Friends Ambulance Unit
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Horace Gundry Alexander Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-140
Abstract
Horace Alexander was born in England in 1889 and died in the United States in 1989. As a life-long member of the Religious Society of Friends, he was interested in Indian rights and worked with Gandhi and others for many years to lobby for it. He wrote books about Gandhi and other subjects.
Dates:
1915-1989
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Balderston Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-299
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence of the family of C. Canby Balderston, a prominent Quaker and businessman. He served with the Friends Relief Service and the Relief Commission for Belgium during WWI and both of his sons, Frederick Emery Balderston and Robert W. Balderston, were COs in WWII, working as ambulance drivers. Frederick E. Balderston (1923-2007) married Judith Braude (1926-1993) in 1949. A significant part of the collection consists of her childhood and college...
Dates:
1853-1949
Crauder family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1352
Abstract
This collection contains materials from the Crauder family, mostly from Bob Crauder, a prominent Quaker who worked all over the globe.
Dates:
1829 - 2011
Friends Ambulance Unit Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends Ambulance Unit
Abstract
Collection contains pamphlets, periodicals, and annual reports.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1914-1954
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Friends' Ambulance Unit photographs
Collection — Othertype PA-135
Identifier: SFHL-PA-135
Abstract
The Friends Ambulance Unit was a volunteer ambulance service that operated during both World Wars as well as for a period after WWII (1946-1959). It was founded by a group of British Quakers and most of the volunteers were registered conscientious objectors. This collection contains loose black and white photos (now in sleeves) of the Friends Ambulance Unit in Syria and France. Some of the photos in this collection ran in Harper's Bazaar.
Dates:
1941 - 1943
Josiah P. Marvel papers
Collection — Othertype SC-221
Identifier: SFHL-SC-221
Abstract
Josiah P. Marvel (1896-1959) was a Quaker, who worked with the American Friends Service Committee in France in 1940-41 and in 1942 became the chairman of the Quaker Emergency Service in New York City. This collection contains primarily Marvel's files on the Quaker Emergency Service, including its Civilian Readjustment Committee (a clinic that offered men arrested for soliciting sex with other men the option of psychiatric care in lieu of a prison sentence). The collection also includes a...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942 - 1966
L. Hollingsworth Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1175
Abstract
Primarily correspondence related to Wood's activities in areas of peace, civil rights, African American education, and Quaker education. Wood was founding member of American Civil Liberties Union, American Friends Service Committee, and National Urban League. He was president of the Urban League for 26 years; elected in 1917 to Fisk University Board of Trustees; and a member of Haverford College Board of Managers. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Roger N. Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Rufus...
Dates:
1903-1953
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Society of Friends 2
- African Americans -- Education 1
- Bird watching -- Great Britain 1
- China 1
- Church work with gays -- Society of Friends 1
- Class reunions 1
- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India 1
- Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Humanitarian assistance -- Quakers 1
- India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain 1
- India -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- International relief 1
- International relief -- France 1
- International relief -- Syria 1
- Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- Politics and government 1
- Missions -- China 1
- Peace 1
- Prison reformers -- United States 1
- Quaker prison reformers -- United States 1
- Quakers -- Agriculture 1
- Quakers -- Genealogy 1
- Quakers -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Kennett Square 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
- Society of Friends -- Education 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
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