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Start Over Repository Swarthmore College Peace Collection Subject Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources Year 2000 to 2024

Steve Trimm Papers, 1963-2008 (bulk)

Extent:: 3.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Abstract:: 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 anti-war organizations, including Witness for Peace.

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Daniel A. Seeger Collected Papers, 1958-2008 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.9 linear ft. (35 linear in.; 7 boxes)
Abstract:: Seeger is best known for the 1965 Supreme Court court case regarding his conscientious objector claim without belief in a Supreme Being as grounds for C.O. status.

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Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors Records, 1948-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 90 linear ft. (90 linear feet.)
Abstract:: CCCO developed a nationwide network of military and draft counselors and attorneys to assist conscientious objectors. Most active during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the CCCO promoted such issues as amnesty, repatriation, and counter-recruitment.Operations were suspended in late October 2009. As of 2010, some of their counseling service has been taken over by the GI Rights Hotline.

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Charles Bloomstein Collected Papers, 1938-2002 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.87 linear ft. (1.87 linear ft.)
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.

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Michael S. Foley Collected Papers, 1965-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4.5 linear ft. (4.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Michael S. Foley is an author, primarily about the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War.

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