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1967 Committee to End the Draft on or before June 30, 1967 Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Nineteen Sixty Seven Committee to End the Draft
Dates: 1965-1967

Alliance for Conscientious Objectors Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-088
Abstract The Alliance for Conscientious Objectors (AFCO), based in Seattle (Washington), was founded in 1970 by John Long and Paul Anderson, who served as its national coordinator. It changed its name in 1972 to represent a wider scope of purpose. During this time, conscientious objectors who performed two years of alternate service, the same period as those drafted into the military served, were not entitled to Veterans Administration benefits under the GI Bill of Rights. By 1974 AFCO had reached a...
Dates: 1970-1974

American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-022
Abstract The roots of the NCCO began shortly after conscription in WWII was instituted. Little is known about the New York Office of the NCCO. It was headquartered at 31 Union Square West in New York City (NY) where the ACLU had its offices, and was likely set up in 1940, under the chairmanship of Norman Angell, and stayed in existence through 1945. In Washington (DC), the Temporary Committee for Legal Aid to Conscientious Objectors was formed in 1940. R. Boland Brooks had gone to NSBRO (National...
Dates: 1940-1946

American Union Against Militarism Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Abstract In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union...
Dates: 1915 - 1922

American Veterans Committee Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Veterans Committee
Dates: 1947-1980

Break with Conscription Committee Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Break with Conscription Committee
Dates: 1947

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

Committee on Militarism in Education Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-009
Abstract Includes minutes of the executive committee, annual reports, correspondence (1925-1940), financial records, form letters, articles and manuscripts, pamphlets, CME periodicals and other publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Subject files provide state-by-state coverage of the U.S. Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), Citizens Military Training Corps (CMTC) and Civilian Conservation Corps, and congressional anti-conscription campaigns. Correspondents include Devere Allen,...
Dates: 1925-1940

Julien D. Cornell Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-010
Abstract

Julien Cornell (1910-1994) practiced law in New York City, with a special interest in civil liberties. During World War II, he handled many cases for conscientious objectors, as well as advising many other COs about their various problems with the legal system. He was considered an expert on legal issues regarding conscientious objection and Civilian Public Service, and was consulted by many lawyers throughout the country for his opinions.

Dates: 1940-1947

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Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 15
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 11
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Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 5
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 5
Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 4
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 4
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Militarism -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Women and the military -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
Civil rights -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Draft -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 2
Military education -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
African American soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
Amnesty -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
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Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Asylum, Right of -- History -- Sources 1
Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- Trial practice -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Collective settlements -- New York (State) -- Rifton -- History -- Sources 1
College students -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
College students -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
College teachers -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
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Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
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Conscientious objectors -- History -- Sources 1
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Draft -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Draft resisters -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources 1
Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Government, Resistance to -- History -- Sources 1
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Labor -- Michigan -- History -- Sources 1
Lawyers -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources 1
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Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
MX (Weapons system) -- History -- Sources 1
Methodist Church -- Clergy -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Militarism 1
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Military nursing -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Militia 1
Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence in America : a documentary history 1
Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
Nuclear weapons -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements 1
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Practice of law -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources 1
Practice of law -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- North America -- History -- Sources 1
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Quakers -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Radiation -- History -- Sources 1
Radioactive fallout -- History -- Sources 1
Religious communities -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Selective conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Societies living in common without vows -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
United States 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- Sources 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Finance -- History -- Sources 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women 1
United States -- Militia -- History -- Sources 1
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Names
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 6
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 6
Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 5
Civilian Public Service 5
French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 4
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Kaufman, Abraham 4
Tatum, Arlo D. 4
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 3
Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 3
DeSilver, Harrison 3
Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 3
Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 3
National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors 3
Newton, Ray 3
Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 3
Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 3
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 3
Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 3
Will, Herman, 1915- 3
Willoughby, George, pacifist 3
Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 3
American Civil Liberties Union 2
American Legion 2
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 2
Barr, Allen H. 2
Brooks, R. Boland 2
Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 2
Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 2
Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 2
Harkness, Georgia Elma, 1891-1974 2
Heisler, Francis, 1895- 2
Hill, Lewis K. 2
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 2
MacAdam, Ruth E. 2
Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 2
National Service Board for Religious Objectors 2
Phillips, Randolph Godfrey 2
Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 2
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998 2
Tatum, Lyle 2
Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956 2
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 2
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Albert, Alfred, 1908- 1
Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 1
Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 1
Alliance for Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 1
Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
Alperovitz, Gar 1
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. Project on Amnesty 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience 1
American Union Against Militarism 1
American Union Against Militarism. Civil Liberties Bureau 1
American Veterans Committee 1
Amnesty Information and Action Center 1
Anderson, Paul, active 1970-1974 1
Angell, Ernest, 1889-1973 1
Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
Armstrong, Eunice B. 1
Atkinson, Henry A. 1
Baer, Gertrude 1
Baker, Lillian 1
Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1949 1
Barton, Bruce, 1886-1967 1
Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
Berkel, Bob 1
Berkeley Resistance (Organization) 1
Big Flats Defense Committee 1
Blood, Peter, -1946 1
Borkholder, Philip L. 1
Break with Conscription Committee 1
Brethren Service Committee 1
Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 1
Bristol, James E., 1912- 1
Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956 1
Bromley, Dorothy Dunbar, 1896-1986 1
CCCO/An Agency for Military and Draft Counseling 1
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
Center on Conscience and War 1
Chalmers, Frances K. (Frances Kinghorn) 1
Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
Coalition for Peace in the Middle East 1
Coe, George Albert, 1862-1951 1
Colton, Kenneth R. 1
Committee Against Registration and the Draft 1
Committee for Equality for All Draftees (U.S.) 1
Committee on Militarism in Education (U.S.) 1
Committee to End the Draft on or Before June 30, 1967 1
Committee to Oppose the Conscription of Women 1
Conkling, Roscoe S. (Roscoe Seely), 1884-1956 1
Conscientious Objectors for Equal Treatment (U.S.) 1
Conscientious Objectors for Service Benefits (U.S.) 1
Cortright, David, 1946- 1
Cousins, Norman 1
Curry, A. Stauffer (Abram Stauffer), 1913- 1
Curtice, Laurence L. 1
Davis, Josephine Lee 1
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