American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
William Macy Stanton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-242
Overview
Contains the papers of William Macy and Lois V. Stanton, compiled by Lois V. Stanton. The Stantons were active Quakers, and William Macy Stanton, Jr., was a conscientious objector in WWII. Both Stantons served in the American Friends Service Committee reconstruction efforts in Europe after the war as well as other Quaker activities and organizations. William Stanton worked for Swarthmore College for over twenty-five years, serving as director of physical plant. Of particular interest are the...
Dates:
1937-1995
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
George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-236
Overview
George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.
Dates:
1931-2010
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-289
Overview
Wilmer J. Young (1887-1983), a Quaker teacher and peace activist born in Iowa, was involved in post World War I reconstruction in France and Poland. He married Mildred Binns in 1922, and together they worked with AFSC work camps and cooperative farms until he began to teach at Pendle Hill in 1955. The collection contains primarily journals and correspondence from his time in France.
Dates:
1909-2014
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 10
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 4
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 3
- Quakers -- Social service 3
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 3
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 2
- Society of Friends -- Charities 2
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
- Society of Friends -- United States 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 2
- Agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Arab-Israeli Conflict -- 1948-1967 1
- Arbitration (International law) 1
- Beirut (Lebanon) 1
- Charities -- France 1
- Charities -- Germany 1
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Delaware County (Pa.) 1
- Egypt -- Foreign relations -- Israel 1
- Europe -- Description and travel -- Diaries 1
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- India -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan 1
- India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 1
- International organization 1
- International relief -- Europe 1
- International relief -- France 1
- International relief -- Germany 1
- International relief -- Russia 1
- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- Israel -- Foreign relations -- Egypt 1
- Jammu and Kashmir (India) 1
- Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Media (Pa.) 1
- Nonviolence 1
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- India 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
- Quaker businesspeople 1
- Quaker social reformers 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- 18th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Alaska 1
- Quakers -- Austria 1
- Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Delaware 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- France 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Germany 1
- Quakers -- Indiana 1
- Quakers -- New Jersey 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- Quakers -- Suffrage 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Austria 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
- Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
- Russia -- Civilian relief 1
- Social service -- France 1
- Social service -- Germany 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- Reunification 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- Starvation -- Experiments 1
- Travel 1
- United States -- History -- Colonial period -- ca. 1600-1775 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 1
- War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Women and Peace -- History 1
- Women political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Work camps -- Pennsylvania 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 1
- account books 1
- correspondence 1
- photograph albums 1
- photographs 1 + ∧ less
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