Samuel Cooper papers
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of five folders of materials related to Samuel Cooper's conscientious objection to WWII. The collection includes Cooper's correspondence with political leaders, court officials, organizations for religious objection, and his family members in the months leading to the war, during the period of his arrest and imprisonment, and for the remainder of the war.
Dates
- Creation: 1939-1948
Creator
- Cooper, Samuel (Person)
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical note
Samuel Cooper was a Quaker and a conscientious objector during WWII. He was arrested and tried during 1942, but charges of delinquency were ultimately dropped and he was released.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (5 folders)
Language
English
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed December 2015.
- Title
- Samuel Cooper papers, 1939-1948
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- December 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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