American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Nancy J. Babb Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Babb, Nancy
Abstract
Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was a member of the Society of Friends who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1921-1949
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Rebecca Timbres Clark Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-026
Overview
Rebecca Timbres Clark (1896-2000) was a Quaker nurse and social worker. She and her first husband, Harry Garland Timbres (1899-1937), performed relief work under the auspices of the AFSC in Eastern Europe in 1921-22 and worked with Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal, India, in 1931-34. In 1936-1937, the couple worked in the malaria unit in Soviet Russia. After Harry Timbres' death, Rebecca returned to the U.S. She married Edgar Sydenham Clark (1885-1961) on July 2, 1943, and the couple moved to...
Dates:
1853-1999 [bulk 1920-1990]
Friends Medical Society records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1199
Overview
The Friends Medical Society, a Quaker organization that was founded in 1950. The collection includes information about their programs around the world along with information on its members, predominantly medical doctors.
Dates:
1950-2006
Nelson Fuson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-261
Overview
Nelson Fuson was a physicist and educator, active in Quaker concerns. The collection contains extensive correspondence and papers concerning his service as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II. As the child of missionaries to China, his hope was to do relief service in China, and many of the papers deal with CPS China Units. However, the China Units were never activated and Fuson was assigned to camps in Maryland, Indiana, New York, and North Dakota. He...
Dates:
1909-1996
Joseph Haines papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-095
Overview
This collection is comprised of three folders of the papers of Joseph H. Haines.
Dates:
1917-2002
Rebecca Mary Hannum correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-303
Identifier: SFHL-SC-303
Overview
The collection contains the correspondence of Rebecca Mary Hannum (1889-1984) mostly related to her work with the American Friends Service Committee child feeling program in post WWI Germany, 1921-1924 and Peasant Industries, Poland. After the child feeling project was transferred to local groups in Germany, Mary Hannum became involved with the Peasant Industries program which supported women's handwork for sale in the United States and elsewhere. Her personal and business letters contain...
Dates:
1918 - 1924
Holmes-Webb Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-065
Overview
William B. Webb was a druggist and member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite). He married Rebecca Turner in 1853. Their youngest daughter, Rebecca St. Claire Webb, married Jessie Herman Holmes in 1892. Holmes was a prominent Quaker, taught philosophy and religion at Swarthmore College, and was active in AFSC relief in Europe after World War I. He also served as President of the National Federation of Religious Liberals and was an active member of the Socialist Party. The...
Dates:
1839-1972
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
Josiah P. Marvel scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-017
Overview
The scrapbook of Josiah P. Marvel includes Nazi documents, such as certificates and letters, from Marvel's time in occupied France during the summer of 1940, while travelling to and from Paris in service to the American Friends Service Committee. Documents include permissions from Nazi commanders in France, as well as The Hague and Brussels. Also included is a map of the location of prison camps, clothing lists, and a printed booklet on the National Work for Infants.
Dates:
1940-1941
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- Quaker women 2
- Quakers 2
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) 2
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- correspondence 2
- lecture notes 2
- Academic writing 1
- Bible. Acts 1
- Charities -- Europe, Eastern 1
- Charities -- France 1
- Charities -- Hawaii 1
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- Charities -- Poland 1
- Charities -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Child welfare -- Germany 1
- Conscientious objectors 1
- Cooking, American 1
- Diaries 1
- England -- Description and travel 1
- Europe -- Description and travel 1
- Europe -- Description and travel -- Diaries 1
- Famines -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
- Finland 1
- Food relief -- Germany 1
- Food service 1
- France 1
- France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 1
- International relief -- Africa 1
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- International relief -- Russia 1
- International relief -- Russia (Federation) 1
- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- International relief -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
- Medicine -- Europe, Eastern 1
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- Nuclear disarmament 1
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- Philosophy -- Study and teaching 1
- Photographs 1
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
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- Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
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- Quakers -- Poland 1
- Quakers -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Quakers -- Switzerland 1
- Quakers -- Tennessee 1
- Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union -- Sources 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
- Reconstruction (1939–1951) 1
- Religion -- Study and teaching 1
- Rhodes Scholarships 1
- Russia -- Civilian relief 1
- Schools -- India 1
- Sermons 1
- Social service -- Europe, Eastern 1
- Social service -- France 1
- Social service -- Hawaii 1
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- Social service -- Poland 1
- Social service -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Social service -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
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