American Friends Service Committee
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Rhoads family papers
This collection includes letters written by J. Edgar Rhoads to his family while he was in Germany administering war relief after WWI. Also included are the diaries of his grandfather, Jonathan E. Rhoads, from 1908-1910. These provide a record of daily appointments and expenses.
David S. and Mary W. Richie Papers
David S. Richie (1908-2005) spent his life devoted to public service, particularly in the areas of work camps and cooperatives. A birthright Quaker, he served as Secretary of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Social Order Committee from 1939–1973 and was president of the Board of Friends Housing, Inc. He also was involved with the American Friends Service Committee and other organizations. These papers are divided into correspondence, writings, and topical files as assembled by Richie.
Rockland County Peace Association Records
The Rockland County Peace Association was a small local peace group begun in 1930 to stimulate popular education and public opinion with a view to the prevention of war. It carried on relief work during World War II through the American Friends Service Committee.
Sky Island Papers
Sky Island was a refugee vacation hostel run by the American Friends Service Committee in copperation with the American Christian Committee for Refugees from about 1938 until at least 1947. Flora E. Pottenger was a teacher from Warsaw, Indiana, who worked at Sky Island during the summer of 1946. Her Sky Island papers, all photocopies, include correspondence, reports, and photographs.
Edward F. Snyder Papers
Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers
The collection of Beulah Hurley Waring and Alston Waring, New Hope, PA
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.
Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey) Thomas Papers
Agnes Tierney papers
This collection is comprised of two folders of the papers of Agnes Tierney, related to her time working with the American Friends Service Committee, especially in Germany. The majority of the collection is composed of Tierney's correspondence while in Germany, but the collection also includes pamphlets, notes, and extracts of meeting minutes.
Harry Timbres and Rebecca Timbres Clark papers
This collection consists of the papers of Harry Garland Timbres and Rebecca Timbres Clark.
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- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 18
- correspondence 12
- Quakers 11
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 8
- Quaker women 6
- Quakers -- History 5
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 5
- Society of Friends -- Japan 5
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 5
- World War, 1939-1945 5
- diaries 5
- International relief 4
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 4
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 4
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 4
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 4
- Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 4
- International relief -- France 3
- International relief -- Germany 3
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
- Quaker missionaries 3
- Social service -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 3
- Society of Friends 3
- Society of Friends -- Charities 3
- Society of Friends -- Germany 3
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 3
- Society of Friends -- United States 3
- World War, 1914-1918 3
- letters (correspondence) 3
- photographs 3
- African Americans -- Civil rights 2
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 2
- Charities -- France 2
- Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 2
- Conscientious objection -- United States 2
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Diaries 2
- France -- History -- 1914-1940 2
- Germany 2
- Indians of North America 2
- Indians of North America -- Government relations 2
- International relief -- Europe 2
- International relief -- Poland 2
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 2
- Missionaries 2
- Nuclear disarmament 2
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 2
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace movements -- United States 2
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Photographs 2
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 2
- Quaker businesspeople 2
- Quaker photographers 2
- Quaker social reformers 2
- Quaker women -- 20th century 2
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- Delaware 2
- Quakers -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- Education 2
- Quakers -- Indiana 2
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 2
- Quakers -- Social service 2
- Quakers -- Switzerland 2
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) 2
- Social service -- France 2
- Social service -- Societies, etc. 2
- Society of Friends -- Arizona 2
- Society of Friends -- Congresses 2
- Society of Friends -- Education 2
- Society of Friends -- France 2
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- France 2
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 2
- Society of Friends -- Iowa 2
- Society of Friends -- Jamaica 2
- Society of Friends -- Missions 2
- Society of Friends -- Nebraska 2
- Society of Friends -- New Mexico 2
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) 2
- Society of Friends -- North Carolina 2
- Society of Friends -- Oklahoma 2
- Society of Friends -- Oregon 2
- Society of Friends -- Texas 2
- Society of Friends -- Washington (State) 2
- Society of Friends and world politics -- History -- Sources 2
- Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 2
- clippings (information artifacts) 2
- family papers 2
- financial records 2
- lecture notes 2 + ∧ less