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American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Friends Committee on National Legislation Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-047
Abstract

A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.

Dates: 1943-

Robert Wallace Gilmore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-163
Abstract

Robert W. Gilmore was a Quaker pacifist who was involved in a number of peace groups, either as a staffperson or as a Board member. His papers reflect these involvements through correspondence and other materials.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1982

Edward F. Snyder Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-241
Overview Edward Furnas Snyder is a Quaker lobbyist for peace, civil rights, and economic justice. He joined staff of Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1955 and retired in 1990 as Executive Secretary of the FCNL Snyder argued against legislation for a U.S. military draft and excessive military spending; worked for cultural and scientific exchanges between Soviet and U.S. citizens to lessen tensions of the Cold War. Edward and Dorothy Snyder have long been tax resisters arguing that the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950-

Young Friends Movement papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1267
Overview

This collection contains the papers of the Young Friends Movement, dating between 1916 and 1997. Included in the collection are materials published by the Young Friends, including their montly newspaper "The Quake," correspondence between members, and the papers of Clarence Pickett, the former secretary of the Young Friends Movement and executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, both relating to his time with the Young Friends and his time with the AFSC.

Dates: 1916-1997

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  • Subject: Quakers -- Political activity X
  • Subject: Quakers -- Political activity X

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Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- Political activity 2
African Americans -- Civil rights 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
California -- Politics and government 1
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Civil rights -- United States 1
Conscientious objection -- United States 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
Disarmament 1
Draft -- United States 1
Food supply 1
Illinois -- Politics and government 1
Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
Lobbying -- California 1
Lobbying -- Illinois 1
Lobbying -- United States 1
Lobbying -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lobbying -- Wisconsin 1
National service -- United States 1
Nonviolence -- United States 1
Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- United States 1
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
Peace movements -- United States 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Political activity -- 20th century -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Political activity 1
Society of Friends -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Religious aspects 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
War -- Religious aspects 1
Wisconsin -- Politics and government 1
Women -- Societies and clubs 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 1
Young Friends Movement (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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