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Henry LeRoy Finch Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-195
Abstract
Henry Leroy (Roy) Finch Jr. was a pacifist, conscientious objector to World War II, philosopher and writer.
Dates:
1933-1995
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
Richard Bartlett Gregg Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Gregg, Richard
Dates:
1929-1941
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
C. Douglas Hostetter Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-260
Abstract
C. Douglas Hostetter (1944 - ), has been an peace activist since the 1960s. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war and performed alternative service for the Mennonite Central Committee in rural Vietnam.Following his work in Vietnam Hostetter worked for the United Methodist Church at the United Nations on international affairs. From the mid 1980s through the end of the decade Hostetter served as the executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee in their New...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1959-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
George Houser Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Houser, George
Abstract
Collection is primarily correspondence between Houser and others regarding amnesty for war objectors (1945-1947), the Break With Conscription committee (1946-1947), correspondence with conscientious objectors (1942-1946), the Labour Pacifist Fellowship (Britain) (1945), Civilian Public Service strike (1946), the Peace Now Movement (1943-1944), and the Resist Conscription Committee (1948).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
William Marx Kantor Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kantor, William Marx
Dates:
circa 1917-1920
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Abraham Kaufman Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kaufman, Abraham
Abstract
In October 1928, Kaufman became the first paid employee of the War Resisters League, eventually becoming its Executive Secretary through 1947. He co-founded the Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-1997
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Roy C. Kepler Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-185
Abstract
Roy Kepler was a radical pacifist and conscientious objector during World War II, owner of Kepler Books in Menlo Park, California, involved for many years with the War Resisters League, one of the founders of the Pacifica Foundation and public radio in California.
Dates:
1940-1985
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Wayne Lauser Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lauser, Wayne
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of materials relating to Lauser's walk from Cleveland to Washington D.C., the federal lawsuit against him, his sentencing, and his time in prison.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1969-1972
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Frieda Langer Lazarus Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lazarus, Frieda Langer
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of correspondence and printed matter related to Lazarus's involvement as Chair of the War Resisters League's Conscientious Objector Problems Committee, 1943-1946.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 45
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- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 6
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 6
- Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
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- African American Quakers 1
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- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Sources 1
- Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Mennonites -- Charities 1
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- Mental health services -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
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- Nonviolence -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
- Nonviolence in America : a documentary history 1
- Pacifists 1
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- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
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- Prisoners -- Connecticut -- Danbury -- History -- Sources 1
- Prisoners' writings, American 1
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- Psychiatric hospitals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Spanish; Castilian 2
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- Civilian Public Service 13
- American Friends Service Committee 6
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 6
- War Resisters League 6
- A Quaker Action Group 3
- Byberry State Hospital (Pa.) 3
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 3
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 3
- Furnas, Paul J. 3
- Stern, Lee, 1915-1992 3
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 2
- Bromley, Ernest 2
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 2
- Civilian Public Service Union 2
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 2
- Eichel, Julius, 1896- 2
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 2
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
- Gara, Larry 2
- Kantor, William Marx 2
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 2
- Lens, Sidney 2
- Lunde, Erling H. 2
- Lynd, Alice 2
- Lynd, Staughton 2
- Man, Albon 2
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 2
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 2
- Peacemaker Movement 2
- Reynolds, Earle L. 2
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 2
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 2
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 2
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 2
- Ahimsa Farm 1
- Alternatives to Violence Project 1
- American Forum for Socialist Education 1
- American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience 1
- American Friends Service Committee. New England Regional Office 1
- Ames, Winslow 1
- Anderson, Jervis 1
- Andrews, Bennett W., 1906-1994 1
- Andrews, Florence N., 1913- 1
- Anglican Pacifist Fellowship 1
- Anh, Le Thi 1
- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
- Ashley, Bruce 1
- Axford, Roger W. 1
- Barr, Allen H. 1
- Barton, Harold E. L., 1916-2005 1
- Bennett, Scott H. 1
- Berg, Lloyd A. 1
- Blaxall, Arthur W. 1
- Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- 1
- Bohn, Lewis Christian 1
- Boss, Jay 1
- Boston-Pentagon Peace Walk (1967) 1
- Bourgeois, Roy, 1938- 1
- Brandt, Wilmer, 1920- 1
- Break with Conscription Committee 1
- Bromley, Marion, -1996 1
- Brown, John Pairman 1
- Canadian Friends Service Committee 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Champney, Beulah 1
- Champney, Horace 1
- Champney, Ken 1
- Charlotte Citizens for Peace (Port Charlotte, Fla.) 1
- Children's Creative Response to Conflict Program 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp #103 (Missoula, Mont.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Coleville, Calif.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Gulfport, Miss.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Medaryville, Ind.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Merom, Ind.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Missoula, Mont.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
- Civilian Public Service. Mental Hygiene Program 1
- Clergy and Laity Concerned (U.S.) 1
- Coalition for Peace in the Middle East 1
- Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription 1
- Congress of Racial Equality 1
- Cook, Cara 1
- Corfman, Rex 1
- Cousins, Norman 1
- Covington, Hayden Cooper 1
- Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965 1
- Daniel Seeger Defense Fund of the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Delaware Valley Land Trust 1
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 1
- Denison, Paul Bert 1
- Dodge, Richard K. 1
- Early, Frances H. 1
- Eastern State Hospital (Va.) 1
- Eichel family 1
- Eichel, Esther 1
- Eichel, Seymour 1
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 1
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