Society of Friends
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bowles family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract
The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates:
1922-1960
Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1189
Abstract
Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton were 20th-century Quaker educators and prolific authors whose areas of expertise included the physical sciences and the Classics. Notably, they also worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Europe, for Friends Center in Tokyo, Japan, and as directors of Pendle Hill, an adult study center in Wallingford, PA. They were both recorded ministers in the Religious Society of Friends. This collection also contains materials of other...
Dates:
1859-2005
Elizabeth Gray Vining papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1141
Abstract
Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999) was an author of children’s books and served as the tutor to the crown prince of Japan, Akihito, from 1946 to 1950. The collection consists of correspondence, materials regarding books authored by Vining, articles, lectures and addresses, photographs, and information documenting her and her family's lives.
Dates:
1897-1989
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- Education -- Japan -- History -- 1945- 1
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- Japan -- Social life and customs 1
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- Philippines -- Photographs 1
- Philippines -- Social life and customs 1
- Photography -- History 1
- Poland -- History 1
- Quaker missionaries 1
- Quaker women 1
- Refugees 1
- Silesia (Poland : Voivodeship) -- History 1
- Society of Friends -- Education 1
- Society of Friends -- Missions 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- awards 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- diaries 1
- family papers 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
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- photographs 1
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