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American Society of International Law Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Society of International Law
Dates: 1906-1929; Majority of material found within 1906-1914

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

American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts
Scope and Contents

Includes the periodical Toward World Cooperation.

Dates: 1938-1939

American Veterans Committee Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Veterans Committee
Dates: 1947-1980

American Women for Peace Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Women for Peace
Scope and Contents

Materials include releases, leaflets, and the periodical Peacemaker.

Dates: 1950-1953

American Youth Congress Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Youth Congress
Dates: circa 1934-1941

Americans Committed to World Responsibility Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Americans Committed to World Responsibility
Abstract

Collection is primarily printed material; includes correspondence, training manuals, conference proceedings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1961

Americans for Peace Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Americans for Peace
Dates: 1942-1951

Bent Andresen Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Andreson, Bent
Abstract

Bent Andresen registered as a conscientious objector (CO) during World War Two and was sent to a Civilian Public Service in 1944. Andresen participated in a guinea pig project in which he and several other COs lived in a refrigerated room for three months to test the impact of a high-protein diet on cold-weather conditions. He went AWOL in 1945 and was sentenced to two years in prison. Andreson was involved in various peace and justice groups throughout his lifetime.

Dates: 1928-1991

Bennett W. Andrews and Florence N. Andrews Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-209
Abstract

Bennett Andrews was an absolutist conscientious objector during World War II. He served a five year sentence Danbury Prison, a federal penitentiary, in Connecticut. There he worked in a number of positions in the prison. Bennett Andrews was released from prison on July 11, 1946 and received amnesty from President Truman in 1947. Florence Andrews (born in 1913) married Bennett on July 22, 1938. She was also a strong pacifist, who fully supported her husband's C.O. stance.

Dates: 1940-1950, 1979-1980

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Subject
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 141
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 122
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 114
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 80
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 72
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Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 66
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 62
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 57
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 54
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 40
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 31
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 30
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 28
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 27
Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 27
Peace movements -- United States 26
International organization -- History -- Sources 25
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 25
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Sources 25
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 25
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 24
Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 24
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 23
Peace -- Societies, etc. 22
Antinuclear movement -- United States 21
Peace movements -- France -- History -- Sources 21
Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 20
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 20
Peace movements 20
Student movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 20
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Sources 20
Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 19
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 18
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 17
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 17
Women and peace 17
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 17
Arbitration (International law) -- History -- Sources 16
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 16
Pacifists -- United States 16
Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 16
Peace -- Research -- History -- Sources 16
Pacifism -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 14
United States 14
Nuclear disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 13
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 13
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 12
Conscientious objectors -- United States 12
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 12
Pacifists -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 12
Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 12
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 12
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 12
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 11
Suffragists -- United States -- History -- Sources 11
Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- -- Sources 10
International cooperation -- History -- Sources 10
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
Peace walks and marches -- History -- Sources 10
Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
Government, Resistance to -- History -- Sources 9
International relations -- History -- Sources 9
Militarism -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
Nonviolence 9
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 9
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 9
Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
Pacifists 8
Peace movements -- Massachusetts -- History -- Sources 8
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
Society of Friends -- Charities 8
Society of Friends -- International assistance 8
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 8
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America 8
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 8
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 8
Women and peace -- United States 8
Antinuclear movement 7
Disarmament 7
Feminists -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
International relations 7
Nuclear arms control -- History -- Sources 7
Nuclear arms control -- United States 7
Nuclear disarmament 7
Nuclear disarmament -- United States 7
Pacifism 7
Peace -- Religious aspects 7
Peace movements -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 7
Peace movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 7
Peace walks and marches 7
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 7
World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace -- Sources 7
Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States 6
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
Delaware County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 6
Direct action -- History -- Sources 6
Disarmament -- Economic aspects -- History -- Sources 6
Disarmament -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 6
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Language
English 1106
French 33
German 8
Czech 2
Italian 2
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Names
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 40
American Friends Service Committee 34
Civilian Public Service 29
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 27
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 24
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Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 23
War Resisters League 21
Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 19
Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 19
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 19
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 18
Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 18
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 17
League of Nations 16
Willoughby, George, pacifist 16
Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 15
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 15
United Nations 15
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 14
Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 14
Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 14
Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 14
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 13
Lyttle, Bradford 13
Kaufman, Abraham 12
Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 12
Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 12
Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 11
Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 11
Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 10
Newton, Ray 10
Committee for Nonviolent Action 9
Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 9
Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 9
McReynolds, David 9
Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 9
Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 9
Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 9
Baer, Gertrude 8
Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 8
Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 8
French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 8
Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 8
Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 8
Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 8
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 8
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 8
Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 7
Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 7
Finch, Henry Le Roy 7
Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 7
Gara, Larry 7
Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 7
Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 7
Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 7
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 7
Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937 7
Pickus, Robert 7
Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 7
Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 7
Reynolds, Earle L. 7
Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 7
Woman's Peace Party 7
A Quaker Action Group 6
American Civil Liberties Union 6
American Peace Society 6
Blake, Katherine Devereux, 1858-1950 6
Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 6
Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 6
Bromley, Ernest 6
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 6
Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 6
Cousins, Norman 6
DiGia, Ralph 6
Drevet, Camille 6
Golden Rule (Ketch) 6
Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 6
Keys, Donald 6
Lazarus, Frieda Langer 6
Morgan, Laura Puffer, 1874-1962 6
National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 6
People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace 6
Roodenko, Igal 6
Stewart, Annalee, 1900?- 6
Tatum, Arlo D. 6
Weiss, Cora, 1934- 6
Will, Herman, 1915- 6
Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 5
Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 5
Berrigan, Daniel 5
Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 5
Bromley, Marion, -1996 5
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 5
Chalmers, Ruth 5
Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980 5
Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 5
Dewey, John, 1859-1952 5
Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.) 5
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 5
Gottlieb, Sanford 5
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