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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
Wilmer Brandt Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Brandt, Wilmer
Overview
Brandt was a conscientious objector to war, a Quaker, and interested in peace throughout his life.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1952-2007
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
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
Central Conference of American Rabbis Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Central Conference of American Rabbis
Dates:
1922-1945
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 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...
Overview
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
Courage to Resist Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Courage to Resist
Abstract
Printouts of emails from Courage to Resist to group lists.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2007-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 80
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 46
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 30
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 23
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 16
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 11
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 10
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 8
- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 7
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 7
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 6
- Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 4
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- 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
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Psychiatric hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 3
- War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 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 -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objectors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- I-W service 2
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Sources 2
- Jews -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Methodist Church -- Clergy -- History -- Sources 2
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 2
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 2
- Prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Selective conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Socialists -- 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 -- Sources 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Sources 2
- African American Quakers 1
- African American soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- African Americans -- History -- Sources 1
- Amnesty -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Amnesty -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- Delaware -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- North Carolina -- Greenville -- History -- Sources 1
- Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
- Chester County (Pa.) 1
- Church work with prisoners -- Society of Friends 1
- Church work with prisoners -- United States 1
- Civil rights -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Brethren in Christ Church -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors 1
- Conscientious objectors -- California, Northern -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- Canada -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- Delaware -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- Middle West -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Dissenters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft registration -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft resisters -- Delaware -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft resisters -- Middle West -- History -- Sources 1
- Dukhobors -- History 1
- Environmentalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Evil, Non-resistance to -- History -- Sources 1
- Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Government, Resistance to 1
- Government, Resistance to -- History -- Sources 1
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
- Judges -- United States 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Draft resisters -- Sources 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Jews -- Sources 1
- Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Lawyers -- United States 1
- Lawyers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Liberation (New York, N.Y. : 1956) 1 ∧ less
- Language
- English 80
- Undetermined 1
- Names
- Civilian Public Service 22
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 7
- American Friends Service Committee 6
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 6
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 6
- War Resisters League 6
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 5
- Furnas, Paul J. 4
- Tatum, Arlo D. 4
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 4
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 4
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 4
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 4
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 3
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 3
- Barr, Allen H. 3
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 3
- Byberry State Hospital (Pa.) 3
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 3
- Ferber, Michael 3
- Gara, Larry 3
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 3
- Kaufman, Abraham 3
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 3
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 3
- National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors 3
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 3
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 3
- Tatum, Lyle 3
- A Quaker Action Group 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
- Civilian Public Service Union 2
- Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription 2
- Corfman, Rex 2
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 2
- Eichel, Julius, 1896- 2
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 2
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
- Heisler, Francis, 1895- 2
- Horton, Robert, 1900-1991 2
- Kantor, William Marx 2
- Lens, Sidney 2
- Lunde, Erling H. 2
- Lynd, Alice 2
- Lynd, Staughton 2
- Lyttle, Bradford 2
- Man, Albon 2
- Mennonite Central Committee 2
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 2
- National Service Board for Religious Objectors 2
- Newton, Ray 2
- Pacifist Research Bureau 2
- Prisoner Visitation and Support (1971-) 2
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 2
- Stern, Lee, 1915-1992 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
- Ahimsa Farm 1
- Alexander, Howard W. (Howard Wright), 1911-1985 1
- Alexander, Mary Alice 1
- Alliance for Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 1
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
- Alternatives to Violence Project 1
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. Project on Amnesty 1
- American Forum for Socialist Education 1
- American Friends Service Committee. Civilian Public Service 1
- American Friends Service Committee. New England Regional Office 1
- American Union Against Militarism 1
- American Union Against Militarism. Civil Liberties Bureau 1
- Ames, Winslow 1
- Amnesty Information and Action Center 1
- Anderson, Jervis 1
- Anderson, Paul, active 1970-1974 1
- Andrews, Bennett W., 1906-1994 1
- Andrews, Florence N., 1913- 1
- Anglican Pacifist Fellowship 1
- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
- Association of Catholic Conscientious Objectors 1
- Axford, Roger W. 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
- Baker, Lillian 1
- Barton, Bruce, 1886-1967 1
- Barton, Harold E. L., 1916-2005 1
- Beer, John Joseph, 1927- 1
- Bennett, Scott H. 1
- Berg, Lloyd A. 1
- Berkel, Bob 1
- Berkeley Resistance (Organization) 1
- Big Flats Defense Committee 1
- Binford, Helen 1
- Binford, Raymond, 1876-1951 1
- Blaxall, Arthur W. 1 ∧ less
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