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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:

Committee on Drafting Youth Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee on Drafting Youth
Dates: 1942

Committee to End Slave Labor in America Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee to End Slave Labor in America
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, flyers, reports.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1946

Julien D. Cornell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-010
Abstract

Julien Cornell (1910-1994) practiced law in New York City, with a special interest in civil liberties. During World War II, he handled many cases for conscientious objectors, as well as advising many other COs about their various problems with the legal system. He was considered an expert on legal issues regarding conscientious objection and Civilian Public Service, and was consulted by many lawyers throughout the country for his opinions.

Dates: 1940-1947

Delaware Draft Counseling and Education Service, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-229
Abstract The Delaware Draft Counseling and Educational Service (DDCES), was organized in early 1969 with offices in Wilmington and Newark, Delaware. It provided men who had been drafted by the Selective Service System with information about the draft and their options within that system. The DDCES also provided information on the draft, individual rights under Selective Service laws and how to file for deferments and alternatives to the draft. With the end of the draft and beginning of registration...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1966-1991

End the Draft Committee Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-End the Draft Committee
Dates: 1963-1967

Charles Fisher Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Fisher, Charles
Abstract

Charles Fisher was a draft counselor for the Boston Draft Resistance Group (BDRG), and involved with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1964-1971

Michael S. Foley Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Foley, Michael S.
Abstract

Michael S. Foley is an author, primarily about the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War.

Dates: 1965-2001

Esther S. Frankel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-097
Scope and Contents

The collection contains case files and occasional correspondence of Frankel relating to her work handling civil liberties and selective service litigation. It includes subject file material mostly relating to conscientious objection, and the men who resisted the draft either before being drafted or after.

Dates: 1948-1975; Majority of material found within 1967-1971

Charles E. Frantz Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Frantz, Charles E.
Abstract Collection includes biographical information; letters from Frantz to his parents while he was in Civilian Public Service, 1944-1946, and 1947-1950; information about his refusal to register for the peacetime draft (Selective Service Act of 1948), and subsequent federal court proceedings and his 1949 imprisonment; newspaper clippings about draft refusers at Earlham College, 1949; a copy of Frantz's FBI file and correspondence relating to it, 1978-1980; and Frantz's writings about the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1944-1949, 1978-1980

Larry Gara Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Gara, Larry
Dates: Majority of material found within 1949-1972