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American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Rebecca Timbres Clark Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-026
Overview Rebecca Timbres Clark (1896-2000) was a Quaker nurse and social worker. She and her first husband, Harry Garland Timbres (1899-1937), performed relief work under the auspices of the AFSC in Eastern Europe in 1921-22 and worked with Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal, India, in 1931-34. In 1936-1937, the couple worked in the malaria unit in Soviet Russia. After Harry Timbres' death, Rebecca returned to the U.S. She married Edgar Sydenham Clark (1885-1961) on July 2, 1943, and the couple moved to...
Dates: 1853-1999 [bulk 1920-1990]

Rebecca Mary Hannum correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-303
Identifier: SFHL-SC-303
Overview The collection contains the correspondence of Rebecca Mary Hannum (1889-1984) mostly related to her work with the American Friends Service Committee child feeling program in post WWI Germany, 1921-1924 and Peasant Industries, Poland. After the child feeling project was transferred to local groups in Germany, Mary Hannum became involved with the Peasant Industries program which supported women's handwork for sale in the United States and elsewhere. Her personal and business letters contain...
Dates: 1918 - 1924

Leonard Stout Kenworthy diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-039
Overview

Leonard Stout Kenworthy's "Quaker Berlin Diary" describes his experiences in Germany during World War II working with German Quakers to assist unaffiliated German Jews to leave Germany.

Dates: 1940-1941

Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-094
Overview Emma Chandler MacClelland was a Quaker who was involved in relief work in France during World War I with the American Friends Service Committee. She was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1895, and married Lee H. MacClelland after her return from France. She was a member of Reading Monthly Meeting at the time of her death in 1965. The collection contains correspondence of Emma Chandler MacClelland during the period, 1918-1919, in which she did relief work in France. Details her...
Dates: 1918-1919

Gilbert MacMaster papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1016
Overview Gilbert MacMaster (1869-1967), a Quaker, was involved in charitable work in post-World War II Europe. The papers include his letters, photographs, and diary, which covers his and Margarethe Lachmund's (his wife) 30 years of service (1920-1950) with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) child feeding mission in Germany, after World War I, as head of the Friends Center in Hamburg, during Hitler's rise to power, and as American Friends' representative in Basel, Switzerland, during World...
Dates: 1901-1968

Josiah P. Marvel scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-017
Overview

The scrapbook of Josiah P. Marvel includes Nazi documents, such as certificates and letters, from Marvel's time in occupied France during the summer of 1940, while travelling to and from Paris in service to the American Friends Service Committee. Documents include permissions from Nazi commanders in France, as well as The Hague and Brussels. Also included is a map of the location of prison camps, clothing lists, and a printed booklet on the National Work for Infants.

Dates: 1940-1941

Thomas C. Potts correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-150
Overview

This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Thomas C. Potts. Many of the letters are written from Potts to Ethel, his wife, while he was traveling with the American Friends Service Committee in 1920.

Dates: 1920

Rhoads family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-107
Identifier: SFHL-SC-107
Abstract

This collection includes letters written by J. Edgar Rhoads to his family while he was in Germany administering war relief after WWI. Also included are the diaries of his grandfather, Jonathan E. Rhoads, from 1908-1910. These provide a record of daily appointments and expenses.

Dates: 1908-1920

The collection of Beulah Hurley Waring and Alston Waring, New Hope, PA

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1225
Overview

The collection, primarily of correspondence of Quaker Beulah Hurley (1886-) relating principally to her relief work after World War I in Europe and Russia under the auspices of several Friends' groups and the photographs of Quaker P. Alston Waring (1895-1978) taken in Europe, East Asia, California, Central America and mainly in India between 1915 and 1954.

Dates: 1917-1954

Agnes Tierney papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-171
Overview

This collection is comprised of two folders of the papers of Agnes Tierney, related to her time working with the American Friends Service Committee, especially in Germany. The majority of the collection is composed of Tierney's correspondence while in Germany, but the collection also includes pamphlets, notes, and extracts of meeting minutes.

Dates: 1922-1928

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  • Subject: Society of Friends X
  • Subject: Society of Friends -- International assistance X

Additional filters:

Subject
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 8
Quakers -- History 4
correspondence 4
Quakers 3
Society of Friends -- International assistance 3
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Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 3
Germany 2
International relief -- France 2
International relief -- Germany 2
International relief -- Poland 2
Quaker women 2
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- France 2
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Architecture 1
California -- Pictorial works 1
Central America -- Pictorial works 1
Charities -- Europe, Eastern 1
Charities -- France 1
Charities -- Hawaii 1
Charities -- India 1
Charities -- Poland 1
Charities -- Russia (Federation) 1
Child welfare -- Germany 1
Egypt -- Pictorial works 1
England -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Famines -- Soviet Union 1
France 1
France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
Germany -- Pictorial works 1
Hungary -- Pictorial works 1
India -- Pictorial works 1
International relief -- Europe, Eastern 1
International relief -- Russia (Federation) 1
International relief -- Societies, etc 1
Italy -- Pictorial works 1
Medicine -- Europe, Eastern 1
Medicine -- India 1
Medicine -- Poland 1
Medicine -- Russia (Federation) 1
Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Nursing -- Russia (Federation) 1
Odisha (India) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Poland -- Pictorial works 1
Quaker missionaries 1
Quaker philanthropists 1
Quaker photographers 1
Quaker women -- 20th century 1
Quaker women -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Delaware 1
Quakers -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Europe, Eastern 1
Quakers -- France 1
Quakers -- Germany -- History 1
Quakers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Hawaii 1
Quakers -- India 1
Quakers -- Indiana 1
Quakers -- New Jersey 1
Quakers -- Poland 1
Quakers -- Russia (Federation) 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Switzerland 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
Russia -- Pictorial works 1
Schools -- India 1
Social service -- Europe, Eastern 1
Social service -- France 1
Social service -- Hawaii 1
Social service -- India 1
Social service -- Poland 1
Social service -- Russia (Federation) 1
Social service -- Societies, etc. 1
Travel -- 20th century 1
Vienna (Austria) -- Pictorial works 1
Women authors -- 20th century 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 1
diaries 1
pamphlets 1
scrapbooks 1
travel photography 1
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