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Description: | British civilian alternativist conscientious objector worked as teacher under Home Office Scheme and as secretary to committee co-ordinating peace societies in GB, 1914-1919
REEL 1 Recollections of period as alternativist conscientious objector in GB, 1914-1919: concern for negotiated war settlement; association with Bryce Group; foundation of Fellowship of Reconciliation; war unexpected and considered anachronistic; work of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson; attitudes of military service tribunals; teaching as alternative service.
REEL 2 Continues: nature of various First World War peace organisations including Union of Democratic Control, Women's International League and Fabian Society; their intra-and inter-mural relationships; contribution of wartime peace groups; teaching in wartime.
REEL 3 Continues: attitudes of Cambridge students towards the war and Rupert Brooke; special position of Society of Friends; reasons against absolutist position; soldiers' sympathetic attitude towards conscientious objectors; family support; memories of John William Graham.
REEL 4 Continues: growth of public interest in international affairs; Society of Friends' pamphlets contravening Defence of the Realm Act; problems of civilian life in wartime. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Brooks, Margaret A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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