Scope and Contents WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Ann Benedict, wife of Donald Benedict, discusses the development of her personal ideology; teaching experiences; family background; views on feminism, civil rights, and social issues; sexist attitudes in society; women ministers; her involvement in the women's movement; ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Illinois through the Religious Coalition for the ERA (RCERA); and her involvement with the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights. ...

Scope and Contents WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Donald Benedict, socialist and pacifist, husband of Ann Benedict, discusses his studies at Albion College and Union Seminary; socialism and pacifism; living in Harlem, New York in the 1940's; experiences with racism and coal mine unions in the south; his arrest for refusing to register for the WWII draft; and events which eventually convinced him to enlist in 1945. Also discusses his efforts to promote racial equality; combating police brutality and...

Scope and Contents WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Burgess, Union Seminary WWII conscientious objector, discusses his experiences at Union Seminary as a student and conscientious objector to WWII, involvement with student peace groups, the migrant ministry, working for the CIO labor union, and his experiences with the Southern Tenant Farmers Union and the Delmo Homes. Also discusses conditions in India and Indonesia, his work with the Peace Corps, racism and civil rights, experiences as Deputy Director...

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WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Meredith Dallas, jailed Union Seminary WWII conscientious objector, discusses pacifism, his formative experiences, fellow conscientious objectors, his imprisonment in 1940 with eight other Union Seminary students, and his careers in teaching and the theater. Willa and Meredith Dallas discuss civil rights, protests, peace issues, and women's rights.

2 tapes, 239 mins., 55 pp. Interview by C. Arthur Bradley, 1988 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Dellinger, one of eight Union Seminary students jailed for refusing to register for the draft during WWII, discusses the events and people who have influenced his pacifism, his decision not to register, and his subsequent prison terms. He also discusses his involvement with various radical causes, publication of his magazine Liberation, organizing the Intentional Community at Glen Gardiner, New Jersey, Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights...

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WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Elizabeth Dellinger, wife of one of the eight WWII conscientious objectors from Union Seminary, discusses the influences which led her to pacifism/socialism, the effects of her husband's trial and prison terms on the family, her family's alternative lifestyle, her relationship with her husband, communal life, and feminism.

1 tape, 90 mins., 19 pp. Interview by C. Arthur Bradley, 1989 OPEN See collateral file

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WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Harvey, WWII Union Seminary conscientious objector, discusses pacifism, consequences for his refusal to register for the draft, his role in the Newark ashram founded by Union Seminary students, and work with Spanish refugees of the Friends Service Committee in France.

1 tape, 90 mins., 29 pp. Interview by C. Arthur Bradley, 1988 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Houser, one of eight Union Seminary students jailed for resisting the draft during WWII, discusses pacifism, peace efforts during WWII, his decision not to register for the draft, and the consequences of his actions. He recalls his education, experiences as an exchange student to China, influences on his beliefs, and participation in civil rights demonstrations. He also discusses his work with the Congress of Racial Equality, Fair Employment Practices...

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WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Houser, conscientious objector during WWII, discusses pacifism, his decision to resist the draft, performing alternate service during the war, racial issues, teaching experiences at an African American school in Mississippi, race relations, social issues and revolutions.

1 tape, 90 mins., 29 pp. Interview by C. Arthur Bradley, 1988 OPEN See collateral file

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WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Hummon, Union Seminary student, discusses pacifism and the people and events that have influenced his beliefs. He recalls classmates at Union Seminary who were conscientious objectors during WWII, his decision to go into a rural ministry, experiences at Chicago Seminary, farm programs in the 1960's, and efforts to work with rural populations.

1 tape, 90 mins., 22 pp. Interview by C. Arthur Bradley, 1988 OPEN