Social service -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Stephen G. Cary collection
This collection contains the personal materials of Stephen G. Cary and historical materials collected by Cary about his relatives.
Collection of Papers on the VISA Program in Tanganyika
Collection of correspondence, reports, reminiscences, newsletters, and other memorabilia fo participants in the VISA Program in Tanganyika in 1961-1963.
Margaret H. Collins Papers
Margaret Hill Collins, a member of the Society of Friends, was an advocate for integrated housing in the Philadelphia suburbs. These papers include her writings and poetry, personal correspondence, and the records of the Community Support Corporation. The latter was a small nonprofit that remodeled and resold homes in low income communities in Delaware County, Pa. It was established in the mid 1970s and was headquartered on Jackson Street in Media.
Friends Council for International Service Collected Records
Printed materials, including printed correspondence, pamphlets, and annual reports (1921-1928).
Friends' Emergency and War Victims' Relief Committee Collected Records
Printed materials, including printed correspondence, pamphlets, and reports.
Elizabeth Gurney Fry collection
Hadassah M. L. (Hadassah Moore Leeds) Holcombe Diaries
Robert Hoopes Maris Papers
Robert Hoopes Maris (1890-1975) was a Quaker dentist who served with the American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I.. The collection contains chiefly correspondence with his family written while Maris was serving as a dentist with American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I. Also a photograph album and other papers.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) Records: Committee on Economic Problems (1937-1948)
The Committee on Economic Problems was appointed in 1937 to cooperate with the Social Order Committee of the Arch Street Yearly Meeting. Clair Wilcox, a Quaker professor of Economics at Swarthmore College was the first Chair. The Committee was interested in a variety of related issues, including industrial relations, unemployment, and economic and social research.
