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Joseph W. Reilly Collected Papers

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399

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Call Number:
CDG-A.Reilly, Joseph W.
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, CDG-A. Joseph W. Reilly collection..
Date:
1945-1950 (bulk)
Abstract:
The collection includes information about the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Council, the Friendship Cooperative House, the conference of the National Youth Assembly Against Universal Military Training, Washington D.C. February 15-16, 1948, the Philadelphia Resist Conscription Committee, the Philadelphia Youth Council to Oppose Conscription, the Philadelphia Town Meeting of Youth and Vets, and the Veterans Commission on Court-Martial Cases.

Joseph W. Reilly; pacifist, lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; conscientious objector in World War II who was court-martialed and imprisoned; youth organizer, supported progressive, socialist and civil rights movements; had been editor of "Prison Views"; was Executive Secretary of the Veteran's Commission on Court-Martial Cases.

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this individual.

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