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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

Wilmer Brandt Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Brandt, Wilmer
Scope and Contents

This small collection is primarily made up of correspondence with Jeannette Rankin and others, including Round Robin letters sent to (and received from) friends, most likely those who were in CPS with him.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1952-2007

Center on Conscience and War Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-025
Abstract

Organization still in existence that was formed to aid conscientious objectors in World War II.

Dates: 1940-2015

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

Central Conference of American Rabbis Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Central Conference of American Rabbis
Dates: 1922-1945

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

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-

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

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

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

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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
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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
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Language
Spanish; Castilian 2
French 1
Vietnamese 1
 
Names
Civilian Public Service 22
American Friends Service Committee 7
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 7
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 6
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 6
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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
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
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
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