Society of Friends -- Austria
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Friends Service Committee Reference Files
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-032
Overview
Contains the reference files collected and assembled by American Friends Service Committee over many years to keep it informed of parallel service work by British and Irish Friends. Includes minutes, reports, and related papers of Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee, Friends' Council for International Service, Friends Service Council, and other Quaker relief agencies, mostly under the direction of London and Dublin Yearly Meetings.
Dates:
1916-1944
Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall Refugee Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-256
Overview
Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall and her husband, D. Robert Yarnall, were Quakers, active in the American Friends Service Committee relief efforts. They worked with the Quaker center in Vienna, Austria, during the summer of 1938 to help in the emigration of German and Austrian Jews. The collection contains correspondence concerning their work with refugees and letters from refugees asking for assistance, especially the musician and composers Karl Weigl and his wife, Vally, who emigrated in October...
Dates:
1938-1945
