American Friends Service Committee
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Addition to Henry J. Cadbury papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1121-addition
Abstract
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
Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-094
Abstract
Emma Chandler MacClelland was a Quaker who was involved in relief work in France during World War I with the American Friends Service Committee. She was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1895, and married Lee H. MacClelland after her return from France. She was a member of Reading Monthly Meeting at the time of her death in 1965. The collection contains correspondence of Emma Chandler MacClelland during the period, 1918-1919, in which she did relief work in France. Details her...
Dates:
1918-1919
William Macy Stanton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-242
Abstract
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
Ernest Votaw Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-154
Abstract
Ernest Votaw (1894-1988) was the Quaker administrator of a child feeding program in Germany in 1919-1922. The collection contains reports and related materials (some in German) of the Friends Feeding Mission, 1910-1923, other activities of the American Friends Service Committee, and reference material collected by Ernest Votaw in post-war Germany concerning jail conditions and other social problems. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence and four articles written by...
Dates:
1913-1929
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- Charities -- France 2
- International relief -- France 2
- International relief -- Societies, etc 2
- Quakers -- France 2
- Quakers -- Germany 2
- Social service -- France 2
- Academic writing 1
- Bible. Acts 1
- Charities -- Germany 1
- Diaries 1
- Food relief -- Germany 1
- France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
- International relief 1
- International relief -- Europe 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Passports 1
- Photographs 1
- Quakers -- Indiana 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Switzerland 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
- Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
- Social service -- Germany 1
- Social service -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 1
- Society of Friends -- Jamaica 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- Society of Friends -- West Indies 1
- Starvation -- Experiments 1
- Vacations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1
- certificates 1
- lecture notes 1
- legal documents 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- notes 1
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