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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
Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-060
Abstract
The Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors was a non-sectarian, free advisory service for conscientious objectors to war and military service. The MBCO was set up to provide counseling and legal aid in metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and established by the United Pacifist Committee in 1940. The group disbanded in 1980.
Dates:
1940-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
War Resisters League Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-040
Abstract
The War Resisters League is a pacifist organization whose members are against all war. Witnessing the establishment of the War Resisters' International in Europe in 1921, and sensing a need for a similar organization in the United States, Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan established the War Resisters League as an independent organization. The War Resisters League membership pledge, which has remained essentially unchanged since its inception, reads: "The War Resisters League affirms that war is a...
Dates:
1923-2013
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil disobedience 1
- Conscientious objection 1
- Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
- Pacifism 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Barr, Allen H. 2
- Brooks, R. Boland 2
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 2
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 2
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 2
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 2
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 2
- War Resisters League 2
- Aberman, Sidney 1
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 1
- Anderson, Jervis 1
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
- Bennett, Scott H. 1
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
- Big Flats Defense Committee 1
- Bohn, Lewis Christian 1
- Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 1
- Charlotte Citizens for Peace (Port Charlotte, Fla.) 1
- Civilian Public Service 1
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
- Corfman, Rex 1
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 1
- DeSilver, Harrison 1
- DiGia, Ralph 1
- Dunbar, Olivia Howard, 1873-1953 1
- Early, Frances H. 1
- Eichel, Julius, 1896- 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 1
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
- Gara, Larry 1
- Goldwasser, Martin 1
- Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955 1
- Hedemann, Ed 1
- Hedemann, Grace 1
- Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970 1
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 1
- Jewish Peace Fellowship (U.S.) 1
- Kepler, Roy C. 1
- Leland, Wilma Smith, 1903- 1
- MacAdam, Ruth E. 1
- McReynolds, David 1
- Milgram, Morris, 1916-1997 1
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 1
- Olmstead, Frank 1
- Ransom, Frances Rose 1
- Richards, Edward C. M., 1886-1974 1
- Roodenko, Igal 1
- Schaum, Winifred W. 1
- Schoenberg, Samuel 1
- Schwartz, Wendy (Editor) 1
- Tatum, Arlo D. 1
- United Pacifist Committee 1
- Watts, Roland 1
- Wentworth, Lydia G., 1858- 1
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 1
- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 1
- Young, Michael David, 1953- 1 + ∧ less
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