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American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends Service Committee papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-002
Overview

This collection is comprised of a single news letter and the correspondence of the American Friends Service Committee.

Dates: 1942-1947

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

Bacon family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1226
Overview

Included are letters to the Bacons from family and friends; biographical and genealogical materials; travel letters; Margaret Hope Bacon's diaries of her trip to China under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee, 1972; to Australia, 1989 and Galapagos, 1992; to Costa Rica and Friends World Committee for Consultation, 1988; and Egypt, 1990; Margaret Hope Bacon's letters; Allen Bacon's letters; stories by Norman Borchardt (M.H. Bacon's father); Francis Bacon in Germany.

Dates: 1725-1993

Bean, Cox, Brinton, and Cary family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1349
Overview

This collection contains papers and documents from the Bean, Cox, Brinton, and Cary families.

Dates: 1782 - 2000

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

Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1189
Abstract Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton were 20th-century Quaker educators and prolific authors whose areas of expertise included the physical sciences and the Classics. Notably, they also worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Europe, for Friends Center in Tokyo, Japan, and as directors of Pendle Hill, an adult study center in Wallingford, PA. They were both recorded ministers in the Religious Society of Friends. This collection also contains materials of other...
Dates: 1859-2005

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

Harold J. Chance papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1214
Abstract Harold J. Chance (1898-1975) worked for peace education through the American Friends Service Committee, the Peace Caravans, the Youth Section of the Emergency Peace Campaign, the Institute of International Relations, and the Friends Peace Service from 1934-1964. Included in the Harold Chance papers are correspondence, journals, writings, mailings, reports, and materials on the Friends Peace Service. Also included are Harold Haines Brinton's (1884-1973) lectures and course notes on topics...
Dates: 1938-1964

Friends Girls' School, Tokyo letter

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-202
Overview

This collection contains a copy of a letter written to the Friends Girls' School in Tokyo from the American Friends Service Committee.

Dates: 1938

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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correspondence 16
Quakers 9
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 7
letters (correspondence) 6
diaries 5
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Quaker women 4
photographs 4
Quakers -- History 3
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 3
World War, 1939-1945 3
lecture notes 3
speeches (documents) 3
Diaries 2
Germany 2
Indians of North America 2
Indians of North America -- Government relations 2
Photographs 2
Quaker missionaries 2
Quakers -- Education 2
Quakers -- Germany 2
Quakers -- Japan 2
Quakers -- Switzerland 2
Religion -- Study and teaching 2
Society of Friends 2
Society of Friends -- Japan 2
Society of Friends -- Missions 2
clippings (information artifacts) 2
family papers 2
financial records 2
manuscripts (documents) 2
marriage certificates 2
newsletters 2
Academic writing 1
American poetry 1
Bible. Acts 1
Classicists 1
Finland 1
Food relief -- Germany 1
Haverford (Pa.) 1
Hawaii 1
International relief 1
International relief -- Africa 1
International relief -- Europe 1
International relief -- France 1
International relief -- Germany 1
Japan 1
Kinzua Dam (Pa.) 1
Marriage 1
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Missionaries 1
Mysticism 1
Pacifism 1
Passports 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
Philippines 1
Philippines -- Photographs 1
Philippines -- Social life and customs 1
Philosophy -- Study and teaching 1
Photography 1
Photography -- History 1
Poland -- History 1
Quaker church buildings 1
Quaker photographers 1
Quaker women -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- California 1
Quakers -- Family relationships 1
Quakers -- Germany -- History 1
Quakers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Iowa 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Wills 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) 1
Refugees 1
Reports 1
Rhodes Scholarships 1
Seneca Indians 1
Sermons 1
Silesia (Poland : Voivodeship) -- History 1
Social service -- Religious aspects 1
Society of Friends -- History 1
Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 1
Society of Friends -- Jamaica 1
Society of Friends -- West Indies 1
Travel 1
Vacations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century 1
West (U.S.) 1
Wills 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 1
autobiographies (documents) 1
certificates 1
journals (accounts) 1
legal documents 1
minutes (administrative records) 1
negatives (photographs) 1
notes 1
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