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American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 5 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

Rebecca Mary Hannum correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-303
Identifier: SFHL-SC-303
Overview The collection contains the correspondence of Rebecca Mary Hannum (1889-1984) mostly related to her work with the American Friends Service Committee child feeling program in post WWI Germany, 1921-1924 and Peasant Industries, Poland. After the child feeling project was transferred to local groups in Germany, Mary Hannum became involved with the Peasant Industries program which supported women's handwork for sale in the United States and elsewhere. Her personal and business letters contain...
Dates: 1918 - 1924

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

The collection of Beulah Hurley Waring and Alston Waring, New Hope, PA

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1225
Overview

The collection, primarily of correspondence of Quaker Beulah Hurley (1886-) relating principally to her relief work after World War I in Europe and Russia under the auspices of several Friends' groups and the photographs of Quaker P. Alston Waring (1895-1978) taken in Europe, East Asia, California, Central America and mainly in India between 1915 and 1954.

Dates: 1917-1954

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

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correspondence 3
Quaker photographers 2
Quaker women 2
Quaker women -- 20th century 2
Quakers 2
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Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Architecture 1
California -- Pictorial works 1
Central America -- Pictorial works 1
Child welfare -- Germany 1
Diaries 1
Egypt -- Pictorial works 1
England -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Famines -- Soviet Union 1
Finland 1
Germany -- Pictorial works 1
Haverford (Pa.) 1
Hawaii 1
Hungary -- Pictorial works 1
India -- Pictorial works 1
International relief -- Africa 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
Odisha (India) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Philosophy -- Study and teaching 1
Photographs 1
Photography 1
Poland -- Pictorial works 1
Quaker missionaries 1
Quaker philanthropists 1
Quaker women -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Education 1
Quakers -- Family relationships 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Wills 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
Refugees 1
Religion -- Study and teaching 1
Rhodes Scholarships 1
Russia -- Pictorial works 1
Sermons 1
Society of Friends 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- France 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 1
Society of Friends -- Japan 1
Society of Friends -- Missions 1
Travel -- 20th century 1
Vienna (Austria) -- Pictorial works 1
Wills 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
autobiographies (documents) 1
diaries 1
family papers 1
lecture notes 1
letters (correspondence) 1
marriage certificates 1
postcards 1
travel photography 1
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