American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Friends Committee on National Legislation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-047
Abstract
A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.
Dates:
1943-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Young Friends Movement papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1267
Overview
This collection contains the papers of the Young Friends Movement, dating between 1916 and 1997. Included in the collection are materials published by the Young Friends, including their montly newspaper "The Quake," correspondence between members, and the papers of Clarence Pickett, the former secretary of the Young Friends Movement and executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, both relating to his time with the Young Friends and his time with the AFSC.
Dates:
1916-1997
Additional filters:
- Subject
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- California -- Politics and government 1
- Civil rights -- United States 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
- Disarmament 1
- Draft -- United States 1
- Food supply 1
- Illinois -- Politics and government 1
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
- Lobbying -- California 1
- Lobbying -- Illinois 1
- Lobbying -- United States 1
- Lobbying -- Wisconsin 1
- National service -- United States 1
- Nonviolence -- United States 1
- Pacifism -- United States 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Peace movements -- United States 1
- Society of Friends -- Political activity 1
- Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Religious aspects 1
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
- War -- Religious aspects 1
- Wisconsin -- Politics and government 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 1
- Young Friends Movement (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1 + ∧ less
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