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Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Andy Mager Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Mager, Andy
Dates: Majority of material found within 1981-1985

Albon Man Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Man, Albon P.
Abstract

Albon Platt Man Jr.,was called up for the draft during World War II, but failed to register because of his conscientious objection to war, and was sentenced to three years in prison in March 1943. He was later involvemented with the Committee for Amnesty, the CCCO, the War Resisters League, and other peace groups.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1943-1965

Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-060
Abstract

The Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors was a non-sectarian, free advisory service for conscientious objectors to war and military service. The MBCO was set up to provide counseling and legal aid in metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and established by the United Pacifist Committee in 1940. The group disbanded in 1980.

Dates: 1940-1980

Midwest Committee for Military Counseling Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-187
Abstract

The Midwest Committee for Military Counseling was founded in 1976. The MCMC provided counseling, training sessions and public education. Staff worked with counselors, attorneys, community groups and religious bodies on behalf of potential recruits to the military and people on active military duty. The MCMC ceased operation in 1995 or 1996.

Dates: 1977-1996

Joseph Moray Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Moray, Joseph
Abstract

Correspondence of Joseph Moskovitz/ Joseph Moray with his cousin, Shirley Moskovitz, and with Camille Weare.

Dates: 1935-1948, 1951-1952

Elliston P. Morris Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Morris, Elliston P.
Abstract

Elliston P. Morris was a Quaker conscientious objector during WWII.

Dates: 1918, 1942-1968

New York Bureau of Legal Advice Records

 Collection — Othertype Reel 142.1
Identifier: SCPC-Reel-142.1
Abstract Holdings in Tamiment Library: about half the records of the New York Bureau of Legal Advice consist of case histories pertaining to selective service exemption, draft evasion, conscientious objector status, military imprisonment, military discharge, desertion, amnesty, civil liberties and deportations. One third of the collection consists of office files, administrative reports and correspondence, including extensive fundraising correspondence. The remainder of the collection is made up of...
Dates: 1917-1919

Peacemaker Movement Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peacemaker Movement
Abstract

A group working on nonviolence from the late 1940s through the 1970s, particularly as it was expressed through tax refusal.

Dates: 1948-1980

People's Coalition for Peace and Justice Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-084
Abstract The People's Coalition for Peace and Justice included various peace, anti-poverty, and labor groups. These groups worked together to confront the related issues of war in Southeast Asia and racism, sexism, poverty, and repression in the United States. The People's Coalition for Peace and Justice was founded in 1970 as National Coalition Against War, Racism, and Repression and organized several specific campaigns including People's Peace Treaty, Citizen's Action Pledge, and Nixon Eviction...
Dates: 1970-1974

Philadelphia Council for Conscientious Objectors Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Council for Conscientious Objectors
Dates: 1943-1952