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Delaware Draft Counseling and Education Service, Inc. Records

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

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
DG.229
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
4 linear ft. (4 linear ft.)
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: [Identification of item], in the Delaware Draft Counseling and Education Services, Inc. Records (DG 229), Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Date:
1966-1991 (bulk)
Creator:
Delaware Draft Counseling & Education Service, Inc.
Abstract:
The Delaware Draft Counseling and Educational Service (DDCES), was organized in early 1969 with offices in Wilmington and Newark, Delaware. It provided men who had been drafted by the Selective Service System with information about the draft and their options within that system. The DDCES also provided information on the draft, individual rights under Selective Service laws and how to file for deferments and alternatives to the draft. With the end of the draft and beginning of registration in 1980, DDCES provided education, counseling, and services on how to establish conscientious objection status. DDCES staff co-operated with other local and Philadelphia-area peace organizations such as CCCO, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and Pacem in Terris. The organization ended some time in the mid to late 1980s.

The Delaware Draft Counseling and Educational Service (DDCES), was organized in early 1969 with offices in Wilmington and Newark, Delaware. An initial seminar for those interested in draft counselor training was held in November of 1968, and co-sponsored by the Council of Churches of Wilmington and New Castle County (Delaware). The organization was incorporated in Delaware in 1970. It provided men who had been drafted by the Selective Service System with information about the draft and their options within that system. The DDCES also provided information on the draft, individual rights under Selective Service laws and how to file for deferments and alternatives to the draft. When registration for men at 18 years of age became law in 1980, DDCES provided education, counseling, and services about the Selective Service System requirements and how to establish conscientious objection status. DDCES staff co-operated with other local and Philadelphia-area peace organizations such as CCCO, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and Pacem in Terris. DDCES' relationship with Pacem in Terris was sometimes strained over differing tactics and direction. Draft counselor Barbara Kerner lead DDCES through the 1980s and the organization's demise.

This collection includes the administrative files of the Delaware Draft Counseling and Education Services, Inc. and general reference material about conscientious objection and draft resistance during the Vietnam war. Also included are counseling files from various men who consulted the DDCES about their draft status. These files are restricted. The collection also contains the files of draft counselor Barbara Kerner.

This collection is unprocessed. The major portion of the records [Acc. 08A-038] are arranged in boxes 1-9. Box 10 contains the records of Ernie Mabrey 2005 [Acc. 05A-041and the files of Barbara Kerner [Acc. 07A-063].

Records show involvement with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and Newark (DE) Meeting peace committees.

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these records.

Gift of Ernie Mabrey 2005 [Acc. 05A-041]; Winifred Kerner, 2007 [Acc. 07A-063]; Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 2008 [Acc. 08A-038].

For the catalog record for this collection and to find materials on similar topics, search thelibrary's online catalog.

This collection is unprocessed. This finding aid was created by Wendy E. Chmielewski, June 2010.

Draft Information Center Newsletter (Philadelphia) removed to the Periodical collection.

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Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Access Restrictions

None.

Copyright to the records created by this organization has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Use Restrictions

Draft counseling records are restricted until 2057.

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Delaware Draft Counseling and Education Services Inc. and Papers.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. The Draft.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Local Draft Contacts and Clippings.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. University of Delaware Films, 1971.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Senate Reports and Bills on Health and Military, 1979.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Drafting Bills, 1979.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Youth and the Needs of the Nation, 1979.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Applicants for Fundraising Job, 1980.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Budget, March 1980.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Old Medical Standards.
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Counseling and Law Sources (portfolio).
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Classification Forms – General Suggestions (portfolio).
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Occupational IIA and Hardship IIIA (portfolio).
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Surviving Songs and Aliens (Aliens).
Box DG 229: 1
Archival Resource Key. Medical Standards (portfolio).
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. Student Deferments (portfolio).
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. Conscientious Objectors – Alternative. Service and I.A.O (portfolio).
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. Travel Regulations, Canada Emigration, and Refusal Induction (portfolio).
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. Notes on Draft Cases (portfolio).
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. Draft Proposals.
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. Vietnam.
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. Rescinded Local Board Memorandums.
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. Legal Aspects of Selective Service and Info Packets.
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. Local Board Statistics and Selective Service Systems Bulletins.
Box DG 229: 2
Archival Resource Key. LB3 Forms on Drafted Men.
Box DG 229: 3
Scope and Contents

[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. LB4 Forms on Drafted Men.
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. LB5 Forms on Drafted Men.
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Forms of Drafted Men who Refuse Induction.
Box DG 229: 3
Scope and Contents

[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Forms of Drafted Men who were still students, 1971.
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Forms of Drafted Men not in Del LB.
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms of 3rd Lot and More (A-G).
Box DG 229: 3
Scope and Contents

