Home | Primary Sources | Project Information | History of Conscientious Objection | Stories & Accounts of C.O.s | Other Resources | Contact Page
![]() |
Please contact these repositories directly for information about their holdings
American Friends Service Committee Archives
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-241-7000; afscinfo@afsc.org
http://www.afsc.org/locations/archives.htm
Andover-Harvard Theological Library
Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-5153; frances_odonnell@harvard.edu
Curator of Manuscripts & Archives: Frances E. O'Donnell
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/library/
Archives of Maryland Online
http://search2.mdarchives.state.md.us/ [search term "conscientious"]
Arthur & Kathleen Postle Archives and Friends Collection
Earlham College
801 National Road West
Richmond, Indiana
47374-4095765-983-1511; tomh@earlham.edu
College Archivist and Curator of the Friends Collection: Thomas D. Hamm
http://www.earlham.edu/library/content/friends/index.html
Bancroft Library, The
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
510-642-6481; bancref@library.berkeley.edu
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
1150 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113
734-764-3482; bentley.ref@umich.edu
http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/
Cornell University Library, Rare & Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, 14853
607-255-3530; rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/
Divinity Library Special Collections
Yale University Library
409 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511-2108
203-432-3906; Divinity.Library@Yale.edu
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/divhome.htm
Friends Historical Library
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1905
610-328-8497; friends@swarthmore.edu
Curator: Chris Densmore
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/friends/
General Commission on Archives & History
The United Methodist Church
36 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
973-408-3194; mshenise@gcah.org
Associate Archivist: Mark C. Shenise
http://www.gcah.org/index.htm
Goshen Archives
Mennonite Church USA
1700 South Main Street
Goshen, IN 46526-4794
574-535-7477; archives@goshen.edu
Archivist: Dennis Stoesz
http://www.goshen.edu/mcarchives/
Graduate Theological Union Archives
Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
Graduate Theological Union
2400 Ridge Road
Berkeley, California 94709
(510) 649-2507; lglenn@gtu.edu
http://library.gtu.edu/archives/index.html
Haverford College Library Special Collections
Magill Library, Second Tier
Haverford, PA 19041
610/896-1161; dfpeters@pop.haverford.edu
Manuscripts Librarian & College Archivist: Diana Franzusoff Peterson
http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/
Healey Library, Archives and Special Collections Department
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
617-287-5944; elizabeth.mock@umb.edu
Contact: Elizabeth Mock
http://www.lib.umb.edu/archives/
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6010
650- 723-2058 - Library; 650-723-3563 - Archives; archives@hoover.stanford.edu
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/hila/
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20540-4680
202-707-5387
See http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-mss.html for how to get help with reference questions
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Marquette University Libraries
P.O. Box 3141
Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141
414-288-7256; phil.runkel@marquette.edu
Contact: Phil Runkel, Archivist
http://www.mu.edu/library/collections/archives/index.html
Maureen & Mike Mansfield Library, K. Ross Toole Archives
The University of Montana
32 Campus Drive #9936
Missoula, MT 59812-9936
406-243-6866; archives@selway.umt.edu
http://www.lib.umt.edu/
Menno Simons Historical Library and Archives
Eastern Mennonite University
Hartzler Library
1200 Park Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
540-432-4170; reesebt@emu.edu / yoderne@emu.edu
Archivists: Boyd Reese & Nate Yoder
http://mennosimarch.mennonite.net/
Minnesota Historical Society
345 Kellog Blvd. West
St. Paul, MN
651-296-6126
http://www.mnhs.org/collections/manuscripts/manuscripts.htm
The New York Public Library
Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division
Room 328
5th Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018-2788
212-930-0801; mssref@nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/mss.html
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
518-474-8955; archref@mail.nysed.gov
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/
North Newton Archives, Mennonite Church USA
Mennonite Library & Archives
300 East 27th
North Newton, KS 67117
316-284-5304; mla@bethelks.edu
http://www.bethelks.edu/services/mla/
Pennsylvania State Archives
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
350 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090
717-783-3281
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/overview.htm
Providence College, Phillips Memorial Library Archives
Room 108
Providence, RI 02918
401-865-2578/2377; JJackson@providence.edu
Director of Archives: Jane M. Jackson
http://www.providence.edu/Academics/Phillips+Memorial+Library/Library+Archives/
Schlesinger Library
Radcliffe Institute
10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-8647
http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/index.php
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Princeton University
65 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08544
609-258-6345; mudd@princeton.edu
http://www.princeton.edu/~mudd/
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399
610-328-8557; wchmiel@swarthmore.edu
Curator: Wendy Chmielewski
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/index.htm
University of Illinois at Springfield Archives / Special Collections
LIB 144
P.O. Box 19243
Springfield, IL 62794-9243
217-206-6520; wood@uis.edu
Archivist: Thomas J. Wood
http://www.uis.edu/archives/
University of Missouri - St. Louis Archives
8001 Natural Bridge Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63121
314-516-5129
http://www.umsl.edu/services/library/archives/
University of Notre Dame Archives
607 Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame, IN 46556
574-631-6448; archives@nd.edu
Director & University Archivist: Wendy Clauson Schlereth
http://www.nd.edu/~archives/
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Division of Archives & Special Collections
Golda Meir Library
2311 East Hartford Avenue
P.O. Box 604
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0604
414-229-5402 (archives) 414-229-4345 (special collections); archives@gml.lib.uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/arch/division/
Virginia Mennonite Conference
c/o Eastern Mennonite University
Hartzler Library
1200 Park Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
540-432-4169; lehmanjd@earthlink.net
Archivist: Jim Lehman
Washington University Libraries, Dept. of Special Collections
Olin Library
Campus Box 1061
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
314-935-5495; spec@library.wustl.edu
University Archivist: Carole Prietto; Head of Special Collections: Anne Posega
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/
Western Reserve Historical Society Archives / Library
ATTN: Reference Division
10825 East Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org/sites/library.htm
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
608-264-6460; archref@whs.wisc.edu
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/archives/