American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Rockland County Peace Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-121
Overview
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.
Dates:
1930-1950
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Scattergood Hostel and Scattergood Friends School photographs
Collection — Othertype PA-165
Identifier: SFHL-PA-165
Overview
Scattergood Friends School opened in Iowa in 1890. The school closed during the Great Depression, and was repurposed during World War II as Scattergood Hostel to acclimate refugees from Europe. In 1944, it reopened as a school and remains open today. The bulk of this collection is photographs of Scattergood Refugee Hostel, but there are also photographs of pre-war and post-war Scattergood Friends School.
Dates:
1915 - 1953
Reed Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-882
Overview
This collection contains the letters of Reed Smith during his time in Civilian Public Serice camps as a Conscientious Objector during World War II and during his relief work in France, Germany, and Poland after the war with the American Friends Service Committee.
Dates:
1940-1947
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
Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1174
Abstract
Douglas and Dorothy Steere were prominent figures of the Quaker movement in the twentieth century, and deeply committed to the causes of peace and spiritual enrichment. This commitment is evident in their involvement with Quaker-led relief work after World War II, Quaker spiritual retreats, international diplomacy, and Dorothy’s work with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Douglas taught philosophy at several institutions including Haverford College, and published extensively on topics...
Dates:
1896-2003
Swarthmore College Civilian Foreign Service Training Program records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-J03
Overview
During World War II, Swarthmore College offered relief and reconstruction training programs, initially at the graduate level for men in the Civilian Public Service (CPS), and later as an undergraduate major. This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, syllabi, reports, and other documents relating to Civilian Foreign Service (CFS) training programs at colleges and universities, particularly the CFS program at Swarthmore. The collection was compiled by J. Roland Pennock, a...
Dates:
1942-1946
Norman J. Whitney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Overview
Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates:
1938-1967
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
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- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 7
- World War, 1939-1945 7
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 7
- International relief -- France 3
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Quaker women 3
- Quakers 3
- Society of Friends -- Japan 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 3
- correspondence 3
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 2
- Conscientious objection -- United States 2
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- International relief -- Societies, etc 2
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 2
- Missionaries 2
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 2
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Quaker missionaries 2
- Quakers -- History 2
- Quakers -- Political activity 2
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Reconstruction (1939–1951) 2
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 2
- Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 2
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 2
- World War, 1914-1918 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects 2
- diaries 2
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- Antinuclear movement 1
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- California -- Politics and government 1
- Charities -- France 1
- Charities -- Germany 1
- Civil rights -- United States 1
- Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
- Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. 1
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
- Cooking, American 1
- Disarmament 1
- Draft -- United States 1
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Finland 1
- Food service 1
- Food supply 1
- France 1
- Germany 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- Hawaii 1
- Illinois -- Politics and government 1
- Incarceration 1
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
- International relief 1
- International relief -- Africa 1
- International relief -- Germany 1
- Japan 1
- Japan -- History 1
- Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
- Lobbying -- California 1
- Lobbying -- Illinois 1
- Lobbying -- United States 1
- Lobbying -- Wisconsin 1
- Methodist Church -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
- National service -- United States 1
- Nonviolence 1
- Nonviolence -- History 1
- Nonviolence -- United States 1
- Nuclear disarmament 1
- Pacifism 1
- Pacifism -- United States 1
- Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Research -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States 1
- Periodical editors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Philosophy -- Study and teaching 1
- Public relations 1 + ∧ less
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