American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 5 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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Friends Service Committee lantern slides of World War I relief work
Collection — Othertype PA-AFSC
Identifier: SFHL-PA-AFSC
Overview
English and American Quakers were involved in relief efforts in Europe during and after WWI. These efforts were begun by English Quakers of London Yearly Meeting, and later joined by the American Friends Service Committee. They expanded the scope of their aid from France to also include Russia, Serbia, Poland, Austria, and Germany. The lantern slides in this collection were taken during these relief efforts and, along with lecture notes, sent back home to Friends groups who would use the...
Dates:
1914 - 1922
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
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
Ernest Votaw Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-154
Overview
Ernest Votaw (1894-1988) was the Quaker administrator of a child feeding program in Germany in 1919-1922. The collection contains reports and related materials (some in German) of the Friends Feeding Mission, 1910-1923, other activities of the American Friends Service Committee, and reference material collected by Ernest Votaw in post-war Germany concerning jail conditions and other social problems. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence and four articles written by...
Dates:
1913-1929
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Child welfare -- Germany 2
- International relief -- Germany 2
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Germany 2
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 2
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 2
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 2
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 2
- Charities -- France 1
- England -- Description and travel 1
- Europe -- Description and travel 1
- France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
- International relief -- France 1
- International relief -- Poland 1
- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- Quaker women -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- France 1
- Quakers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- Indiana 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Austria 1
- Social service -- France 1
- Social service -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1 + ∧ less
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