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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 4 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

Darlington Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-296
Overview This collection contains the papers of the Darlington family of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Woodstown, New Jersey. Quakers with strong ties to Swarthmore College, the family was involved in education, social and peace concerns, and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Charles J. Darlington (1894-1966) served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends during the reunification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings. The collection includes family...
Dates: 1831-2012

Robert Levering Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-080
Abstract

Robert E. Levering is a pacifist and Quaker. He has been the co-author of Fortune magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For," and a speaker on workplace trends and management strategies aimed at improving workplace productivity. Levering is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Social Change.

Dates: 1967-1972

Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey) Thomas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-149
Overview Wilbur K. Thomas (1882-1953), a Quaker born in Indiana, was executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1918 to 1929. He graduated from Friends University in 1904, served as pastor of various Quaker churches, graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1907, earned a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1914, and was a member of Boston Friends Meeting after 1909. He was director of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation in Philadelphia from 1930 to 1946. The collection contains...
Dates: 1914-1933

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Society of Friends -- United States 3
Peace -- Societies, etc. 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
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Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
Delaware County (Pa.) 1
Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
International relief -- Russia 1
Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Media (Pa.) 1
Militarism -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- United States 1
Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
Quakers -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Genealogy 1
Quakers -- Massachusetts 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief 1
Russia -- Civilian relief 1
Society of Friends -- Reunification 1
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- History -- Sources 1
Universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
War finance -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
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