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Bent Andresen Collected Papers, 1928-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.04 linear ft. (.5 linear in.)
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.

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Episcopal Peace Fellowship Records, 1936-2009 (inclusive) 1936-2009 (bulk)

Extent:
28 linear ft. (28 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF), was founded November 1939 as an association of pacifist members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The organization sought to discover and unite pacifists within the church and to influence its membership regarding Christianity and peace. The EPF has sponsored educational projects (publications, lectures, workshops, conferences), provided counseling and financial support for conscientious objectors, and contributed to pacifist projects in other countries.

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Igal Roodenko Papers, 1935-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.3 linear ft. ((8 boxes))
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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.

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Harold Barton Collected Papers, 1944-1949 (bulk)

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1.2 linear ft. (15 linear inches)
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In the early 1940s National Mental Health Foundation originated in 1944-1945 when Harold Barton and three associates, serving at Byberry State Hospital in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), announced plans for a national campaign to improve the conditions in mental hospitals. The exposure of these conditions through the efforts of men serving in CPS, and their efforts to be a nonviolent presence in mental institutions, began a new movement in mental health care in the U.S. The National Mental Health Foundation still exists today as the National Mental Health Association.

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Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section / U.S. Peace Section Collected Records, 1942- (inclusive)

Extent:
2.71 linear ft. (32.5 linear in.)
Abstract:
The Peace Section of the Mennonite Central Committee was established in January 1942, as successor to the Mennonite Central Peace Committee organized in 1939. It served as an agency for counseling on problems related to conscription and the draft, a representation to government, a center for study, research, and writing regarding the peace position, and a central agency for peace education.

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Denny Wilcher Collected Papers, 1941-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.29 linear ft. (15.5 linear in.)
Abstract:
This collection documents the experiences of Wilcher (and his friends), while in Civilian Public Service, and after he left CPS and was imprisoned at McNeil Island Federal Prison Camp.

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