), was organized in early 1969 with offices in Wilmington and Newark, Delaware. It provided men who had been drafted by the Selective Service System with information about the draft and their options within that system. The DDCES also provided information on the draft, individual rights under Selective Service laws and how to file for deferments and alternatives to the draft. With the end of the draft and beginning of registration...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1966-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Subject
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 80
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 47
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 33
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 25
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 18
- Conscientious objectors -- United States 15
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 13
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 11
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 11
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 11
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 10
- Pacifists -- United States 9
- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 8
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 7
- Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 6
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 6
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 5
- War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 5
- Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Conscientious objection -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
- Conscientious objection -- United States 3
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 3
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 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
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 2
- Americans -- Canada -- History -- Sources 2
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 2
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objectors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objectors -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 2
- Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Draft resisters -- New York (State) -- 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
- Legal aid -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 2
- Methodist Church -- Clergy -- History -- Sources 2
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
- Prison reformers -- United States 2
- Prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Quaker conscientious objectors 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
- Segregation -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc -- History -- Sources 2
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources 2
- Veterans -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- Canada -- Sources 2
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Sources 2
- War -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 2
- Women and the military -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Women political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Sources 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 2
- Actors -- United States 1
- African American Quakers 1
- African American civil rights workers -- History -- Sources 1
- African American pacifists -- History -- Sources 1
- African American soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- History -- Sources 1
- African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- Sources 1
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
- American Literature 1
- Amnesty -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Amnesty -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement 1
- Antinuclear movement -- Delaware -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- North Carolina -- Greenville -- History -- Sources 1
- Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
- Bible -- Children's use -- Congresses 1
- Bible -- Study and teaching -- Congresses 1
- Bible -- Theology -- Congresses 1 + ∧ less
- Language
- Spanish; Castilian 2
- French 1
- Vietnamese 1
- Names
- Civilian Public Service 34
- American Friends Service Committee 17
- 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
- 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
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 4
- A Quaker Action Group 3
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 3
- Barr, Allen H. 3
- Bromley, Ernest 3
- Byberry State Hospital (Pa.) 3
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 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
- 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
- Brethren Service Committee 2
- Bromley, Marion, -1996 2
- Brooks, R. Boland 2
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 2
- Cary, Stephen G. 2
- Civilian Public Service Union 2
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Big Flats, NY) 2
- Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription 2
- Congress of Racial Equality 2
- Corfman, Rex 2
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 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 Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 2
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 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
- Man, Albon 2
- Mennonite Central Committee 2
- National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 2
- National Service Board for Religious Objectors 2
- New York Bureau of Legal Advice 2
- New York Bureau of Legal First Aid 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
- Phillips, Randolph Godfrey 2
- Pickus, Robert 2
- Prisoner Visitation and Support (1971-) 2
- Reeves, George B., 1905- 2
- Reynolds, Earle L. 2
- Stanton, William Macy, 1919-1995 2
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 2
- United States. Selective Service System 2
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 2
- Wilhelm, Paul A. 2
- Will, Herman, 1915- 2
- Winchester, Harold P. 2
- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 2
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1 + ∧ less
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