American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Friends Committee on National Legislation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-047
Abstract
A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.
Dates:
1943-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Nelson Fuson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-261
Overview
Nelson Fuson was a physicist and educator, active in Quaker concerns. The collection contains extensive correspondence and papers concerning his service as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II. As the child of missionaries to China, his hope was to do relief service in China, and many of the papers deal with CPS China Units. However, the China Units were never activated and Fuson was assigned to camps in Maryland, Indiana, New York, and North Dakota. He...
Dates:
1909-1996
Gilbert White AFSC papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-816
Overview
Some papers of Gilbert F. White (1911-2006), a geographer and president of Haverford College, relating to some of his experiences serving the American Friends Service Committee during World War II and letters received while president of the college.
Dates:
1927 - 1947
William Huntington papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1181
Overview
The collection relates primarily to William Huntington, (1907-1990), a 20th century Quaker peace activist and the ship The Golden Rule which Huntington and others used to protest atomic testing in the South Pacific. Included are correspondence, photographs, conference papers, newspaper articles, memoranda, and minutes.
Dates:
1932-1984
Margaret E. Jones Papers
Collection — Othertype RG5-167
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-167
Overview
Margaret E. Jones (1895-1984), daughter of William B. and Phebe Jones, was a birthright Quaker member of Moorestown Monthly Meeting of Friends in New Jersey. She was involved with the American Friends Service Committee for many years, first as a staff member, then serving on the Board of Directors. The collection contains scrapbooks kept by Margaret E. Jones while she was in Europe involved in relief work in 1933 and again from 1958-1959. Includes a number of photographs of places and...
Dates:
1937-1969
Leonard Stout Kenworthy diary
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-039
Overview
Leonard Stout Kenworthy's "Quaker Berlin Diary" describes his experiences in Germany during World War II working with German Quakers to assist unaffiliated German Jews to leave Germany.
Dates:
1940-1941
Gilbert MacMaster papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1016
Overview
Gilbert MacMaster (1869-1967), a Quaker, was involved in charitable work in post-World War II Europe. The papers include his letters, photographs, and diary, which covers his and Margarethe Lachmund's (his wife) 30 years of service (1920-1950) with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) child feeding mission in Germany, after World War I, as head of the Friends Center in Hamburg, during Hitler's rise to power, and as American Friends' representative in Basel, Switzerland, during World...
Dates:
1901-1968
Josiah P. Marvel scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-017
Overview
The scrapbook of Josiah P. Marvel includes Nazi documents, such as certificates and letters, from Marvel's time in occupied France during the summer of 1940, while travelling to and from Paris in service to the American Friends Service Committee. Documents include permissions from Nazi commanders in France, as well as The Hague and Brussels. Also included is a map of the location of prison camps, clothing lists, and a printed booklet on the National Work for Infants.
Dates:
1940-1941
Portrait albums of AFSC units (#1 and #2), World War II, 1939 - 1945
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-007
Scope and Contents
These two albums consist of small portraits of people involved with AFSC during WWII. The portraits are black and white, and are accompanied by names. Some of the photographs are missing.
Dates:
1939 - 1945
Esther B. Rhoads papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1153
Overview
The papers of Esther Rhoads (1896-1979), a member of an influential Philadelphia Quaker family, Rhoads was a teacher, later head, of Friends Girls' School in Tokyo for over 50 years. She was also of great importance in work with Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia and with the American Friends Service Committee, to assist Japanese-Americans affected by the War Relocation Act (forced removal and incarceration). Materials include correspondence, documents, typescripts and manuscripts,...
Dates:
circa 1895-1979
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- Collection 28
- Archival Record 1
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- World War, 1939-1945 8
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 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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