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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
Eichel Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-131
Overview
The Eichel Family papers provide a unique glimpse into the lives of conscientious objectors and peace activists from one family over two generations, from 1916 onward. Julius Eichel, David Eichel and Albert Eichel were all C.O.s during WWI. Julius Eichel and his wife Esther Eichel protested WWII. Their son Seymour Eichel also served time in prison for his refusal to serve in the military in the 1950s.
Dates:
1918 - 2008
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
Albon Man Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Man, Albon P.
Abstract
Albon Platt Man Jr.,was called up for the draft during World War II, but failed to register because of his conscientious objection to war, and was sentenced to three years in prison in March 1943. He was later involvemented with the Committee for Amnesty, the CCCO, the War Resisters League, and other peace groups.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943-1965
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
Murray Polner Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-113
Overview
Polner was an author and editor of books and periodicals on social history, public policy, and Jewish concerns. This collection chiefly relates to his research on Vietnam veterans for his book No Victory Parades and on the question of amnesty for When Can I Come Home? The collection also include audiotapes of oral histories of American Jews who were conscientious objectors or who resisted serving in the military during World War II or the Korean War. There is additional material from...
Dates:
1963-1988
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Norman J. Whitney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Overview
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 4
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- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 3
- American Friends Service Committee 2
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 2
- Brooks, R. Boland 2
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 2
- DeSilver, Harrison 2
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 2
- Kaufman, Abraham 2
- Man, Albon 2
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 2
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
- Barr, Allen H. 1
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
- Big Flats Defense Committee 1
- Brethren Service Committee 1
- Bromley, Ernest 1
- Bromley, Marion, -1996 1
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription 1
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 1
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
- Eichel family 1
- Eichel, Esther 1
- Eichel, Julius, 1896- 1
- Eichel, Seymour 1
- Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Committee on the Conscientious Objector 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- Furnas, Paul J. 1
- Gara, Larry 1
- Goldwasser, Martin 1
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 1
- Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 1
- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 1
- Harkness, Georgia Elma, 1891-1974 1
- Hartman, Grover L. 1
- Hill, Lewis K. 1
- Jacob, Philip E. 1
- Kantor, William Marx 1
- Koch, Ed, 1924- 1
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 1
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 1
- Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926- 1
- Lunde, Erling H. 1
- Lynd, Alice 1
- MacAdam, Ruth E. 1
- Mennonite Central Committee 1
- Milgram, Morris, 1916-1997 1
- National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (U.S.) 1
- National Service Board for Religious Objectors 1
- New York State Board for Civilian Public Service 1
- Olmstead, Frank 1
- Pacifist Research Bureau 1
- Phillips, Randolph Godfrey 1
- Polner, Murray 1
- Reeves, George B., 1905- 1
- Reston, James, 1941- 1
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 1
- Sherman, Edward F., 1937- 1
- Syracuse Peace Council 1
- Tatum, Arlo D. 1
- Tatum, Lyle 1
- Thomas, Norman 1
- United Pacifist Committee 1
- Vogel, Robert S. 1
- War Resisters League 1
- Watts, Roland 1
- Whitney, Mildred C. 1
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