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Charles Bloomstein Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Bloomstein, Charles
Abstract
Charles Bloomstein (1913 - 2002) was involved in a number of organizations that promoted civil rights, as well as peace. He was a conscientious objector during World War II, and served in Civilian Public Service (CPS) for three years.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1938-2002
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-073
Abstract
CCCO developed a nationwide network of military and draft counselors and attorneys to assist conscientious objectors. Most active during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the CCCO promoted such issues as amnesty, repatriation, and counter-recruitment.Operations were suspended in late October 2009. As of 2010, some of their counseling service has been taken over by the GI Rights Hotline.
Dates:
1948-2010
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Civilian Public Service Union Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-008
Abstract
The Civilian Public Service Union was organized at the beginning of 1944 in the CPS camp at Big Flats, New York. Men at other camps and units quickly joined the group. CPSU, a union for "drafted workers conscientiously opposed to war," was formed to provide an organized means of communication and group action among men in all sections of CPS and to combat the waste and injustice of the CPS system itself. Ralph C. Rudd served as chairman from late 1944 until CPSU was dissolved in early...
Dates:
1944-1946
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
Abstract
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
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
Michael S. Foley Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Foley, Michael S.
Abstract
Michael S. Foley is an author, primarily about the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War.
Dates:
1965-2001
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Charles E. Frantz Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Frantz, Charles E.
Abstract
Collection includes biographical information; letters from Frantz to his parents while he was in Civilian Public Service, 1944-1946, and 1947-1950; information about his refusal to register for the peacetime draft (Selective Service Act of 1948), and subsequent federal court proceedings and his 1949 imprisonment; newspaper clippings about draft refusers at Earlham College, 1949; a copy of Frantz's FBI file and correspondence relating to it, 1978-1980; and Frantz's writings about the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1944-1949, 1978-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Larry Gara Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Gara, Larry
Abstract
Includes two typescripts: Amnesty and Reconciliation, and Peace Testimony: Root and Branch [annotated photocopy]; leaflet and periodical with mention of Gara's conscientious objection; slide show titled Active Nonviolence stored separately as Slide Show 2.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1949-1972
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 29
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- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
- Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
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- Society of Friends -- Sources. -- Peace testimony -- History 1
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Sources 1
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- War -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
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- World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 1
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- Civilian Public Service 7
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 4
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 4
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 4
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 3
- Kaufman, Abraham 3
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 3
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 3
- Tatum, Arlo D. 3
- American Friends Service Committee 2
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 2
- Civilian Public Service Union 2
- Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription 2
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 2
- DeSilver, Harrison 2
- Ferber, Michael 2
- Furnas, Paul J. 2
- Gara, Larry 2
- MacAdam, Ruth E. 2
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 2
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 2
- United States. Selective Service System 2
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 2
- Albert, Alfred, 1908- 1
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. Project on Amnesty 1
- Amnesty Information and Action Center 1
- Anderson, Jervis 1
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
- Angell, Ernest, 1889-1973 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
- Barr, Allen H. 1
- Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958 1
- Bennett, Scott H. 1
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
- Berkel, Bob 1
- Berkeley Resistance (Organization) 1
- Big Flats Defense Committee 1
- Bloomstein, Charles 1
- Bohn, Lewis Christian 1
- Boss, Jay 1
- Boston-Pentagon Peace Walk (1967) 1
- Break with Conscription Committee 1
- Brooks, R. Boland 1
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 1
- CARE Inc. 1
- CCCO/An Agency for Military and Draft Counseling 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Charlotte Citizens for Peace (Port Charlotte, Fla.) 1
- Chomsky, Noam 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Merom, Ind.) 1
- Clark, Ramsey, 1927- 1
- Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
- Coalition for Peace in the Middle East 1
- Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 1
- Colton, Kenneth R. 1
- Committee Against Registration and the Draft 1
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
- Committee to End Slave Labor in America 1
- Corfman, Rex 1
- Covington, Hayden Cooper 1
- Daniel Seeger Defense Fund of the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Delaware Draft Counseling & Education Service, Inc. 1
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 1
- Denison, Paul Bert 1
- Dodge, Richard K. 1
- Doherty, Will 1
- Early, Frances H. 1
- Eichel, Julius, 1896- 1
- Emerson, Gloria 1
- Fangmeier, Robert 1
- Farnsworth, Douglis 1
- Faulkner, Stanley 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 1
- First, Curry 1
- Flynn, Bina 1
- Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley 1
- Foley, Michael S. 1
- Forster, Clifford 1
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
- Frantz, Charles 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 1
- Ginger, Ann Fagan 1
- Goldwasser, Martin 1
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 1
- Greene, Felix 1
- Gulick, Steve 1
- Haessler, Carl, 1888-1972 1
- Hanauer, Kenneth George, 1933- 1
- Harrington, Michael, 1928-1989 1
- Hartsough, David 1
- Hasbrouck, Edward 1
- Heisler, Francis, 1895- 1
- Hill, Lewis K. 1
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 1
- Homer, Steven (Editor) 1
- Hosman, Glenn B. 1
- Houser, George M. 1 + ∧ less
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