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Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee (London, England)

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends Service Committee Reference Files

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-032
Overview

Contains the reference files collected and assembled by American Friends Service Committee over many years to keep it informed of parallel service work by British and Irish Friends. Includes minutes, reports, and related papers of Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee, Friends' Council for International Service, Friends Service Council, and other Quaker relief agencies, mostly under the direction of London and Dublin Yearly Meetings.

Dates: 1916-1944

Paul M. Cope Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Cope, Paul Markley
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, memorabilia, and pamphlets from Cope's work in France in 1919.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1919

Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee
Abstract

Collection includes pamphlets, annual reports, and periodicals.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1914-1942

A. Ruth Fry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-046
Overview [Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on...
Dates: 1905-1957

Portrait album of the Executive Committee and Delegates of the Friends' War Victims' Fund, 1870 - 1871

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-005
Scope and Contents

This album contains black and white portraits of the Friends' War Victims' Fund's executive committee and delegates in England from 1870-1871. Each portrait is labelled with the individual's name.

Dates: 1870 - 1871

William Webb Price Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-126
Overview

William Webb Price (1892-1961) was a Quaker architect, teacher, and actor, of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania. The collection contains chiefly letters written by Price to his family while serving with Friends War Victims Relief Committee in France during and shortly after World War I; together with reports, financial papers, memorabilia, and printed material relating to Quaker reconstruction activities in France.

Dates: 1917-1923

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Collection 5
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 4
Society of Friends -- Charities 2
Society of Friends -- France 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- France 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Society of Friends 2
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Authors, English -- History -- Sources 1
Charities -- France 1
Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
France -- History -- German occupation -- 1914-1918 1
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- Civilian relief 1
Humanitarian assistance -- Quakers 1
International relief -- France 1
International relief -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker women -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- France 1
Quakers -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
Quakers -- Societies, etc. 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
Rose Valley (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
Social service -- France 1
Society of Friends -- Austria 1
Society of Friends -- China -- Shanghai 1
Society of Friends -- Germany 1
Society of Friends -- Great Britain 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
Society of Friends -- Serbia 1
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
Society of Friends -- Switzerland 1
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
War relief -- Societies, etc 1
War relief -- History -- Sources 1
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1
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