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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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service / Prison Service Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-002
Overview
Organized to provide alternative service for conscientious objectors, who were assigned "work of national importance under civilian direction; the historic peace churches (Church of the Brethren, Religious Society of Friends and the Mennonite Church) band ed together to form the National Service Board for Religious Objectors (NISBRO) which coordinated the civilian public service (CPS) program; the American Friends Service Committee administered seventeen CPS camps and over thirty special...
Dates:
1940-1947
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Friends Service Committee Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Friends Service Committee
Abstract
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.
Dates:
1917-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Union Against Militarism Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Overview
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
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
Association of Catholic Conscientious Objectors Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
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
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
John Beer Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Beer, John
Abstract
John Beer was a professor of the history of science and chemistry, as well as a Quaker peace and antinuclear activist.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-1985
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Raymond Binford and Helen Binford Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Binford, Raymond and Helen
Overview
Raymond Binford served as President of Guilford College, High Point, North Carolina, for 16 years before taking a leave of absence to become the director of Civilian Public Service Camp #19 (Buck Creek Camp, Marion, North Carolina) during World War II.
Dates:
1941-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 80
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 23
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 16
- 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
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- United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc -- History -- Sources 2
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources 2
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- 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 ∧ less
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- English 80
- Undetermined 1
- Names
- Civilian Public Service 22
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 7
- American Friends Service Committee 6
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 6
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 6
- 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
- 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
- Blaxall, Arthur W. 1 ∧ less
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