Prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Wayne Lauser Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lauser, Wayne
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of materials relating to Lauser's walk from Cleveland to Washington D.C., the federal lawsuit against him, his sentencing, and his time in prison.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1969-1972
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Quakers Exiled in Virginia collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-153
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the two folders of materials related to a group of Quakers exiled in Virigina during the American Revolutionary War, from 1777 to 1778. The collection includes originals, photocopies, and transcripts of the materials. The materials are largely composed of correspondence, but also include decisions made by Congress, financial records of the exiles, and a single photograph of the Isaac Brown house, where Quaker exiles were held in Virginia in 1777. Includes a...
Dates:
1777-1778
