American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 6 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
Dorothy Detzer Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-086
Abstract
Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.
Dates:
1913-1981
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Kite-Bassett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-080
Overview
The Kite and Bassett families were Orthodox Quakers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Lynn, Massachusetts, respectively. James Kite was born in 1808, the son of Benjamin and Rebecca Kite of Philadelphia. In 1837 he was granted a certificate to Salem Monthly Meeting in Massachusetts to marry Lydia B. Rodman, widow of Caleb Rodman and daughter of Isaac and Ruth Bassett of Lynn. James and Lydia had eight children, viz. Ruth, James Rodman, Eliza B., Rebecca, Isaac C. Bassett, Hannah B., Lydia...
Dates:
1837-1930
Langley Hill Monthly Meeting Records
Collection — Othertype SW/B/L361
Identifier: QM-B-L361
Scope and Contents
Records of Langley Hill Monthly Meeting, which include paper and electronic records (which include those digitized by LHFM from paper and those that were born digital). LHFM has historically combined all of its records into a single annual file, arranged chronologically, which includes all of the meeting for business records along with related correspondence and newsletters.
Dates:
1918-2020 (bulk 1961-2020)
Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-094
Overview
Emma Chandler MacClelland was a Quaker who was involved in relief work in France during World War I with the American Friends Service Committee. She was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1895, and married Lee H. MacClelland after her return from France. She was a member of Reading Monthly Meeting at the time of her death in 1965. The collection contains correspondence of Emma Chandler MacClelland during the period, 1918-1919, in which she did relief work in France. Details her...
Dates:
1918-1919
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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- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 5
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 2
- Affirmative action programs 1
- Charities -- France 1
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
- Diaries 1
- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
- Fairfax County (Va.) -- Genealogy 1
- France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
- Gay rights 1
- International relief -- France 1
- International relief -- Germany 1
- International relief -- Russia 1
- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- Lobbyists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Marriage 1
- Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Oral histories 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Photographs 1
- Photography 1
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
- Quaker photographers 1
- Quaker women -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- France 1
- Quakers -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- Wills 1
- Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- Russia -- Civilian relief 1
- Social service -- France 1
- Social service -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
- Society of Friends -- United States 1
- Society of Friends -- Virginia -- Fairfax County 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- Wills 1
- Women and peace -- History -- Sources 1
- Women journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 1
- correspondence 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- marriage certificates 1 + ∧ less
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