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Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-048
Abstract
The Federal Council of Churches organized its Committee on the Conscientious Objector under its Department of International Justice and Goodwill in 1941. The Committee was interested in all aspects of conscientious objection, especially religious life in Civilian Public Service camps. Among the Committee's projects was the organizing of a program of visitation to CPS camps.
Dates:
1941-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Henry LeRoy Finch Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-195
Overview
Henry Leroy (Roy) Finch Jr. was a pacifist, conscientious objector to World War II, philosopher and writer.
Dates:
1933-1995
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
Overview
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
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Overview
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
Lee Stern Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-170
Overview
Lee Stern (1915-1992), was a Quaker pacifist, conscientious objector to war, involved in peace groups and organizations, and a teacher of nonviolence.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1936-1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
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- Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 2
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Liberation (New York, N.Y. : 1956) 1
- Mennonites -- Missions -- History -- Sources 1
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- Methodist Church -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
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- Polaris (Missile) 1
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- Quakers -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
- Reconciliation -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites -- History -- Sources 1
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief 1
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- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 3
- War Resisters League 3
- American Friends Service Committee 2
- Civilian Public Service 2
- Lens, Sidney 2
- A Quaker Action Group 1
- Ahimsa Farm 1
- Alternatives to Violence Project 1
- American Forum for Socialist Education 1
- American Friends Service Committee. New England Regional Office 1
- Anderson, Jervis 1
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
- Axford, Roger W. 1
- Bennett, Scott H. 1
- Berg, Lloyd A. 1
- Bohn, Lewis Christian 1
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 1
- Brethren Service Committee 1
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Charlotte Citizens for Peace (Port Charlotte, Fla.) 1
- Children's Creative Response to Conflict Program 1
- Clergy and Laity Concerned (U.S.) 1
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
- Congress of Racial Equality 1
- Cook, Cara 1
- Cousins, Norman 1
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 1
- Early, Frances H. 1
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 1
- Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Committee on the Conscientious Objector 1
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 1
- Frankel, Morton 1
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
- Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace (U.S.) 1
- Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980 1
- Gara, Larry 1
- Hartman, Grover L. 1
- Hostetter, C. Douglas, 1944- 1
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 1
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 1
- Jewish Peace Fellowship (U.S.) 1
- Kaufman, Abraham 1
- Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005 1
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 1
- Leland, Wilma Smith, 1903- 1
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 1
- Lynd, Staughton 1
- Mennonite Central Committee 1
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 1
- National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (U.S.) 1
- National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 1
- National Service Board for Religious Objectors 1
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
- Peace and Social Action Program 1
- Quaker Project on Community Conflict of the New York Yearly Meeting 1
- Rapoport, Anatol, 1911-2007 1
- Roszak, Theodore, 1933-2011 1
- Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 1
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 1
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 1
- Schoenberg, Samuel 1
- Sobell, Morton 1
- Stern, Lee, 1915-1992 1
- Sterner, Beverly 1
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
- Van Dusen, Henry P. (Henry Pitney), 1897-1975 1
- Young, Michael David, 1953- 1 + ∧ less
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