Center on Conscience and War Records-Later Accessions (DG 025), Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Records of the Center on Conscience and War, 1940-ongoing
[formerly NSBRO & NISBCO]

Collection: DG 025
Some Later Accessions

Contact Information
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 U.S.A.
Telephone: 610-328-8557 (curator); Fax: 610-690-5728
Email: wchmiel@swarthmore.edu (curator)
URL: http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/

Descriptive Summary
Repository
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Creator
National Service Board for Religious Objectors; National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors; Center on Conscience and War
Title
Center on Conscience and War Records
Inclusive Dates
1940-ongoing
Call Number
DG 025
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
670+ linear feet [papers only and entire collection, not only later accessions]
Abstract
Organization still in existence that was formed to aid conscientious objectors in World War II.

Administrative Information
Restrictions to Access
Yes [researchers must obtain permission from CCW Executive Director to use files of individual conscientious objectors; contact Curator for details]
Usage Restrictions
Yes [some boxes are stored offsite; a request for their retrieval must be given to the Curator at least two weeks in advance of a visit to the SCPC]
Alternate Form of Material
None
Acquisitions Information
Gift of NISBRO, 1947-1948; many subsequent accessions
Processing Information
Processed by archivists & student assistants; checklist created by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, November 2008; This finding aid created by Flore Nouvel, February 2012
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Center on Conscience and War Records (DG 025), Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law

Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online library/archival catalogs.
See tripod record

Related Collections
Center on Conscience and War Records (main finding aid)

Accession 2012-006
Box 1
Peace tax hearings- Part I and II, 1992 (May 21)
International Criminal Court creation, 1997
Responses to militaries in school
Case Cledith H. Davis vs. correctional center, military versus civilian law, 2003
Coalition for an International Criminal Court/ United Nations, 1998
National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors Development Projects, 1997
Civilian Public Service Camps Information, 2000 (January 25)
Meeting/ Peace training Information, 1999
Child soldiers (United Nations…)
Warren Hoover Employee File, 1984 (April)
International Law Norms
Conscientious Objectors information around the world
Ron Spurga stories/ poems
Uganda- Lord’s Resistance Army and actions, 2006 (May/June)
South Korean Prisoners for Peace, 2003 (December 1)
Peace in Sudan, 2005
Greece information on Conscientious Objectors, 2003
Anti-war resistance in Israel
War Resistance in Colombia, 2008

Box 2 [Accession 2012-006]
National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors Board of Directors Meeting, 1979 (November 19)
Charley Maresca- Special NISBCO Board Meeting, 1981 (March 5)
Charley Maresca- NISBCO staff, 1981
Charley Maresca- NISBCO annual meeting, 1981 (December 7)
Charles Maresca- Associate Director-Counseling, 1982 (May 6)
NISBCO information, 1982
NISBCO Consultative Council- Civilian Administration of Alternative Service, 1983 (January 20)
NISBCO Board Meeting, 1983 (June 16)
Dick McSorley- NISBCO Board and Consultative council Meeting, 1983 (December 12)
Charley Maresca - NISBCO Board and Consultative council Meeting, 1983 (December 12)
Charley Maresca - NISBCO Board and Consultative council Meeting, 1984 (December 3)
Charley Maresca - NISBCO Board and Consultative council Meeting, 1984 (June 11)
Charles Maresca- NISBCO Board Meeting, 1985 (June 10)
Duane Shank- NISBCO Board Meeting, 1985 (December 11)
Charley Maresca- NISBCO Board Meeting, 1986 (June 9)

