Creator: Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Henry LeRoy Finch Papers, 1933-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.7 linear ft. (2.7 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Henry Leroy (Roy) Finch Jr. was a pacifist, conscientious objector to World War II, philosopher and writer.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Julien D. Cornell Papers, 1940-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.25 linear ft. (3.25 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Julien Cornell (1910-1994) practiced law in New York City, with a special interest in civil liberties. During World War II, he handled many cases for conscientious objectors, as well as advising many other COs about their various problems with the legal system. He was considered an expert on legal issues regarding conscientious objection and Civilian Public Service, and was consulted by many lawyers throughout the country for his opinions.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Charles C. Walker Papers, 1940-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25.67 linear ft. (21 record cartons and 1 flat box)
Abstract:: Minutes, reports, writings, notes, photographs, and printed material from Walker's work as an activist and nonviolent resistance trainer. Materials have been place in series based on how the subjects were identified in their original boxes.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Center on Conscience and War Records, 1940-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 670 linear ft. (papers only)
Abstract:: Organization still in existence that was formed to aid conscientious objectors in World War II.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors Records, 1940-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7.5 linear ft. (7.5 linear ft.)
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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records, 1941-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.75 linear ft. (3.75 linear ft.)
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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Dorothy H. Hutchinson Papers, 1942-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.25 linear ft. (5.25 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson (l905-l984) began to gain influence in the peace movement when her pamphlet A Call to Peace Now was printed by the Friends in l943. That summer, Hutchinson and a small group of people started the Peace Now Movement, using her pamphlet to rally support for the principle of a negotiated settlement rather than unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. This group included George W. Hartmann, a psychology professor at Columbia, and John Collett. Hutchinson also worked to promote the United Nations and helped organize a local chapter of the United World Federalists Hutchinson was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and became president of the U.S. Section of WILPF in l96l, serving until l965. She then served as chairman of International WILPF from l965 until l968. Hutchinson was an activist in civil rights and civil liberties as well as in the peace movement.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Women's Committee to Oppose Conscription Records, 1942-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7.25 linear ft. (7.25 linear ft.)
Abstract:: This group was originally named the Committee to Oppose the Conscription of Women [WCOC], and then the National Committee to Oppose the Conscription of Women. It was formed in 1942 to protest the Austin-Wadsworth legislative bills and similar measures, which proposed that American women be drated into a civilian workforce for the duration of World War II. When the immediate threat of drafting women had passed, the group changed its name again, this time to the Women's Committee to Oppose Conscription, reflecting its stand against any conscription. Mildred Scott Olmsted served as Director, A.J. Muste as Treasurer, and Grace Rhoads as secretary. The Committee was headed by Katherine Pierce and Frances Chalmers of New York City.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Peacemaker Movement Collected Records, 1948-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (30 linear in.)
Abstract:: A group working on nonviolence from the late 1940s through the 1970s, particularly as it was expressed through tax refusal.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Marjorie Swann and Robert Swann Papers, 1949-1972 (bulk)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (30 linear inches.)
Abstract:: The Swanns were Quaker peace activitists who were particularly well known for their part in nonviolent direct action against nuclear weapons testing and deployment in the 1950s-1960s.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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