Finding aid for the Draft Counseling Association Records
Title:
Draft Counseling Association Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Draft Counseling Association
Dates:
1969-1972
Quantity:
0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 The Draft Counseling Association is a counseling center which advised men of their legal rights within the draft registration process and informed them of options and methods to avoid military service during the Vietnam War, including help in obtaining conscientious objector status. It was located in the University Circle area of Cleveland., Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, and counseling materials, including a handbook.
Identification:
MS 4104
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

History of the Draft Counseling Association

The Draft Counseling Association operated from approximately 1969-1972 within the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It provided draft counseling to draft age men on options and methods to avoid military service during the era of the Vietnam War. It maintained a draft counseling "hotline" and for a time, was run out of the Hillel Center on the Case Western Reserve University campus. It advised men on their legal rights within the registration process and helped those inclined to declare their status as conscientious objectors.

Scope and Content

The Draft Counseling Association Records, 1969-1972, consist of correspondence, pamphlets, and counseling materials, including a handbook.

This collection is useful for those exploring the issue of the draft during the Vietnam War era in the United States and Cleveland, Ohio, and who want to gain another viewpoint of the military. The handbook is extensive and provides much technical as well as philosophical information concerning the draft.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by document type within four folders in one container.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Conscientious objectors -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Draft Counseling Association (Cleveland, Ohio)
Draft registration -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Military service, Compulsory -- United States -- Draft resisters.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4104 Draft Counseling Association Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Mrs. Frances Grasse, 1973.

Processing Information

Processed by Daniel J. Linke in 1987.