Box 3 [Accession 2012-006]
NISBCO Meeting of the Board of Directors, 1987 (June 15)
NISBCO Meeting of the Board of Directors, 1987 (December 7)
Charles Maresca- NISBCO Board and Council Meeting, 1988 (June 6)
Charles Maresca- NISBCO Board Meeting, 1988 (December 5)
NISBCO Meeting, 1989 (June 5)
NISBCO Board of Directors, 1989 (December 11)
NISBCO Board and Staff Retreat, 1990 (April 4)
NISBCO Board Meeting, 1990 (June 11)
NISBCO annual Meeting, 1990 (December 10)
NISBCO Board Meeting, 1991 (June 17)
NISBCO emergency Board Meeting, 1991 (November 7)
NISBCO Meeting, 1991 (December 16)
NISBCO Meeting, 1992 (June 15)
NISBCO Meeting, 1992 (December 14)
NISBCO Meeting, 1993 (June 14)
NISBCO Board, 1993 (December 13)

Box 4 [Accession 2012-006]
NISBCO Board and Consultative Council, 1994 (June 7)
Board/ Staff retreat, 1995 (April 6/7)
NISBCO Board Meeting, 1994 (December 13)
NISBCO Board/ Consultative council, 1986 (December 9)
Information for War Resisters League
War Relics- Vietnam
Freedom of Information Act- Army
David Treber Personnel file, 1988
Raymond Toney, Mennonite Central Committee Personnel File, 1993
Correspondence Response to donations, 1995
Arlyn Miller, Mennonite Central Committee Personnel File, 1992
NISBCO Testimonials
Council General Correspondences, 1969-1979
Legal Briefs regarding War and Co. (Supreme Court), 2005
Military Counseling Project, 1995
Dellum– Military Conscientious Act, 1994
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Information, 1994
Letters from National Service Board for Religious Objectors on behalf of the Reporter, 1946-1952
News Article, 2003 (March 25)
Reports from Office, 1991 (April 16)
Misc. Information Requests
Families for Early Autism Treatment Information, 2004-2005
Various US States’ positions on Duty
Children Soldiers
Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 1997

Box 5 [Accession 2012-006]
Legal Corrections
Katherine Jashinski, 2005
Iraq War Criticisms, 2002-2003
Center for Conscious and War in the news
Child soldiers
Church Documents
School of the Americans Protests, 2004-2005
Random Brochures
Freedom of Information Act- Air force, 2001-2003
Jashinski Case, 2005
International Criminal Court Creation, 1996
Photograph copies
Conscientious Objector, 1999
Federal Tax Returns, 1992-1996
Forum for Academic and Institutional rights versus US offices, 2004
Freedom of Information Act- Navy/ Marines, 2001
European Conventions on Human Rights, 1995

Box 6 [Accession 2012-006]
Peace Tax Information, 2006
Dellum Act, 1995
Comptroller General Report on Military Conscientious Objectors, 2006
Conscientious Objectors Human Rights
Conscientious Objectors Call Information
Davis versus City of Clarksburg, Harrison County/ West Virginia, 2003
Conscientious Objectors Applications
Random Correspondence, 1995-2000
Appeals for support
US Army Regulation on In-Service Conscientious Objectors, 1983
American Friends Service Committee
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Lutheran
Mennonite
Roman Catholic
Centro Legal de la Raza

Box 7 [Accession 2012-006]
Como llena la Forma 150
Memorandum de Registro
NISBCO literature and old literature lists
¿Quien es el objetor por conciencia ?
Lipton versus US Air force case, 2000
Churches, Mennonite
Asylum status in the US
Major Recruitment Abuse, 2002/2006
Military Selective Service
Organization of American States Reports, 1993
UN Documents (Human Rights Conscientious Objectors), 1993/1994
US Human Rights/ Liberties, 1994
Pax Christi, 1995
Sentencing (Federal Crimes), 1987
International Conscientious Objectors Provisions, 1982
Counter Recruitment, 2005
Watson versus Geren, 2008
Entry Level Separations Bill, 2005
Religious Affiliations of Congress people
Bill to institute mandatory service for all, 2005
General Court Case Information

Box 8 [Accession 2012-006]
Snyder, Beattie versus State of Virginia, 2005
Related cases Snyder, Beattie versus State of Virginia