War Resisters League

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The War Resisters League (WRL) was established in 1923 through the initiative of Jessie Wallace Hughan. It began as an organization for men and women willing to sign a pledge refusing to support war of any kind. During World War II, it lent both moral and legal support to conscientious objectors, especially absolute pacifists who refused to participate even in civilian alternative service, often for reasons other than religious beliefs. In 1968, the WRL merged with the Committee for Nonviolent Action. It continues to urge civil disobedience and nonviolence as methods for promoting disarmament, resistance to the draft, and a nuclear free world.

From the description of Records, 1923- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 21827406
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referencedIn Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele, 1951-1992 University of Delaware Library - Special Collections
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referencedIn McReynolds, David. David McReynolds papers, 1943-1978. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn [War Resisters League pamphlet collection]. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn [War Resisters League pamphlet collection] [microform]. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.). Anti-Vietnam War Collection, ca. late 1960s-early 1970s. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Campaign for World Government (Organization). Campaign for World Government records, 1937-1985. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf War Resisters League. Letters, 1946-1965, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Gottlieb, Edward P. Papers, 1940- Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Roodenko, Igal. Papers, 1935-1991. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
creatorOf Kramer, Leon, 1889-1962. Leon Kramer papers, 1874-1964. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
referencedIn Buenfil, Mavret. Social Movements Collection ca. 1953-1980. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Kepler, Roy C. Papers, 1940-1985. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Eichel, Julius, 1896-. Papers, 1917-1980. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn War Resisters' International. Records, 1921- (bulk) 1923-1949, 1960-1976. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn War Resisters' International. Collected records, 1923-1984. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Theoharis, Athan G.,. FBI Investigation and Surveillance Records, 1919-[ongoning]. Marquette University Raynor Memorial Library, John P. Raynor Library
creatorOf Lloyd, George, 1913-1998. Georgia Lloyd papers, 1915-1994 (bulk 1930-1990). New York Public Library System, NYPL
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referencedIn National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (U.S.). National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee records, 1980- Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Minnesota Branch. Minnesota branch records, 1921-2000. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Davidon, Ann Morrissett. Ann Morrissett Davidon and William C. Davidon papers, 1949- Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955. Collection, 1905-1955. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Finch, Henry Le Roy. Papers, 1940-1969, 1990. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Kaufman, Abraham. Abraham Kaufman papers, 1942-1997 Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Philadelphia War Tax Resistance (Organization). Records, 1970-[ongoing]. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation. Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation records, 1940-1957. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Tyler, Lloyd P., 1915-. Papers, 1967-1973. North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist
creatorOf Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.). Anti-Viet Nam War Collection, ca. late 1960s-early 1970s. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights records, 1979. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf War Resisters League. Correspondence, 1964-1966, from Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Emergency Anti-War Committee (New York, N.Y.). Collection, 1935. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
creatorOf Brin, Fanny Fligelman, 1884-1961. Fanny F. Brin papers, 1896-1958. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Assante, Katherine Anne. Katherine Anne Assante collected papers, 2009- Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
creatorOf McCain, James T. James T. McCain papers, 1957-1972. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
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referencedIn Student Peace Union (U.S.). Records, 1959-1964. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984. Papers: Series IV-V, 1940-1984 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. Miscellany distributed by the Washington Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and the War Resisters League. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf War Resisters League. Records, 1923- Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn War Resisters League : PAD/D pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Minnesota War History Committee. Collected research materials, [1940s]. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation. Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation records, 1940-1960. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Kaplan, Harry. Harry Kaplan papers, 1924-1970. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Student Peace Union (U.S.). Records, 1958-1964. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn War Resisters League. Southeast. War Resisters League. Southeast Regional Office records, 1966-1995. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Schimek, David. A history of resistance : the War Resisters League, nonviolence, and the civil rights movement / by David Schimek. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Counterculture and the Vietnam War protest movement : ephemera, 1960-1975. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Guide to the Tamiment Library Poster and Broadside Collection, 1904-1991 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Hogenauer, Irwin R., 1912-1984. Irwin R. Hogenauer papers, 1932-1984. University of Washington. Libraries
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referencedIn Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice. Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice records, 1961-2010 (bulk, 1980-1989). University of New Mexico-Main Campus
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referencedIn Fellowship of Reconciliation, Michigan records, 1940-1957 Bentley Historical Library
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referencedIn Eichel family. Collection, 1916- Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Buenfil, John,. Social Movements Collection [manuscript] ca. 1959-2000 [bulk 1970-1988]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn John Haynes Holmes Papers, 1899-1983, (bulk 1935-1964) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Georgia Lloyd papers, 1915-1994, 1930-1990 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Campaign for World Government. Records of the Chicago office, 1937-1995 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Irwin R. Hogenauer Papers, 1932-1984 University of Washington Libraries Special Collections
referencedIn Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice Records, 1961-2010, 1980-1989 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
referencedIn Rebecca Shelley Papers, 1890-1984 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation Records, 1940-1960 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Papers, 1908-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Student Peace Union Records, 1959-1964 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Printed Ephemera Collection on Organizations, 1886- Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Will Inman Papers, 1910-2009 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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