The following Colleges have Special Collections that pertain to the Conscientious Objectors and frankly, so may the college that your CO ancestor was attending when called upon to serve in the United States military. Their involvement in Protests regarding the war, in particular the Vietnam War, may also be reported in NEWSPAPERS!
WHAT OF THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT, which was tied into Protests and those who wished to Conscientiously Object to military service?
I'll bet you know which college is most famous for this during the Vietnam War!
UC BERKELEY FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT The Bancroft Library at Berkely has the FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT DIGITAL ARCHVE and includes anti-war and draft resistance movements.
To focus a bit more : GUIDE TO BANCROFT LIBRARY KEY COLLECTIONS
Partial Excerpt:
University of California, Office of the President records, 1885-1975 (partially unprocessed)
CU-5
► Subjects: Women, subversive activities, racial problems, Loyalty Oath, Communism, unions, labor relations, un-American activities, academic freedom, affirmative action, student demonstrations, sex discrimination
Records of the Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley, 1952-2000
CU-149
► Subjects: Student revolts, Free Speech Movement, Third World Liberation Front, Vietnam War, People's Park, Loyalty Oath, SLATE, strikes, academic freedom
University of California, Academic Senate, Berkeley Division records, 1869-present
CU-9
► Subjects: academic freedom, affirmative action, campus political activity
Records of the Office of Student Activities, approximately 1917-1990 (partially unprocessed and restricted collection)
CU-14
Subjects: Discrimination, Third World Liberation Front, Free Speech Movement, People's Park, Vietnam War, minority groups
CU-5
► Subjects: Women, subversive activities, racial problems, Loyalty Oath, Communism, unions, labor relations, un-American activities, academic freedom, affirmative action, student demonstrations, sex discrimination
Records of the Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley, 1952-2000
CU-149
► Subjects: Student revolts, Free Speech Movement, Third World Liberation Front, Vietnam War, People's Park, Loyalty Oath, SLATE, strikes, academic freedom
University of California, Academic Senate, Berkeley Division records, 1869-present
CU-9
► Subjects: academic freedom, affirmative action, campus political activity
Records of the Office of Student Activities, approximately 1917-1990 (partially unprocessed and restricted collection)
CU-14
Subjects: Discrimination, Third World Liberation Front, Free Speech Movement, People's Park, Vietnam War, minority groups
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