American Friends Service Committee
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Joel Cadbury Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-081
Abstract
Henry J. Cadbury (1883-1974) was a distinguished Biblical scholar, teacher, and a member of the Society of Friends. Cadbury was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee. He served as its chairman from both 1928 to 1934 and again from 1944 to 1960. Cadbury supervised famine relief both in the United States and in Europe.
Dates:
1917-1974
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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