American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bowles family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract
The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates:
1922-1960
Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1161
Overview
The papers document the lives of service of Quakers Gilbert Bowles (1869-1960) and Minnie Picket Bowles (1868-1958), Quaker missionaries and ministers in Asia and Hawaii for over 60 years, from 1896-1960.
Dates:
1890-1974
J. Stuart Innerst Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-103
Overview
J. Stuart Innerst was a United Brethren in Christ missionary to China in the 1920s. Innerst and his wife Marion Reachard Innerst left China in 1927 with great concerns about the influence of western imperialism in that country. J. Stuart Innerst served as pastor of several churches and joined the Society of Friends in 1943. In addition to his pastoral work, Innerst also served as the Director of the Quaker Friends in Washington Program (1960-1961, lobbied members of Congress regarding China,...
Dates:
1920-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Harry Timbres and Rebecca Timbres Clark papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-172
Overview
This collection consists of the papers of Harry Garland Timbres and Rebecca Timbres Clark.
Dates:
1936-1937
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- Quaker missionaries 3
- Missionaries 2
- Quakers 2
- Society of Friends -- Japan 2
- correspondence 2
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Clergy -- California -- History -- Sources 1
- College chaplains -- Ohio -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
- Hawaii 1
- Incarceration 1
- Japan 1
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 1
- Lobbyists -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Missionaries -- China -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- California -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Hawaii -- Honolulu 1
- Quakers -- History 1
- Quakers -- Japan 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Refugees 1
- Society of Friends -- Hawaii -- Honolulu 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 1
- Society of Friends -- Missions 1
- Society of Friends -- Missions -- Japan 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan 1
- family papers 1
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