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American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Bonnie Tinker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-290
Overview

Bonnie Tinker (1948-2009) was a Quaker social activist who campaigned for peace and gay and lesbian right. This collection contains drafts and correspondences concerning the movie "Love Makes a Family" (1992) produced by Bonnie Tinker. The collection also contains personal papers, fundraising for the project, and reference material on non-traditional forms of family.

Dates: 1963-2009

Howard Haines Turner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-210
Overview

Howard Haines Turner (1909-1996) was a Quaker economist and educator who was active in a variety of social concerns, particularly in improving the justice system. He also had a lifelong interest in cooperative communities and worked in South Vietnam under the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).

Dates: 1927-1995

Vaux Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1217
Overview The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in...
Dates: 1708-1995; Majority of material found within 1912-1932

Ernest Votaw Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-154
Overview 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

L. Hollingsworth Wood papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1175
Overview Primarily correspondence related to Wood's activities in areas of peace, civil rights, African American education, and Quaker education. Wood was founding member of American Civil Liberties Union, American Friends Service Committee, and National Urban League. He was president of the Urban League for 26 years; elected in 1917 to Fisk University Board of Trustees; and a member of Haverford College Board of Managers. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Roger N. Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Rufus...
Dates: 1903-1953

World War I Reconstruction and Conscientious Objectors files

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1249
Overview

Card files on Conscientious Objectors in World War I (of all faiths) and on workers and applicants to the Reconstruction Unit program overseen by the Society of Friends in Europe after World War I.

Dates: 1918-1923

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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
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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
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