American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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- Subject
- Charities -- France 1
- France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
- International relief -- France 1
- International relief -- Germany 1
- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- Quakers -- France 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Germany 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Austria 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
- Social service -- France 1
- Social service -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1 + ∧ less
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