Conscientious objection
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Hubert Ritchie Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1335
Abstract
This collection consists of materials related to Hubert Richie Taylor, a Haverford alumni and Quaker lawyer.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1934-1956, 1997-1998, 2008, 2015
War Resisters' International Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-039
Abstract
The War Resisters' International was founded at Bilthoven, Netherlands, in 1921 by representative pacifists from that country, Germany, Austria and Great Britain. The War Resisters' International was never more than a coordinating body in its relationship to affiliated groups.
Dates:
1923-1976
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
War Resisters League Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-040
Abstract
The War Resisters League is a pacifist organization whose members are against all war. Witnessing the establishment of the War Resisters' International in Europe in 1921, and sensing a need for a similar organization in the United States, Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan established the War Resisters League as an independent organization. The War Resisters League membership pledge, which has remained essentially unchanged since its inception, reads: "The War Resisters League affirms that war is a...
Dates:
1923-2013
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Conrad Wilson collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1328
Abstract
This collection is primarily correspondence to and from Conrad Wilson during his time as a conscientious objector during World War II. His mom encouraged him to save his letters from her, and she saved all the letters he sent. Included in the letters from his mother are photostat letters from Conrad.
Dates:
1943-1998
