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Midwest Committee for Military Counseling Records, 1977-1996 (inclusive)

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1.75 linear ft. (1.75 linear ft.)
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The Midwest Committee for Military Counseling was founded in 1976. The MCMC provided counseling, training sessions and public education. Staff worked with counselors, attorneys, community groups and religious bodies on behalf of potential recruits to the military and people on active military duty. The MCMC ceased operation in 1995 or 1996.

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New York Bureau of Legal Advice Records, 1917-1919 (inclusive)

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5.42 linear ft. (5.42 linear ft.)
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Holdings in Tamiment Library: about half the records of the New York Bureau of Legal Advice consist of case histories pertaining to selective service exemption, draft evasion, conscientious objector status, military imprisonment, military discharge, desertion, amnesty, civil liberties and deportations. One third of the collection consists of office files, administrative reports and correspondence, including extensive fundraising correspondence. The remainder of the collection is made up of press releases and newspaper clippings. Correspondents include Mary Beard, Sarah N. Cleghorn, Bina Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Agnes Smedley, Louis Untermeyer, Thorsten Veblen, H.L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, Judah L. Magnes, and Stephen Wise.

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Larry Gara Collected Papers, 1949-1972 (bulk)

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0.02 linear ft. (0.25 linear inches)
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Includes two typescripts: Amnesty and Reconciliation, and Peace Testimony: Root and Branch [annotated photocopy]; leaflet and periodical with mention of Gara's conscientious objection; slide show titled Active Nonviolence stored separately as Slide Show 2.

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Albon Man Collected Papers, 1943-1965 (bulk)

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0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
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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.

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Charles Bloomstein Collected Papers, 1938-2002 (bulk)

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1.87 linear ft. (1.87 linear ft.)
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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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Alice Niles Lynd and Staughton Lynd Papers, 1965-1995 (inclusive)

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8.33 linear ft. (8.33 linear feet.)
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Staughton Lynd and Alice Niles Lynd, Quakers, authors, and activists in the civil rights and peace movements, who worked individually and collaborated on many labor and pacifist projects.

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Kenneth G. Hanauer Papers, 1956-1958 (bulk)

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0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
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Collection includes printed materials, including published court documents about the case Kenneth George Hanauer, appellant, v. Wilson H. Elkins, President of the University of Maryland, et al.

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