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American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Bacon Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1156
Overview

Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

Dates: 1800-1987

Bowles family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates: 1922-1960

Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1189
Abstract Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton were 20th-century Quaker educators and prolific authors whose areas of expertise included the physical sciences and the Classics. Notably, they also worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Europe, for Friends Center in Tokyo, Japan, and as directors of Pendle Hill, an adult study center in Wallingford, PA. They were both recorded ministers in the Religious Society of Friends. This collection also contains materials of other...
Dates: 1859-2005

Addition to Henry J. Cadbury papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1121-addition
Overview

Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was one of the foremost American Quaker scholars of the 20th century. He published in the fields of Quaker and biblical history, and served as a teacher and philanthropist. This addition to the papers of Henry Cadbury includes biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, writings, such as his The Book of Acts in History and photographs of Cadbury and his family.

Dates: 1866-1987

Joseph Haines papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-095
Overview

This collection is comprised of three folders of the papers of Joseph H. Haines.

Dates: 1917-2002

Theodore Brinton Hetzel papers and graphics

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1168
Abstract

Theodore Hetzel (1906-1990) was a Quaker professor of engineering at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, whose interests led him to involvement with Native American and Quaker issues. An avid photographer, the materials in this collection are primarily photographic, as well as correspondence and documents.

Dates: 1866-1987; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1987

Rufus M. Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1130
Abstract Rufus Matthew Jones (1863-1948) was a Quaker historian, mystic, and philosopher. Born in South China, Maine, to Edwin and Mary Gifford Hoxie Jones, he taught philosophy at Haverford College between 1893 and 1934, and was involved in the Haverford Emergency Unit, American Friends Service, and Fellowship of Reconciliation, and is often attributed as having helped to unite Yearly Meetings in the United States. The collection consists of Rufus Jones’ correspondence, diaries, financial papers,...
Dates: 1779 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1875 - 1952

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

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

Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1174
Abstract Douglas and Dorothy Steere were prominent figures of the Quaker movement in the twentieth century, and deeply committed to the causes of peace and spiritual enrichment. This commitment is evident in their involvement with Quaker-led relief work after World War II, Quaker spiritual retreats, international diplomacy, and Dorothy’s work with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Douglas taught philosophy at several institutions including Haverford College, and published extensively on topics...
Dates: 1896-2003

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correspondence 12
Quakers 7
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 7
Quaker women 4
diaries 4
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Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 3
World War, 1939-1945 3
letters (correspondence) 3
photographs 3
Diaries 2
Germany 2
Indians of North America 2
Indians of North America -- Government relations 2
Photographs 2
Quaker missionaries 2
Quakers -- Education 2
Quakers -- History 2
Quakers -- Switzerland 2
Society of Friends 2
Society of Friends -- Japan 2
Society of Friends -- Missions 2
clippings (information artifacts) 2
family papers 2
financial records 2
lecture notes 2
manuscripts (documents) 2
speeches (documents) 2
Academic writing 1
Bible. Acts 1
Classicists 1
Finland 1
Food relief -- Germany 1
Haverford (Pa.) 1
Hawaii 1
International relief 1
International relief -- Africa 1
International relief -- Europe 1
International relief -- France 1
International relief -- Germany 1
Japan 1
Kinzua Dam (Pa.) 1
Marriage 1
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Missionaries 1
Mysticism 1
Passports 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
Philippines 1
Philippines -- Photographs 1
Philippines -- Social life and customs 1
Philosophy -- Study and teaching 1
Photography 1
Photography -- History 1
Poland -- History 1
Quaker church buildings 1
Quaker photographers 1
Quaker women -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Family relationships 1
Quakers -- Germany 1
Quakers -- Germany -- History 1
Quakers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Wills 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) 1
Refugees 1
Religion -- Study and teaching 1
Reports 1
Rhodes Scholarships 1
Seneca Indians 1
Sermons 1
Silesia (Poland : Voivodeship) -- History 1
Society of Friends -- History 1
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 1
Society of Friends -- Jamaica 1
Society of Friends -- West Indies 1
Vacations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century 1
West (U.S.) 1
Wills 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 1
autobiographies (documents) 1
certificates 1
legal documents 1
marriage certificates 1
negatives (photographs) 1
newsletters 1
notes 1
pamphlets 1
postcards 1
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