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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

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

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-

Gaillard T. Hunt Papers

 Collection — othertype: DG 199
Identifier: SCPC-DG-199
Abstract

Includes correspondence and draft counseling legal files, 1969 to 1972.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1969-1972

Roy C. Kepler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-185
Overview

Roy Kepler was a radical pacifist and conscientious objector during World War II, owner of Kepler Books in Menlo Park, California, involved for many years with the War Resisters League, one of the founders of the Pacifica Foundation and public radio in California.

Dates: 1940-1985

Igal Roodenko Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-161
Overview

Igal Roodenko was a pacifist, peace and civil rights activist, and advocate of nonviolence. He was a member of the War Resisters League Executive Committee, served on boards of A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and Consortium on Peace Research and Development (COPRED), and was active in Men of All Colors Together.

Dates: 1935-1991

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

Steve Trimm Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-232
Overview In 1968 Steven Wayne Trimm was convicted for refusing induction into the armed services and served four years prison. Trimm fled to Canada in 1969 where he lived underground until 1974. Two years later he received clemency from the U.S. government under the Earned Re-entry Program and was pardoned. Steve Trimm is the author of Walking Wounded: Men's Lives During and Since the Vietnam War (1993) and other publications. Since the 1970s Steve Trimm has also been active with various peace and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1963-2008

George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-236
Overview

George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.

Dates: 1931-2010

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Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 3
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 3
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 3
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 2
Americans -- Canada -- History -- Sources 1
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Dissenters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Environmentalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Peace walks and marches 1
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A Quaker Action Group 2
Civilian Public Service 2
Committee for Nonviolent Action 2
War Resisters League 2
Ahimsa Farm 1
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Alternatives to Violence Project 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
Axford, Roger W. 1
Bloomstein, Charles 1
Boss, Jay 1
Boston-Pentagon Peace Walk (1967) 1
CARE Inc. 1
Children's Creative Response to Conflict Program 1
Courage to Resist (Organization) 1
Delaware Valley Land Trust 1
Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 1
Emerson, Gloria 1
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace (U.S.) 1
Furnas, Paul J. 1
Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 1
Golden Rule (Ketch) 1
Harrington, Michael, 1928-1989 1
Hunt, Gaillard T., 1939- 1
Hutchison, Glenn 1
Institute for the Study of Nonviolence 1
Kepler, Roy C. 1
Lakey, George 1
Lang, Vivien 1
Lyttle, Bradford 1
McReynolds, David 1
Movement for a New Society 1
Muslim Solidarity Committee 1
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Pacifica Foundation 1
Peace Brigades International 1
Peace and Social Action Program 1
Peacemaker Movement 1
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 1
Pickus, Robert 1
Price, Paton 1
Quaker Project on Community Conflict of the New York Yearly Meeting 1
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 1
Reeves, George B., 1905- 1
Reynolds, Earle L. 1
Roodenko, Igal 1
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 1
Shivers, Lynne 1
Stern, Lee, 1915-1992 1
Swiers, George 1
Third Camp (Organization) 1
Thomas, Evan, 1951- 1
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
Trimm, Steve 1
United States. War Relocation Authority 1
Whitehead, Carle 1
Willoughby, George, pacifist 1
Willoughby, Lillian, 1915-2009 1
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