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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

Robert Levering Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-080
Abstract

Robert E. Levering is a pacifist and Quaker. He has been the co-author of Fortune magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For," and a speaker on workplace trends and management strategies aimed at improving workplace productivity. Levering is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Social Change.

Dates: 1967-1972

A.J. Muste Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Overview A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates: 1920-1967

Norman J. Whitney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Overview Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates: 1938-1967

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  • Subject: Peace -- Societies, etc X
  • Subject: Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources X

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Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 3
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 2
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Peace -- Societies, etc. 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 2
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Militarism -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Research -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- United States 1
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Polaris (Missile) 1
Quakers -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
Society of Friends -- United States 1
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- History -- Sources 1
Universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
War finance -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- Sources 1
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