Collection of Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors material, 1948-1958, undated.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, creator.

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Conscientious objectors.

Draft.

Nonprofit organizations.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

United States.

Genre:

Manuscripts, American -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by McBride Rare Books, 2024.

Physical Description:

1 box (.2 linear feet)

Place of Publication:

1948-1958, undated.

Biography/History:

The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) was a non-profit organization founded in 1948 in response to the Selective Service act of 1948.The organization's main goal was to help people avoid military conscription or seek discharge after voluntary enlistment. During the Vietnam War they supported conscientious objectors ("CO's"), war resisters, and draft evaders. Their work was largely through legal means by providing legal aid to CO's at all points of the draft process.CCCO was headquartered in Philadelphia and had regional offices in Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, and San Francisco. They worked with other organizations including American Friends Service Committee and the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers' Guild. In 1989 CCCO moved the national headquarters to San Francisco and closed all the other office. The San Francisco office then moved to Oakland, California and dissolved in 2011.

Summary:

The collection of Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) material measures 0.2 linear feet, dates from 1948-1958, and is composed of the organization's mailings and newsletters. The material is separated into six folders: aid requests, flyers, general information, mailings, newsletters, and specific cases of a two Vietnam War conscientious objectors. The collection only contains material from the first decade of CCCO and focuses on their work at the beginning of the Vietnam War. This collection gives insight into the organizing of conscientious objectors at the beginning of the Vietnam War. The material is specifically useful in understanding the organization's public messaging.

OCLC:

1462199214