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American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-022
Overview
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-048
Abstract
The Federal Council of Churches organized its Committee on the Conscientious Objector under its Department of International Justice and Goodwill in 1941. The Committee was interested in all aspects of conscientious objection, especially religious life in Civilian Public Service camps. Among the Committee's projects was the organizing of a program of visitation to CPS camps.
Dates:
1941-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Methodist Church -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
- Selective conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects -- Sources 1 ∧ less
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- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- American Friends Service Committee 1
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
- Brethren Service Committee 1
- Brooks, R. Boland 1
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 1
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 1
- DeSilver, Harrison 1
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
- Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Committee on the Conscientious Objector 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 1
- Harkness, Georgia Elma, 1891-1974 1
- Hartman, Grover L. 1
- Hill, Lewis K. 1
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 1
- Kaufman, Abraham 1
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 1
- Mennonite Central Committee 1
- National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 1
- National Service Board for Religious Objectors 1
- Olmstead, Frank 1
- Phillips, Randolph Godfrey 1
- Reeves, George B., 1905- 1
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 1
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 1
- Thomas, Norman 1 ∧ less
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