George A. Selleck diary

George A. Selleck (1898-1980) was born a Quaker in Emporia, Kansas, in 1898, the son of Cora Gain and Guy B. Selleck. In 1920, he attended the Friend's Peace Conference in England, and kept a diary of his travels. Selleck married Florence Mabel Gifford on July 7, 1925, in Westport, Massachusetts. He later married Daisy Newman in 1978.

Selleck was educated at Friends University, Wichita (B.A., 1921), Hartford Theological Seminary (S.T.B., ca. 1926), and Harvard (M.A., ca. 1932). He was a recorded minister and held positions in various Quaker Meetings and was also instrumental in reunifying the New England Yearly Meeting, revising their Book of Discipline. Selleck directed relief work under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee in Finland from 1948 to 1950. He was Inter-faith Seminar Program director of the New England Region of the Service Committee from 1965 to 1967. George Selleck was author of Quakers in Boston 1656-1964 and Principles of the Quaker Business Meeting, among others.