American Friends Service Committee, Civilian Public Service records, 1940-1946

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Summary

Creators:
American Friends Service Committee. Civilian Public Service
Abstract:
Bulletins, serial issues, reports, handbooks, correspondence, memoranda, and other printed materials relating to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Civilian Public Service, an organization founded to provide alternatives for conscientious objectors to war and members of peace churches during World War II by establishing work camps to conduct duties of national importance.
Extent:
5 manuscript boxes (2.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], American Friends Service Committee, Civilian Public Service records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of newsletters, reports, bulletins, correspondence, serial issues, and other printed matter relating to the American Friends Service Committee's Civilian Public Service branch, conscientious objectors to World War II, compulsory non-violent alternatives to serving in the war for members of established peace churches in the United States and aforementioned conscientious objectors to war.

Biographical / historical:

American Society of Friends organization.

Date Event
1917
American Friends Service Committee founded to provide alternatives for conscientious objectors to war and members of peace churches.
1917-1918
AFSC provides relief during World War I.
1930-1945
Provides relief in Nazi Germany, Spain, and France.
1918
Committee begins working in Serbia, Russia, Poland, Germany, and Austria to provide relief following World War I.
1937-1943
Builds Penn-Craft community for unemployed coal miners in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
1941-1947
Civilians perform duties of national importance in CPS camps.
1940
Congress passes an act creating Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps for conscientious objectors to fighting in World War II.
1950-1953
Provides relief during Korean War.
1947
Helps refugees in India and the Gaza Strip.
1955
Publication of the book Speak Truth to Power: A Quaker Search for an Alternative to Violence.
1960-present
Works with civil rights and peace movements across the United States and internationally.
1966
Creates programs to help civilians in North and South Vietnam.
1956
Provides relief during Hungarian Revolution.
1967-1970
Provides relief during Nigerian Biafran War.
1954-1962
Provides relief during Algerian Civil War.
1970-present
AFSC continues to provide peaceful alternatives to war and relief in war-torn countries.
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1978.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], American Friends Service Committee, Civilian Public Service records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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