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Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 80 Collections and/or Records:

Courage to Resist Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Courage to Resist
Scope and Contents

Printouts of emails from Courage to Resist to group lists.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2007-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Eichel Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-131
Abstract

The Eichel Family papers provide a unique glimpse into the lives of conscientious objectors and peace activists from one family over two generations, from 1916 onward. Julius Eichel, David Eichel and Albert Eichel were all C.O.s during WWI. Julius Eichel and his wife Esther Eichel protested WWII. Their son Seymour Eichel also served time in prison for his refusal to serve in the military in the 1950s.

Dates: 1918 - 2008
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Episcopal Peace Fellowship Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-118
Abstract The Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF), was founded November 1939 as an association of pacifist members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The organization sought to discover and unite pacifists within the church and to influence its membership regarding Christianity and peace. The EPF has sponsored educational projects (publications, lectures, workshops, conferences), provided counseling and financial support for conscientious objectors, and contributed to pacifist projects in other...
Dates: 1936-2009; Majority of material found within 1936 - 2009
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-048
Abstract

The Federal Council of Churches organized its Committee on the Conscientious Objector under its Department of International Justice and Goodwill in 1941. The Committee was interested in all aspects of conscientious objection, especially religious life in Civilian Public Service camps. Among the Committee's projects was the organizing of a program of visitation to CPS camps.

Dates: 1941-1946
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Michael Ferber Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ferber, Michael
Dates: 1967-1969
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Henry LeRoy Finch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-195
Abstract

Henry Leroy (Roy) Finch Jr. was a pacifist, conscientious objector to World War II, philosopher and writer.

Dates: 1933-1995
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Larry Gara Collected Papers

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