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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 18 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-

James A. Babbitt photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-06-002
Overview

This collection includes photographs from World War I Europe. Photographs include those taken on a ship to Europe, at a hospital in France, and at a number of battlefields throughout Europe. This volume includes graphic images of war casualties.

Dates: Undated.

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

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

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

Anna S. Cox Brinton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1228
Overview

The papers of the family of Anna S. Cox Brinton, a notable Quaker educator, activist and minister. Her family includes Joel and Hannah E. Shipley Bean, the founders of the Beanite branch of Quakerism, as well as Catharine M. Cox Miles, who was active with the American Friends Service Committee in Germany after World War I. Other family members are also included.

Dates: 1825-1960

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

Elkinton, Waring Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1239
Overview This collection includes information about multiple generations of the Elkinton and Waring families. It is concentrated on two generations: firstly, that of Howard West Elkinton (1892-1955) and Katharine Wistar Mason Elkinton (1892/3-1961), his wife, and secondly, that of their daughter, Theodora Elkinton (1927-) who married Thomas Waring (1921-2001). It is a story of life choices made by these Quakers: for Howard and Katharine Elkinton, to serve under the American Friends Service Committee...
Dates: 1815-2006

Nelson Fuson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-261
Overview Nelson Fuson was a physicist and educator, active in Quaker concerns. The collection contains extensive correspondence and papers concerning his service as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II. As the child of missionaries to China, his hope was to do relief service in China, and many of the papers deal with CPS China Units. However, the China Units were never activated and Fuson was assigned to camps in Maryland, Indiana, New York, and North Dakota. He...
Dates: 1909-1996

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

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  • Subject: Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction X

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correspondence 6
Quakers 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
International relief 3
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 3
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World War, 1914-1918 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 3
letters (correspondence) 3
Diaries 2
Photographs 2
Quaker businesspeople 2
Quaker photographers 2
Quaker women 2
Quaker women -- 20th century 2
Quakers -- Switzerland 2
Society of Friends -- Charities 2
Society of Friends -- Missions 2
diaries 2
lecture notes 2
postcards 2
speeches (documents) 2
Academic writing 1
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
Antinuclear movement 1
Architecture 1
Bible. Acts 1
California -- Pictorial works 1
Central America -- Pictorial works 1
Child welfare -- Germany 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Cooking, American 1
Egypt -- Pictorial works 1
England -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Famines -- Soviet Union 1
Finland 1
Food relief -- Germany 1
Food service 1
Germany 1
Germany -- Pictorial works 1
Haverford (Pa.) 1
Hawaii 1
Hungary -- Pictorial works 1
India -- Pictorial works 1
International relief -- Africa 1
International relief -- Europe 1
International relief -- France 1
International relief -- Germany 1
International relief -- Poland 1
Italy -- Pictorial works 1
Japan 1
Marriage 1
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Missionaries 1
Mysticism 1
Nonviolence 1
Nonviolence -- History 1
Nuclear disarmament 1
Odisha (India) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Passports 1
Peace -- Religious aspects 1
Philosophy -- Study and teaching 1
Photography 1
Poland -- Pictorial works 1
Quaker missionaries 1
Quaker philanthropists 1
Quaker women -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- 18th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Austria 1
Quakers -- Delaware 1
Quakers -- Education 1
Quakers -- Family relationships 1
Quakers -- Germany 1
Quakers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- History 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Social service 1
Quakers -- Suffrage 1
Quakers -- Tennessee 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Wills 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Austria 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
Reconstruction (1939–1951) 1
Refugees 1
Religion -- Study and teaching 1
Rhodes Scholarships 1
Russia -- Pictorial works 1
Sermons 1
Society of Friends 1
Society of Friends -- Germany 1
Society of Friends -- History 1
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