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American Union Against Militarism Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Abstract
In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union...
Dates:
1915 - 1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
John Beer Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Beer, John
Abstract
John Beer was a professor of the history of science and chemistry, as well as a Quaker peace and antinuclear activist.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-1985
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Courage to Resist Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Courage to Resist
Abstract
Printouts of emails from Courage to Resist to group lists.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2007-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward Hasbrouck Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hasbrouck, Edward
Abstract
Edward Hasbrouck was born in 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1980, when registration for the draft was reinstituted, he refused to register. Hasbrouck worked with the National Resistance Committee and affiliated local organizations. In June 1983, he was put on probation because of his draft refusal and sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service. This sentence was revoked in November 1983 in favor of a six month prison term, which Hasbrouck served at the federal prison camp in...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1965-1987
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
C. Douglas Hostetter Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-260
Abstract
C. Douglas Hostetter (1944 - ), has been an peace activist since the 1960s. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war and performed alternative service for the Mennonite Central Committee in rural Vietnam.Following his work in Vietnam Hostetter worked for the United Methodist Church at the United Nations on international affairs. From the mid 1980s through the end of the decade Hostetter served as the executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee in their New...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1959-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Abraham Kaufman Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kaufman, Abraham
Abstract
In October 1928, Kaufman became the first paid employee of the War Resisters League, eventually becoming its Executive Secretary through 1947. He co-founded the Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-1997
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Holly Metz Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Metz, Holly
Abstract
Papers of a freelance writer and book author about law, culture, and social issues.
Dates:
1983-1991; Majority of material found within 1983-1985
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Abstract
A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates:
1920-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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