American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Friends Service Committee Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Friends Service Committee
Abstract
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.
Dates:
1917-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Biddle family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Overview
This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates:
1793-1951
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- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker businesspeople 1
- Quakers -- 18th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Austria 1
- Quakers -- Delaware 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Quakers -- Suffrage 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Austria 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- United States -- History -- Colonial period -- ca. 1600-1775 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 1
- Women and Peace -- History 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 1
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