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Charles Schumacher Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Schumacher, Charles
Abstract

Charles Schumacher was a chemist, chemical engineer and conscientious objector to World War II. He entered Civilian Public Service in 1944 and served in three CPS camps.

Dates: 1930-2003

Daniel A. Seeger Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Seeger, Daniel A.
Abstract

Seeger is best known for the 1965 Supreme Court court case regarding his conscientious objector claim without belief in a Supreme Being as grounds for C.O. status.

Dates: 1958-2008

Kathleen Norma Smith Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Smith, Kathleen Norma
Abstract

Collection consists of photocopies of materials relating to Smith's application for discharge from the U.S. Army based on conscientious objection to war.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1974

Roland F. Smith Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Smith, Roland F.
Abstract

Papers of Roland F. Smith documenting his service in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during WWII, as well as family papers.

Dates: 1939-1946, 1981,1987-1990

Lee Stern Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-170
Abstract

Lee Stern (1915-1992), was a Quaker pacifist, conscientious objector to war, involved in peace groups and organizations, and a teacher of nonviolence.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1936-1992

Steve Trimm Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-232
Abstract In 1968 Steven Wayne Trimm was convicted for refusing induction into the armed services and served four years prison. Trimm fled to Canada in 1969 where he lived underground until 1974. Two years later he received clemency from the U.S. government under the Earned Re-entry Program and was pardoned. Steve Trimm is the author of Walking Wounded: Men's Lives During and Since the Vietnam War (1993) and other publications. Since the 1970s Steve Trimm has also been active with various peace and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1963-2008

Norman J. Whitney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Abstract Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates: 1938-1967

David Thoreau Wieck Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wieck, David Thoreau
Scope and Contents

Includes prison correspondence, 1943-1946, and post-prison writings.

Dates: 1942-1969; Majority of material found within 1943-1950

Denny Wilcher Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wilcher, Denny
Abstract

This collection documents the experiences of Wilcher (and his friends), while in Civilian Public Service, and after he left CPS and was imprisoned at McNeil Island Federal Prison Camp.

Dates: 1941-1946

Jayne Tuttle Wilhelm and Paul A. Wilhelm Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wilhelm, Paul and Jane Tuttle Wilhelm
Abstract

Paul A. Wilhelm (1916- ) served in three Civilian Public Service Units: Camp 3, Patapsco, Md.; Camp 52, Powelsville Maryland; and Camp 49, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) State Hospital. He registered as a Baptist conscientious objector but became a Quaker after his marriage to C. Jayne Tuttle in 1943.

Dates: 1934-1978

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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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