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William Marx Kantor Collected Papers

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Call Number:
CDG-A.Kantor, William Marx
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)
Language Note:
Materials are in English.
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: [Identification of item], in the William Kantor Collected Papers (CDG-A), Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Date:
circa 1917-1920 (inclusive)
Creator:
Kantor, William Marx
Abstract:

William Kantor was from Philadelphia. He enlisted in the U.S. military on November 2, 1917, but because of his stance as a conscientious objector he was held at Camp Meade and court-martialed there on July 2, 1918. Kantor was sentenced to ten years in prison and was detained as follows: July-September 1918 at Fort Jay; September 1918 - June 1919 at Fort Leavenworth; and June-November 1919 at Alcatraz. He was dishonorably discharged on November 8, 1919 at Alcatraz. Eight years of his sentence were remitted, by the order of the President.

Acquisitions information is unknown.

Processed by SCPC staff. Checklist prepared by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, January 1999.

Photos of C.O.s and prisons (Camp Meade, Ft. Leavenworth, Ft. Douglas [Utah]) 1917-1920, removed to Photograph Collection; prison patches (3) from Fort Leavenworth and Alcatraz removed to Memorabilia Collection (CDG-A/B).

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Collection Inventory

Biographical information; draft card.
Box 1
Incarceration at Fort Leavenworth: Passes, meal allowances, map, reports.
Box 1
Incarceration at Fort Leavenworth: Regulation booklets, notices re: incarceration, dishonorable discharge.
Box 1
Incarceration at Alcatraz: Print of Alcatraz prison, receipt for clothing and personal property.
Box 1
Incarceration at Alcatraz: MS "Horrors of Alcatraz" and MS "Conscientious Objection", 1920.
Box 1
MS "A Conscientious Objector is Born".
Box 1
MS "Memoirs of a World War One Conscientious Objector".
Box 1
MS "Journal of a Modern Convinced Friend".
Box 1
Reference: Pamphlets on conscientious objection.
Box 1
Reference: Newsclippings on conscientious objection, 1919.
Box 1
Reference: Postcards from U.S. War Prison Camp, C.O. Internment, Fort Douglas, Utah.
Box 1

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