Skip to main content

American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Darlington Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-296
Overview This collection contains the papers of the Darlington family of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Woodstown, New Jersey. Quakers with strong ties to Swarthmore College, the family was involved in education, social and peace concerns, and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Charles J. Darlington (1894-1966) served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends during the reunification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings. The collection includes family...
Dates: 1831-2012

Bainbridge C. Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-212
Overview Bainbridge C. Davis (1910-1993) was a Quaker active in many concerns and organizations. He worked as a Foreign Service Officer, serving in Venezuela, Jamaica, Chile, and Panama. He retired early, at the age of 62, to devote himself to Quaker causes. He worked to improve race relations and opposed U.S. support for dictatorships. Organizations and committees which he was active in include the Friends World Committee for Consultation, American Friends Service Committee, and Pendle Hill. He was...
Dates: 1960-1993

Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Overview Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates: 1920, 1938-1951

Elizabeth A.W. Furnas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-283
Overview

Elizabeth A.W. (Betty) Furnas was an active member of the Society of Friends who served as a member of the Board of Pendle Hill and was a member of the Women's Problems Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and its sucessor, Philadelphia Quaker Women. The collection includes minutes and correspondence, particularly of the latter, as well as published and unpublished writings and other material.

Dates: 1928-1967

Holmes-Webb Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-065
Overview William B. Webb was a druggist and member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite). He married Rebecca Turner in 1853. Their youngest daughter, Rebecca St. Claire Webb, married Jessie Herman Holmes in 1892. Holmes was a prominent Quaker, taught philosophy and religion at Swarthmore College, and was active in AFSC relief in Europe after World War I. He also served as President of the National Federation of Religious Liberals and was an active member of the Socialist Party. The...
Dates: 1839-1972

Hunn-Karsner Photograph Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-214
Overview

The collection contains photographs of the family of Quakers Ezekiel Hunn and Lydia Jones Sharpless Hunn and their granddaughter, Katherine Hunn Karsner, who married Joseph Reed Karsner in 1930. Compiled Katherine Hunn Karsner, it includes 19th century family albums, early twentieth century photographs, and also focuses on Katherine's daughter, Mary Ann Karsner Kegler (1932-1983) who moved to Alaska as a college student and was one of the founders of Chena Ridge Monthly Meeting.

Dates: 1870 - 1970

Elmore Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-202
Overview

Writings, correspondence, and other papers of Elmore Jackson (1910-1989), a noted Quaker author and former U.S. State Department official. Jackson was particularly involved in using Quaker principles in the realm of international relations. This collection also includes the papers of his wife, Elisabeth Rose Averill Jackson (1909-).

Dates: 1927-1985

Kite-Bassett Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-080
Overview The Kite and Bassett families were Orthodox Quakers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Lynn, Massachusetts, respectively. James Kite was born in 1808, the son of Benjamin and Rebecca Kite of Philadelphia. In 1837 he was granted a certificate to Salem Monthly Meeting in Massachusetts to marry Lydia B. Rodman, widow of Caleb Rodman and daughter of Isaac and Ruth Bassett of Lynn. James and Lydia had eight children, viz. Ruth, James Rodman, Eliza B., Rebecca, Isaac C. Bassett, Hannah B., Lydia...
Dates: 1837-1930

Filtered By

  • Subject: Quakers -- Pennsylvania X

Additional filters:

Subject
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 10
Quakers -- Social life and customs 4
Peace -- Societies, etc. 3
Quakers -- Social service 3
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 3
∨ more
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- Massachusetts 2
Society of Friends -- Charities 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
Society of Friends -- United States 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 2
Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Arab-Israeli Conflict -- 1948-1967 1
Arbitration (International law) 1
Beirut (Lebanon) 1
Charities -- France 1
Charities -- Germany 1
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. 1
Conscientious objection -- United States 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Delaware County (Pa.) 1
Egypt -- Foreign relations -- Israel 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- Diaries 1
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
India -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan 1
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 1
International organization 1
International relief -- Europe 1
International relief -- France 1
International relief -- Germany 1
International relief -- Russia 1
International relief -- Societies, etc 1
Israel -- Foreign relations -- Egypt 1
Jammu and Kashmir (India) 1
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Media (Pa.) 1
Nonviolence 1
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- United States 1
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- India 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History 1
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
Quaker businesspeople 1
Quaker social reformers 1
Quaker women 1
Quakers -- 18th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Alaska 1
Quakers -- Austria 1
Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Delaware 1
Quakers -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- France 1
Quakers -- Genealogy 1
Quakers -- Germany 1
Quakers -- Indiana 1
Quakers -- New Jersey 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
Quakers -- Suffrage 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Austria 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
Russia -- Civilian relief 1
Social service -- France 1
Social service -- Germany 1
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Reunification 1
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
Starvation -- Experiments 1
Travel 1
United States -- History -- Colonial period -- ca. 1600-1775 1
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 1
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Women and Peace -- History 1
Women political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Work camps -- Pennsylvania 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 1
account books 1
correspondence 1
photograph albums 1
photographs 1
+ ∧ less