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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Defense Committee Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Defense Committee

Michael Ferber Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ferber, Michael

Andrea Jeffries Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Jeffries, Andrea
Abstract

Collection includes handwritten letters from Charles (Charlie) Muse and John J. Phillips to Andrea Black (Jeffries), and letters between Muse and Phillips. Muse and Phillips were draft resisters, who were accused of burning Selective Service records during the Vietnam War era.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1963, 1971-1973

Women Strike for Peace Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-115
Overview

Women Strike for Peace came into existence on November 1, 1961, as a protest against atmospheric nuclear tests by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. By the late 1980s the national WSP office in Philadelphia closed, but the WSP legislative office and various WSP branches around the U.S. remained active through the 1990s.

Dates: 1961-1996