 SUBJECT FILE: Conscientious Objection/Objectors |
All material is located in Subject File #1. The items listed do
not necessarily represent the entire contents of the folders.
U.S. and/or foreign sources, ____-1913
- Statement re: solitary confinement; case of Henry Flintoff
Foreign sources, 1918
- Pamphlet "Report of Treatment of C.O.s at the Camp Funston Guard House"
- Pamphlet "Letters from a Political Prisoner [Erling Lunde] in a Military Hospital USA"
- Article "The Fort Leavenworth General Strike of Prisoners" by Carl Haessler
- Pamphlet "Moans From the Military Machine" by Erling Lunde
- Letter from Jacob Wortsman (Post Guard House, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas), 04/26/1919
- "Report on C.O.s at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas"
- Article "The Rebel Soul vs. the World" by Prof. Gilbert Murray, Sept. 1918
- C.O.s at Camp Meade who refused military service [card file]: includes men such as Wray Hoffman, William Kantor & Alfred Loeb, as well as many Mennonites, Dunkards, Quakers, Brethren in Christ C.O.s; cards include information about religious affiliation (or whether the man was a Socialist etc.), date & place of birth, date of arrival to the army camp & to what company, date when C.O. status was declared, date of discharge for mental or physical reasons (if such occurred), marital status, occupation, occupation of parents, education level reached, and home address.
U.S. sources, 1919
- Pamphlet "The Problem of Conscience" by Richard Roberts, April 1919
- Statement of Theo Lunde re: treatment of C.O.s
- Article "Solitary" by Winthrop D. Lane, May 1919
- Article "The Strike at Ft. Leavenworth" by Winthrop D. Lane, Feb. 1919
- Goverment document "Statement Concerning the Treatment of Conscientious Objectors in the Army" prepared & published by direction of the Secretary of War, June 18, 1919
Box 1a (1/2 box)
U.S. & foreign sources, WWI era: miscellaneous
U.S. sources, WWI era: individual C.O.s; conditions at Ft. Leavenworth; etc. [removed from reference files of DG 117 (J. Nevin Sayre Papers)]
World War I -- Retrospectives & Historical Analysis of WWI Conscientious Objection
Box 1a (cont.)
U.S. & foreign sources: retrospectives and historical analysis of WWI conscientious objection/objectors -- miscellaneous
Foreign sources: retrospectives and historical analysis of WWI conscientious objection/objectors -- Conscientious Objectors Day, May 15, 2004 [re: British C.O.s and Quaker relief efforts]
Foreign sources: retrospectives and historical analysis of WWI conscientious objection/objectors -- C.O. graffiti found in Richmond Castle cells [Richmond 16], Great Britain
Note: See also Subject File #1: Events re: Peace -- General: Commemorations - 100th year anniversary of WWI, 2014-
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imprisoned, ca. 1918 |
British prison where C.O.s were imprisoned; postcard sent to Miss. Thomas of London by Stanley V. Keeling: "I thought you would like a glimpse of Stall 6 at "The Settlement." My cell is on the ground floor. Kindest regards to all at Cttee. [Friends Service Committee]," ca. WWI |
Turner collection (CDGB Great Britain) |
3.5" x 5.5" sepia photo on postcard from Subject File: Art in War and Peace: Postcard Collection -- Gillett Scrapbook: British Postcards |
Box 2
- Statement "Why I Am a Conscientious Objector" by J. Howard Branson
- List of names, addresses & affiliations from Reunion of Conscientious Objectors, Camp Meade, Westminster, Maryland, 08/22/1937
- Letter from Raymond H. Bolin (Pasadena, California, 03/16/1938) to Dr. Hunter and friends of the Muriel Lester Circle
World War II era material
Box 2 (cont.)
