National Council to Repeal the Draft Records
Scope and Contents
Records include minutes, correspondence, auditor's reports, Congressional hearings testimony, lists of contacts and sponsors, state organization files, pamphlets produced by NCRD and by other groups, press releases, newspaper clippings, and newsletters.
Dates
- Creation: 1969-1973
Creator
- National Council to Repeal the Draft (U.S.) (Organization)
- Shenk, Gerald E. (Correspondent, Person)
- Bristol, James E., 1912- (Correspondent, Person)
- Davis, Josephine Lee (Correspondent, Person)
- Farnham, Phil (Correspondent, Person)
- Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974 (Correspondent, Person)
- Hackman, Walton (Correspondent, Person)
- Hamlin, Joyce Fite (Correspondent, Person)
- Hansen, Roger D. (Correspondent, Person)
- Hester, Hugh B. (Hugh Bryan), 1895-1983 (Correspondent, Person)
- Kemp, Stewart (Correspondent, Person)
- Lutz, Charles P. (Correspondent, Person)
- Otterness, Eleanor G. (Correspondent, Person)
- Piper, Claudette (Correspondent, Person)
- Reeves, Thomas C., 1936- (Correspondent, Person)
- Schardt, Arlie (Correspondent, Person)
- Silard, Bela A. (Correspondent, Person)
- Smeltzer, Ralph E., 1916- (Correspondent, Person)
- Will, Herman, 1915- (Correspondent, Person)
- Wolf, Sandra (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Historical
The National Council to Repeal the Draft (NCRD), organized in January 1969, with headquarters in Washington, DC, had as its objective the elimination of conscription. Over forty organizations representing labor, religion, politics, women, youth, and business joined forces with NCRD to end the system of compulsory registration, classification, and induction. With its broard power base, which included those radicals, liberals, moerates, and conservatives who agreed on draft repeal, the National Council to Repeal the Draft worked actively to get draft repeal legislation introduced and passed in Congress. Individuals particularly instrumental in the leadership of the NCRD were James E. Bristol, John Hancock, Charles Harker, Stewart Kemp, and Thomas C. Reeves. With the official end of the draft on June 30, 1973, NCRD closed down its Washington operation in July of that year, thus bringing to an end their effort to end conscription in the U.S.
Extent
11.75 linear ft. ([29 boxes])
Abstract
The National Council to Repeal the Draft (NCRD), organized in January 1969, worked to eliminate militaryconscription. Over forty organizations joined forces with NCRD to end the system of compulsory registration, classification, and induction. With a board power base the National Council to Repeal the Draft worked actively to get draft repeal legislation passed in Congress. With the official end of the draft on June 30, 1973, NCRD closed down its Washington operation in July of that year.
Arrangement
The collection is partially processed. A second accession, donated in 1981 remains in the original order.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of National Council to Repeal the Draft, E. Raymond Wilson, 1981 [Acc. 81A-009] Partially processed by SCPC staff, 1980.
Separated Materials
Items removed: sound recordings, slides.
Bibliographic References
Legal Status
Copyright to the National Council to Repeal the Draft records created by the organization has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Subject
- National Council to Repeal the Draft (U.S.) (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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