[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms of 3rd Lot and More (H-M).
Box DG 229: 3
Scope and Contents

[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms of 3rd Lot and More (N-Z).
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms of High Lottery Numbers, Rescinded, and Inducted.
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms: IY.
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms: I – O.
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms: II – A and Students.
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms: Inducted.
Box DG 229: 3
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms: No Action Taken by DDC and ES.
Box DG 229: 4
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms: Done, I – A, CO – 18, IIII – A.
Box DG 229: 4
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Form Lists and Notes.
Box DG 229: 4
Scope and Contents

[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft Forms: Craig's Cases.
Box DG 229: 4
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[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Unexplained Draft Forms: (A-H).
Box DG 229: 4
Scope and Contents

[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Unexplained Draft Forms: (J-Z).
Box DG 229: 4
Scope and Contents

[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Draft counseling records, 1979-1985.
Box DG 229: 4
Scope and Contents

[Restricted until 2057]

Archival Resource Key. Annual Reports and Fund Raising Letters.
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Peace Committee / Newark Meeting, 1966-1967.
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Draft – Congress Record, 1967.
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Old Training Notes, Memos, Sample Forms, 1967-1969.
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Richmond Draft and Conscription Conference of Friends, 1968 (October).
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Incorporating File: Certification and Bylaws, 1970.
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Salisbury Workshop, 1970 (February).
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Working Sheets for Questionnaire.
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Taxes – Exemption Letter, Tax Returns.
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Budgets and Treasury Reports.
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Invoices – Banking and Contributions, 1969.
Box DG 229: 5
Archival Resource Key. Invoices – Banking and Contributions, 1970.
Box DG 229: 6
Archival Resource Key. Taxes, 1971.
Box DG 229: 6
Archival Resource Key. Invoices – Banking and Contributions, 1971.
Box DG 229: 6
Archival Resource Key. Invoices – Banking and Contributions, 1972.
Box DG 229: 6
Archival Resource Key. Invoices – Banking and Contributions, 1973.
Box DG 229: 7
Archival Resource Key. Treasury Correspondence, 1968-1972.
Box DG 229: 7
Archival Resource Key. Treasurer's Records, 1980s.
Box DG 229: 7
Archival Resource Key. Counseling Logistics and Guides.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Military Counseling Notebook.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Amnesty, 1972-1974.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Amnesty, 1973-1974.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Resistance Experiences.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. JROTC.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. News Releases and Bulletins from American Friends Service Committee, Selective Service System, and Canadian Coalition of War Resistance.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Mailings.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Draft Repeal Action, 1969-1971.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Draft Repeal, 1973.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Erik Whitehorn Case, 1968-1969.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Medical Service Standards of Medical Fitness, 1960 (December).
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Medical Referrals.
Box DG 229: 8
Archival Resource Key. Conscientious Objection Literature.
Box DG 229: 9
Archival Resource Key. Registration.
Box DG 229: 9
Archival Resource Key. Immigration to Canada, 1969-1970.
Box DG 229: 9
Archival Resource Key. Guide to Alternative Service, 1970 and 1972.
Box DG 229: 9
Archival Resource Key. Memos and Briefs, 1970-1972.
Box DG 229: 9
Archival Resource Key. Curriculum Guide to the Draft, 1972 (February).
Box DG 229: 9
Archival Resource Key. Recruitment.
Box DG 229: 9
Archival Resource Key. Regional Prep of Counselors, 1980.
Box DG 229: 9
Archival Resource Key. Medical Checklists.
Box DG 229: 9
Archival Resource Key. Religious Booklets.
Box DG 229: 9
Scope and Contents

[2 folders]

Archival Resource Key. Organizing in High School.
Box DG 229: 9

Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous Delaware Draft Counseling and Education Services Inc. publications.
Box DG 229: 10

Archival Resource Key. Newspaper clippings.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Letters of protest.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Untitled, 1990-1991.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Reference material on other organizations.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. School contacts.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Ads and press releases, 1980 (November) - 1981 (January).
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Material from talks.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous Delaware Draft Counseling and Education Services Inc. literature.
Box DG 229: 10
Scope and Contents

[2 folders]

Archival Resource Key. Reference file on registration.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Notes on Delaware Draft Counseling and Education Services Inc. plans, 1980.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence with CCCO on personnel manual.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Draft registraton, organizing counseling, 1980s.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Past publicity.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Past events, 1981.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Kerner correspondence with the Selective Service System.
Box DG 229: 10
Archival Resource Key. Draft counseling records, 1979-1985.
Box DG 229: 10
Scope and Contents

(removed to Box 4 with other restricted items)

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