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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Devere Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-053
Abstract

Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Dates: 1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

Henry Joel Cadbury Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-081
Abstract

Henry J. Cadbury (1883-1974) was a distinguished Biblical scholar, teacher, and a member of the Society of Friends. Cadbury was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee. He served as its chairman from both 1928 to 1934 and again from 1944 to 1960. Cadbury supervised famine relief both in the United States and in Europe.

Dates: 1917-1974

College Peace Union Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-College Peace Union

Dorothy Detzer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-086
Abstract

Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1913-1981

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Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 2
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Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 2
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Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
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Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
Lobbyists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Militarism -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
Periodical editors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Socialist parties -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
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Women journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
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World tomorrow (Periodical) 1
Young democracy (Periodical) 1
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