Foreign sources, 1939-1941
- Pamphlet "The C.O. and the Tribunal," 1941
- Pamphlet "The Conscientious Objector Under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940," 10/08/1940
- Pamphlet "Summary of Brief: U.S. vs. Stanley Rappeport, Howard Schoenfeld, Albert Herling, Francis Hall, William A. Winslow"
- Pamphlet "Selective Service Regulations Vol. 3 - Classification and Selection"
- Pamphlet "Selective Service Regulations Vol. 4 - Delivery and Induction"
- Statement to the Draft Board in Support of Request for Classification as a C.O. by Michael Marsh, 10/10/1940
- Book The Draft and YOU by Congressman Emanuel Celler (forewords by Senator Edward Burke and Representative James Wadsworth)
- Statement of Stanley Rappeport, 10/16/1940
- Statement of Henry Wheeler, 11/16/1940
- Statement of J. Olcutt Sanders, ca. Dec. 1940
U.S. sources, 1941
- Pamphlet "USA vs. Arle Brooks"
- Pamphlet "Federal Convicts No's. 1128 and 1129: College to Prison"
- Pamphlet "The Case of the Eight Divinity Students" [includes Roger Baldwin] by Milton R. Konvitz
- "An Open Letter to the U.S. District Attorney Regarding the Selective Service Act and Myself" by Ammon Hennacy, 04/28/1941
- Statement by Ernest Kirkjian to the Federal Court, 01/06/1941
- Letter to Chicago Selective Service Board No. #9 from Kenneth E. Culbertson, 05/06/1941
- Letter to U.S. District Attorney (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) from Fred. H. Richards, 09/29/1941
- "Statement of Gene Garst Upon Pleading 'Nolle Contendre' to Charges of Refusal to Register Under the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940"
- Statement from Union Theological Seminary students
- Empire State town meeting minutes, 12/14/1941
- "Oral Testimony in Support of Demurrer to Indictment by the Defendant in USA vs. Leon Thomson", 07/07/1941
Box 3
- "Ley de Servicio Militar Obligatorio (Estados Unidos de Venezuela), 1942
- "Statement of Russell S. Smith In Refusing To Appear For Physical Examination," ca. April 1942
- Letter to "My Friends" from R. Asahi Chino, 06/25/1942
- "A Statement in Connection With My Position as a C.O." by Donald Mackenzie
- Letter from Frank T. Gobla to Draft Board #9, 07/30/1942
- "A Statement to My Friends" by John McCartney, July 1942
- Letter from Harold Robert Cole to Francis Biddle, 06/30/1942
- Statement "Why I Cannot Comply With the Selective Service Act" by Ralph Galt
- Statement "Common Ground for CPS" by Jim Vicary, 11/30/1942
- Letter from Edson Sower to Francis Biddle
- Statement of Edgar Hanawalt, 10/29/1942
- Letter from Elizabeth Murphy to Mr. & Mrs. Eichel, 07/25/1943
- Booklet "Congress Looks at the Conscientious Objector"
- Letter from E. Raymond Wilson to John Morgan, 08/19/1943
- Statement of Philip Isely in Federal District Court, Portland, Oregon, 05/10/1943
- Letter from Paul Kermiet to "Sir," 06/06/1943
- Letter from Walter Stark to "Whom It May Concern," 09/18/1943
- Letter from Bayard Rustin to Local Draft Board #63, 11/16/1943
- Statement by Roger Axford to Local Draft Board #1, Lincoln, Nebraska, 12/28/1943
- Statement "Why I Can No Longer Cooperate With Conscription" by David Newton
- "Excerpts From the Journal and Letters of a C.O." by Lawrence McK. Miller Jr.
- Extracts of letters from David Dellinger
- Pamphlet "They Asked For a Hard Job" by Frank Olmstead
- Letter from Denny Wilcher to John ____, 11/13/1943
- Letter from Charles Butcher to Bayard Rustin, 10/13/1943
- Excerpts from a letter by Roger Scattergood, 07/15/1943
- Pamphlet "The C.O. and the National Service Acts," March 1944
- Pamphlet "A Prisoner's Log" [re: Halloway Prison] by Stella St. John
- Pamphlet "The International Rights of Conscience" by Douglas J.J. Owen
- Report "Alternative Service Program for Canadian C.O.s" by Paul Comly French, 09/26/1944
- Pamphlet "The Truth About Springfield [Medical Center for Federal Prisoners]"
- Meeting minutes from the Special Conference to Discuss Whether Pacifists Should / Should Not Ask Provisions for C.O.s in Any Conscription or "National Service Bills," 12/06/1944
- Mss."Forgotten Women of WWII: Wives of C.O.s in CPS" by Heather T. Frazer and John O'Sullivan
Box 4
- Article "Jehovah's Witnesses Triumph Over Concentration Camps," Consolation: A Journal of Fact, Hope and Courage (vol. 26:678), 9/12/1945
- Government report "Atrocities and Other Considerations In Concentration Camps In Germany"
- Meeting minutes from Conference on a Campaign for Amnesty for Imprisoned C.O.s, 12/01/1945
- Letter from Al Orcutt to "Friend," June 1945
- "My Viewpoint" by Robert L. Lam, 10/01/1945
- Pamphlet "Why We Refused to Register"
- Pamphlet "Why They Cannot Go to War"
- Mimeographed pamphlet "A Saga of C.O. Joe"
- Paper "Conscientious Objectors in Canada"
World War II -- Retrospectives & Historical Analysis of WWII Conscientious Objection
Box 4 (cont.)
