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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 71 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

American Committee for Relief of German Children Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Committee for Relief of German Children

American Friends Service Committee papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-002
Overview

This collection is comprised of a single news letter and the correspondence of the American Friends Service Committee.

Dates: 1942-1947

James A. Babbitt photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-06-002
Overview

This collection includes photographs from World War I Europe. Photographs include those taken on a ship to Europe, at a hospital in France, and at a number of battlefields throughout Europe. This volume includes graphic images of war casualties.

Dates: Undated.

Bacon Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1156
Overview

Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

Dates: 1800-1987

Bacon family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1226
Overview

Included are letters to the Bacons from family and friends; biographical and genealogical materials; travel letters; Margaret Hope Bacon's diaries of her trip to China under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee, 1972; to Australia, 1989 and Galapagos, 1992; to Costa Rica and Friends World Committee for Consultation, 1988; and Egypt, 1990; Margaret Hope Bacon's letters; Allen Bacon's letters; stories by Norman Borchardt (M.H. Bacon's father); Francis Bacon in Germany.

Dates: 1725-1993

Bean, Cox, Brinton, and Cary family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1349
Overview

This collection contains papers and documents from the Bean, Cox, Brinton, and Cary families.

Dates: 1782 - 2000

Biddle family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Overview This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates: 1793-1951

Bowles family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates: 1922-1960

Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1161
Overview

The papers document the lives of service of Quakers Gilbert Bowles (1869-1960) and Minnie Picket Bowles (1868-1958), Quaker missionaries and ministers in Asia and Hawaii for over 60 years, from 1896-1960.

Dates: 1890-1974

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Quakers 15
correspondence 14
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 13
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 10
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
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Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 9
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
Peace -- Societies, etc. 6
Quaker women 6
Quakers -- History 6
Quakers -- Social life and customs 6
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 6
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 5
diaries 5
letters (correspondence) 5
International relief -- Germany 4
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 4
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Society of Friends -- Japan 4
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 4
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
International relief -- France 3
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 3
Quaker missionaries 3
Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 3
Quakers -- Diaries 3
Quakers -- Education 3
Quakers -- Germany 3
Quakers -- Indiana 3
Quakers -- Japan 3
Quakers -- Social service 3
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 3
Society of Friends -- United States 3
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 3
lecture notes 3
photographs 3
speeches (documents) 3
Charities -- France 2
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection -- United States 2
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Diaries 2
Direct action -- History -- Sources 2
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 2
Germany 2
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
International relief 2
International relief -- Europe 2
International relief -- Societies, etc 2
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 2
Missionaries 2
Pacifism 2
Peace -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 2
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 2
Peace movements -- United States 2
Photographs 2
Prison reform -- Society of Friends 2
Quaker social reformers 2
Quakers -- Delaware 2
Quakers -- France 2
Quakers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 2
Quakers -- Iowa 2
Quakers -- Massachusetts 2
Quakers -- New Jersey 2
Quakers -- Political activity 2
Quakers -- Switzerland 2
Quakers -- Vietnam 2
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 2
Religion -- Study and teaching 2
Social service -- France 2
Society of Friends 2
Society of Friends -- Charities 2
Society of Friends -- International assistance 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 2
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Work camps -- Pennsylvania 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 2
financial records 2
marriage certificates 2
newsletters 2
photograph albums 2
postcards 2
Academic writing 1
Adoption -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Adoption -- Vietnam -- History -- Sources 1
Adult education and state 1
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