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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends Service Committee lantern slides of World War I relief work

 Collection — Othertype PA-AFSC
Identifier: SFHL-PA-AFSC
Overview English and American Quakers were involved in relief efforts in Europe during and after WWI. These efforts were begun by English Quakers of London Yearly Meeting, and later joined by the American Friends Service Committee. They expanded the scope of their aid from France to also include Russia, Serbia, Poland, Austria, and Germany. The lantern slides in this collection were taken during these relief efforts and, along with lecture notes, sent back home to Friends groups who would use the...
Dates: 1914 - 1922

Nancy J. Babb Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Babb, Nancy
Abstract Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was a member of the Society of Friends who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1921-1949

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  • Subject: Reconstruction (1914–1939) X
  • Subject: Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union X

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Famines -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
International relief -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Germany 1
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union 1