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Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section / U.S. Peace Section Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Mennonite Central Committee-Peace Section
Abstract
The Peace Section of the Mennonite Central Committee was established in January 1942, as successor to the Mennonite Central Peace Committee organized in 1939. It served as an agency for counseling on problems related to conscription and the draft, a representation to government, a center for study, research, and writing regarding the peace position, and a central agency for peace education.
Dates:
1942-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-060
Abstract
The Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors was a non-sectarian, free advisory service for conscientious objectors to war and military service. The MBCO was set up to provide counseling and legal aid in metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and established by the United Pacifist Committee in 1940. The group disbanded in 1980.
Dates:
1940-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Holly Metz Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Metz, Holly
Abstract
Papers of a freelance writer and book author about law, culture, and social issues.
Dates:
1983-1991; Majority of material found within 1983-1985
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Midwest Committee for Military Counseling Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-187
Abstract
The Midwest Committee for Military Counseling was founded in 1976. The MCMC provided counseling, training sessions and public education. Staff worked with counselors, attorneys, community groups and religious bodies on behalf of potential recruits to the military and people on active military duty. The MCMC ceased operation in 1995 or 1996.
Dates:
1977-1996
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Ward Miles and Alice Calder Miles Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Miles, Ward and Alice Calder Miles
Scope and Contents
Includes two oral history interview (4 p., 2007 and 2 p., 2003) of Ward Miles and Alice Calder Miles; information about the Civilian Public Service unit at the Byberry State Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa.; manuscript "Out of Sight Out of Mind" by Ward C. Miles; information about a psychiatric aide training project conducted for the Rockefeller Foundation under the auspices of the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas in 1948; reference material about mental hospitals and psychiatric aide...
Dates:
1944-1948, 2003, 2007
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Joseph Moray Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Moray, Joseph
Abstract
Correspondence of Joseph Moray, also known as Joseph Moskovitz, with his cousin, Shirley Moskovitz, and with Camille Weare.
Dates:
1935-1948, 1951-1952
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Elliston P. Morris Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Morris, Elliston P.
Abstract
Elliston P. Morris was a Quaker conscientious objector during WWII.
Dates:
1918, 1942-1968
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Abstract
A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates:
1920-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Council Against Conscription Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-052
Abstract
The National Council Against Conscription had its first official meeting on December 13, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Nation Council Against Conscription worked to defeat various legislative measures which promoted universal military training and peacetime conscription, by lobbying Congress, public speaking, publishing detailed analyses of proposed legislation, corresponding with magazine and newspaper editors about their coverage of Universal Military Training, and producing...
Dates:
1944-1960
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Northern California Service Board for Conscientious Objectors Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Northern California Service Board-Conscientious Objectors
Abstract
Includes printed correspondence, minutes of meetings, memoranda, brochures; correspondents include Allen H. Barr and Robert F. Leavens.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940-1954
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
- 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
- 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 + ∧ less
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