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Charles Bloomstein Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Bloomstein, Charles
Abstract
Charles Bloomstein (1913 - 2002) was involved in a number of organizations that promoted civil rights, as well as peace. He was a conscientious objector during World War II, and served in Civilian Public Service (CPS) for three years.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1938-2002
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Albon Man Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Man, Albon P.
Abstract
Albon Platt Man Jr.,was called up for the draft during World War II, but failed to register because of his conscientious objection to war, and was sentenced to three years in prison in March 1943. He was later involvemented with the Committee for Amnesty, the CCCO, the War Resisters League, and other peace groups.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943-1965
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
Murray Polner Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-113
Overview
Polner was an author and editor of books and periodicals on social history, public policy, and Jewish concerns. This collection chiefly relates to his research on Vietnam veterans for his book No Victory Parades and on the question of amnesty for When Can I Come Home? The collection also include audiotapes of oral histories of American Jews who were conscientious objectors or who resisted serving in the military during World War II or the Korean War. There is additional material from...
Dates:
1963-1988
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Norman J. Whitney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Overview
Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates:
1938-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 4
- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 2
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 2
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Sources 1
- Jews -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Draft resisters -- Sources 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Jews -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Research -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
- Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Soldiers -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
- Soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Veterans -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Draft resisters -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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- English 4
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- Civilian Public Service 2
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 2
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 2
- American Friends Service Committee 1
- Barr, Allen H. 1
- Benson, Purnell Handy, 1913- 1
- Big Flats Defense Committee 1
- Bloomstein, Charles 1
- Brooks, R. Boland 1
- CARE Inc. 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription 1
- Cornell, Julien D., 1910- 1
- DeSilver, Harrison 1
- Frankel, Esther S. (Esther Strum) 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
- Furnas, Paul J. 1
- Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 1
- Goldwasser, Martin 1
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 1
- Harrington, Michael, 1928-1989 1
- Jacob, Philip E. 1
- Kaufman, Abraham 1
- Koch, Ed, 1924- 1
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 1
- Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926- 1
- MacAdam, Ruth E. 1
- Man, Albon 1
- Milgram, Morris, 1916-1997 1
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 1
- New York State Board for Civilian Public Service 1
- Pacifist Research Bureau 1
- Pickus, Robert 1
- Polner, Murray 1
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 1
- Reston, James, 1941- 1
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 1
- Sherman, Edward F., 1937- 1
- Syracuse Peace Council 1
- Tatum, Arlo D. 1
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
- United Pacifist Committee 1
- Vogel, Robert S. 1
- Watts, Roland 1
- Whitney, Mildred C. 1
- Winchester, Harold P. 1 + ∧ less
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