Foreign sources
- Article "Conscientious Objectors in World War II," Quarterly Research Survey, January 1949
- Article "Recollections of a World War II Conscientious Objector" by Lawrence Mck. Miller
- Article "Not a Soldier, Not a Slacker: Conscientious Objectors and Male Citizenship in the United States During the Second World War" by Timothy Stewart-Winter, Gender & History 19:3, November 2007
- Article "Farm Deferments During World War II" by Al Albrecht
U.S. sources: mss. "So That Others May Be Free: Absolutist Objectors During World War II" by Marc Miller, 1971
U.S. sources: mss. "The Home Front: Men, Women and Collective Sacrifice," ca. 2006
U.S. sources: Japanese-American conscientious objectors
Post-World War II era material
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from Edward & Margaret Thomas collection (CDGA) |
Foreign sources, 1946
U.S. sources, 1946
- Pamphlet "They Refuse to Be Criminals" by Edward C.M. Richards.
- Pamphlet "Whither Freedom?: A Study of the Treatment of Conscientious Objectors in the United States during World War I and II and its Relation to the Concept of Freedom" by Harry A. Wallenberger, Jr.
- "Statement of Thomas J. Leonard," May, 1947
- Article "The Meaning of Religious Training and Belief in Court Decisions Affecting the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940" from "Exemption from the Draft" by Julien Cornell
Box 5
U.S. sources, 1948
- Court Record "United States of America vs. Sander Katz"
- Court Judgment "United States of America vs. James S. Lovett"
- "Statement of Non-Registration" by Rollin Pepper
- Letter "To My Friends" by Gerald Haynes
- Statement "On Conscription: This is My Stand" by Armin L. Saeger Jr.
- Essay "Notes on the Non-Registrant Trials" by William Fuson
- Court Record "United States of America vs. Paul Barker Gates" and "United States of America vs. Frederick Gerald Williams"
- Court Record "United States of America vs. Walter J. Coppock, Jr."
- Pamphlet "Why Do They Go to Prison" by the Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Letter from Walter Coppock Jr. to Judge Hall, 01/27/1949
Box 6
Foreign sources, 1950-1959
- Pamphlet "[Calvin DeFillipis] Urges Korean Armistice, Faces Seven Years in Jail"
- Articles re: Jim George, Laguna Beach Post, 08/23/1951
- Article "'Thou Shalt Not Kill' Can Land a Man in Jail" by John Keats, Washington Daily News
- Manuscript "Second Prosecutions of Conscientious Objectors for Violations of the Selective Service Act of 1948"
- Article "They Won't Fight -- But They Aren't Chicken" by Maeanna Chesterton-Mangle, The Kiwanis Magazine
- Press release (02/08/1951) and letters re: Raleigh Henry Pickard, C.O.
- Court record "USA vs. Andrew Geyer, United States District Court, District of Connecticut, Special Findings and Opinion"
- Court record "USA vs. Harry Gray Nugent, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit"
- Court record "USA vs. Edward Lee Nichols, District Court of the United States, Southern District of California Central Division, Memorandum of Opinion"
- "Statement of J. Ervin Waters, Minister of the Gospel, Church of Christ, to the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives, Concerning the Recommendations Submitted to Congress by the National Security Training Commission"
- "Fact Sheet in the Case of Vern Davidson"
- Letter from Seymour Eichel to "Friends" re: his case [see also DG 131]
PAX Service / I-W Service, 1951-1975: "Evaluation of the 1-W Program: A Report on the Experiences of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ 1-W Service Men" by J.S. Schultz, 1955.
