Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Eichel Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-131
Overview
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
Jessie Wallace Hughan Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-251
Abstract
Jessie Wallace Hughan (December 25, 1875 – April 10, 1955) was an American educator, social activist, and a radical pacifist. During her college days she was one of four co-founders of Alpha Omicron Pi, a national sorority for university women. She also was a founder and the first Secretary of the War Resisters League, established in 1923. For over two decades, she was a perennial candidate for political office on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America in her home state of New York.
Dates:
1870-1998
Paul Jones Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Jones, Paul
Dates:
1917-1939; Majority of material found within 1917-1918
Albon Man 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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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Albon Man Papers
Scott Nearing Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-124
Overview
Scott Nearing was a lecturer, writer, and free-lance teacher who lived and taught pacifist and environmentalist principles.
Dates:
1909-1994; Majority of material found within 1915-1975
Kate Richards O'Hare Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-O'Hare, Kate Richards
Dates:
1918-1921
James Warbasse and Agnes Dyer Warbasse Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Warbasse, James
Overview
James Warbasse was a Brooklyn physician and socialist who, with his wife, Agnes Dyer Warbasse, was interested in labor, social conditions, and cooperative movements.
Dates:
1914-1917
Lydia G. Wentworth Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-041
Overview
Lydia G. Wentworth, was a writer and ardent peace advocate who lived most of her life in Brookline, Massachusetts. Despite illness which confined her to bed for over thirty years, she carried on a prolific correspondence and contributed hundreds of articles to newspapers and magazines. Wentworth was on the advisory committee of the Women's Peace Society, and was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Association to Abolish War,...
Dates:
1902-1947; Majority of material found within 1918-1947
