| Title: |
Reminiscences of Ralph Di Gia
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A90
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Early political education; father's influence on political outlook; 1930s student anti-war demonstrations; registration as conscientious objector during World War II draft; trial, appeal and sentencing for refusal to comply with draft board orders; involvement with War Resisters League; Danbury prison: organizing conscientious objectors, work and hunger strikes against censorship of mail, racial segregation in dining room, parole restrictions; Lewisburg prison: resentment of conscientious objectors by fellow inmates; ideas about non-violent protest and pacifism.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 122 leaves, Tape: 2 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1981 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Di Gia, Ralph, 1914-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1914
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| Speaker occupation: |
Conscientious objector
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| Age at speaking: |
67
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| Document date: |
1981
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| Interviewer: |
Safir, Benjamin
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Conscientious objectors; North America; Pacifism; Prisons; United States; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Di Gia, Ralph, 1914-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018691-14134
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