Legal aid -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
New York Bureau of Legal Advice Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-New York Bureau of Legal Advice
Abstract
The New York Bureau of Legal First Aid was founded on May 11, 1917. In May 1918, the group changed its name to the New York Bureau of Legal Advice. The Bureau was the first organization to provide free legal service to men who resisted the new draft laws related to the entry of the United States into the First World War. In September 1918, the Bureau was raided by the FBI which temporarily disrupted its work. The Bureau closed in the fall of 1919, shortly before the Armistice.
Dates:
1917-1920
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
