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American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

American Committee for Relief of German Children Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Committee for Relief of German Children
Dates: 1923-1924

Addition to Henry J. Cadbury papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1121-addition
Overview

Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was one of the foremost American Quaker scholars of the 20th century. He published in the fields of Quaker and biblical history, and served as a teacher and philanthropist. This addition to the papers of Henry Cadbury includes biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, writings, such as his The Book of Acts in History and photographs of Cadbury and his family.

Dates: 1866-1987

Leonard Stout Kenworthy diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-039
Overview

Leonard Stout Kenworthy's "Quaker Berlin Diary" describes his experiences in Germany during World War II working with German Quakers to assist unaffiliated German Jews to leave Germany.

Dates: 1940-1941

Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-094
Overview Emma Chandler MacClelland was a Quaker who was involved in relief work in France during World War I with the American Friends Service Committee. She was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1895, and married Lee H. MacClelland after her return from France. She was a member of Reading Monthly Meeting at the time of her death in 1965. The collection contains correspondence of Emma Chandler MacClelland during the period, 1918-1919, in which she did relief work in France. Details her...
Dates: 1918-1919

Gilbert MacMaster papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1016
Overview Gilbert MacMaster (1869-1967), a Quaker, was involved in charitable work in post-World War II Europe. The papers include his letters, photographs, and diary, which covers his and Margarethe Lachmund's (his wife) 30 years of service (1920-1950) with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) child feeding mission in Germany, after World War I, as head of the Friends Center in Hamburg, during Hitler's rise to power, and as American Friends' representative in Basel, Switzerland, during World...
Dates: 1901-1968

Thomas C. Potts correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-150
Overview

This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Thomas C. Potts. Many of the letters are written from Potts to Ethel, his wife, while he was traveling with the American Friends Service Committee in 1920.

Dates: 1920

Rhoads family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-107
Identifier: SFHL-SC-107
Abstract

This collection includes letters written by J. Edgar Rhoads to his family while he was in Germany administering war relief after WWI. Also included are the diaries of his grandfather, Jonathan E. Rhoads, from 1908-1910. These provide a record of daily appointments and expenses.

Dates: 1908-1920

William Macy Stanton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-242
Overview Contains the papers of William Macy and Lois V. Stanton, compiled by Lois V. Stanton. The Stantons were active Quakers, and William Macy Stanton, Jr., was a conscientious objector in WWII. Both Stantons served in the American Friends Service Committee reconstruction efforts in Europe after the war as well as other Quaker activities and organizations. William Stanton worked for Swarthmore College for over twenty-five years, serving as director of physical plant. Of particular interest are the...
Dates: 1937-1995

Agnes Tierney papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-171
Overview

This collection is comprised of two folders of the papers of Agnes Tierney, related to her time working with the American Friends Service Committee, especially in Germany. The majority of the collection is composed of Tierney's correspondence while in Germany, but the collection also includes pamphlets, notes, and extracts of meeting minutes.

Dates: 1922-1928

Valda Sauter letter

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-210
Overview

This collection contains a letter written by Valda Sauter to John Cary.

Dates: 1955

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Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 6
International relief -- Germany 4
Quakers -- Germany 3
correspondence 3
Charities -- France 2
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Germany 2
International relief -- France 2
International relief -- Societies, etc 2
Quakers -- France 2
Quakers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 2
Quakers -- History 2
Quakers -- Switzerland 2
Social service -- France 2
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 2
letters (correspondence) 2
Academic writing 1
Bible. Acts 1
Charities -- Germany 1
Child welfare -- Germany 1
Diaries 1
Food relief -- Germany 1
France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
International relief 1
International relief -- Europe 1
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Passports 1
Photographs 1
Quaker women 1
Quakers 1
Quakers -- Delaware 1
Quakers -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Germany -- History 1
Quakers -- Indiana 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Germany 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
Social service -- Germany 1
Social service -- Societies, etc. 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
Society of Friends -- Jamaica 1
Society of Friends -- West Indies 1
Starvation -- Experiments 1
Vacations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 1
certificates 1
diaries 1
lecture notes 1
legal documents 1
notes 1
pamphlets 1
speeches (documents) 1
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