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Friends Ambulance Unit

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

Friends' Ambulance Unit photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-135
Identifier: SFHL-PA-135
Overview

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
Overview 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

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  • Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief X

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World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Society of Friends 2
Church work with gays -- Society of Friends 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States 1