Delaware Draft Counseling & Education Service, Inc. records, 1966-1991.

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Delaware Draft Counseling & Education Service, Inc. records, 1966-1991.

Collection includes correspondence, administrative files, financial records, flyers, forms, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, subject/reference files. Topics include general reference material about conscientious objection and draft resistance during the Vietnam war. Also included are counseling files from various men who consulted the DDCES about their draft status; these files are restricted. The collection also contains the files of draft counselor Barbara Kerner.

4 linear ft.

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Kerner, Barbara Brooks, 1922-2007

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Delaware Draft Counseling & Education Service, Inc..

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Delaware Draft Counseling & Education Service, Inc.; had offices in Wilmington, Dover and Newark, DE; organized in early 1969 with offices in Wilmington and Newark, Delaware. It provided men who had been drafted by the Selective Service System with information about the draft and their options within that system. The DDCES also provided information on the draft, individual rights under Selective Service laws and how to file for deferments and alternatives to the draft. With the end of the dr...

Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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