Larry Gara Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Gara, Larry
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1949-1972
Biographical / Historical
Larry Gara; conscientious objector to World War II, served three-year prison term as a result; professor of history and government at Bluffton College (Ohio) and Wilmington College (Ohio); Quaker; writes on war resistance, history of dissent, and anti-slavery movements.
Extent
0.02 linear ft. (0.25 linear inches)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Gara, Larry (Person)
- Gara, Larry -- Amnesty and reconciliation (Person)
- Gara, Larry -- Peace testimony, root and branch (Person)
- Gara, Larry -- Active nonviolence (Person)
- Gara, Larry (Person)
Topical
- Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources
- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Society of Friends -- Sources. -- Peace testimony -- History
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- Sources
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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