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Americans for Peace Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Americans for Peace
Dates:
1942-1951
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bent Andresen Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Andreson, Bent
Abstract
Bent Andresen registered as a conscientious objector (CO) during World War Two and was sent to a Civilian Public Service in 1944. Andresen participated in a guinea pig project in which he and several other COs lived in a refrigerated room for three months to test the impact of a high-protein diet on cold-weather conditions. He went AWOL in 1945 and was sentenced to two years in prison. Andreson was involved in various peace and justice groups throughout his lifetime.
Dates:
1928-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bennett W. Andrews and Florence N. Andrews Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-209
Abstract
Bennett Andrews was an absolutist conscientious objector during World War II. He served a five year sentence Danbury Prison, a federal penitentiary, in Connecticut. There he worked in a number of positions in the prison. Bennett Andrews was released from prison on July 11, 1946 and received amnesty from President Truman in 1947. Florence Andrews (born in 1913) married Bennett on July 22, 1938. She was also a strong pacifist, who fully supported her husband's C.O. stance.
Dates:
1940-1950, 1979-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Constance Applebee papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-1981-58
Overview
Constance Applebee introduced the sport of field hockey to the US and was for many years the director of physical education at Bryn Mawr College. Her papers occupy ten boxes and contain miscellaneous correspondence, memorabilia, sports programs, and publications that probably belonged to her
Dates:
1898 - 1981
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Association of Catholic Conscientious Objectors Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Association of Catholic Conscientious Objectors
Scope and Contents
Materials include releases and leaflets.
Dates:
1940-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Lew Ayres Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ayres, Lew
Scope and Contents
Primarily contains newsclippings from 1942 when Ayres became a conscientious objector.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1942
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Iwao Frederick Ayusawa papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-969
Abstract
Iwao Frederick Ayusawa (1894-1972) spent much of his life working with the International Labor Organization, and later served as a faculty member of the International Christian University in Japan. The collection consists primarily of personal letters, speaking of his belief in pacifism and his work in Geneva and Japan.
Dates:
1918-1964
Harold Barton Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Barton, Harold
Abstract
In the early 1940s National Mental Health Foundation originated in 1944-1945 when Harold Barton and three associates, serving at Byberry State Hospital in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), announced plans for a national campaign to improve the conditions in mental hospitals. The exposure of these conditions through the efforts of men serving in CPS, and their efforts to be a nonviolent presence in mental institutions, began a new movement in mental health care in the U.S. The National Mental...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1944-1949
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Albert Bofman Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Bofman, Albert
Dates:
1943-1948
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 37
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 16
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 14
- Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 13
- correspondence 12
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 7
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
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- Quakers -- History 6
- diaries 6
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- Society of Friends -- International assistance 5
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- Pacifism 3
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 3
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- Psychiatric hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 3
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- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 3
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- newsletters 3
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- Draft resisters -- United States 2
- Europe 2
- France 2
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- I-W service 2
- International cooperation -- History -- Sources 2
- Japan -- History 2
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Sources 2
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 2
- Missionaries 2
- National service -- United States 2
- Pacifism -- United States 2
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 2
- Quaker businesspeople 2
- Quaker conscientious objectors 2
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
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- Selective conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 2
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- Society of Friends 2
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- Language
- English 159
- German 2
- Czech 1
- French 1
- Germanic languages 1
- Undetermined 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Civilian Public Service 31
- American Friends Service Committee 27
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 10
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 8
- Bryn Mawr College 7
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 7
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 6
- War Resisters League 6
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 5
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 5
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 5
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 5
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 5
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 4
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Big Flats, NY) 4
- Furnas, Paul J. 4
- Haverford College 4
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 4
- Kaufman, Abraham 4
- Marvel, Josiah P. (Josiah Philip), 1896-1959 4
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 4
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 4
- Brethren Service Committee 3
- Byberry State Hospital (Pa.) 3
- Cary, Stephen G. 3
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 3
- DeSilver, Harrison 3
- Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.) 3
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 3
- Friends Ambulance Unit 3
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 3
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 3
- Keep America Out of War Committee 3
- Keep America Out of War Congress 3
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 3
- National Peace Conference (U.S.) 3
- Peace Now Movement (Organization) 3
- Quaker Emergency Service Readjustment Center (New York, N.Y.) 3
- Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 3
- Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 3
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 3
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 3
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 3
- Swarthmore College 3
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 3
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 3
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 3
- American Civil Liberties Union 2
- American Field Service 2
- American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience 2
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 2
- Baer, Gertrude 2
- Barr, Allen H. 2
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 2
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 2
- Brandt, Wilmer, 1920- 2
- Bromley, Ernest 2
- Bromley, Marion, -1996 2
- Brooks, R. Boland 2
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 2
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 2
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 2
- Civilian Public Service Union 2
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Lagro, Ind.) 2
- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Trenton, N.D.) 2
- Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 2
- Cooper, Samuel 2
- Corfman, Rex 2
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 2
- Dyer, Henry W. 2
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 2
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 2
- Friends Girls School (Tokyo, Japan) 2
- Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee (London, England) 2
- Gara, Larry 2
- Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 2
- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 2
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 2
- Harkness, Georgia Elma, 1891-1974 2
- Harris, Paul, b. 1897 2
- Harvard University 2
- Hill, Lewis K. 2
- Jones, Margaret E., 1895-1984 2
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 2
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 2
- MacAdam, Ruth E. 2
- Man, Albon 2
- Mennonite Central Committee 2
- Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : Orthodox : New York, N.Y.). Peace and Service Committee 2
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 2
- National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 2
- National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 2
- Nelson Fuson, 1913-2006 2
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.). Peace and Service Committee 2
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
- Newton, Ray 2
- Nicholson, Herbert V. (Herbert Victor) 2
- Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 2
- No Foreign War Campaign Steering Committee (1938-1940) 2 ∧ less
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