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Quaker United Nations Office

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Friends World Committee for Consultation. Section of the Americas Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG1
Abstract A Friends World Conference Committee, sponsored by the Fellowship Council of the American Friends Service Committee, was established in 1932 to promote better understanding among Friends world wide. The representatives at the Second World Conference of Friends, held at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges, Pa., in 1937, approved the establishment of a continuing international organization, a Friends World Committee, to promote international contacts and cooperation among Friends. In 1958, it...
Dates: 1933-2010

William Huntington papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1181
Abstract

The collection relates primarily to William Huntington, (1907-1990), a 20th century Quaker peace activist and the ship The Golden Rule which Huntington and others used to protest atomic testing in the South Pacific. Included are correspondence, photographs, conference papers, newspaper articles, memoranda, and minutes.

Dates: 1932-1984

Elmore Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-202
Abstract

Writings, correspondence, and other papers of Elmore Jackson (1910-1989), a noted Quaker author and former U.S. State Department official. Jackson was particularly involved in using Quaker principles in the realm of international relations. This collection also includes the papers of his wife, Elisabeth Rose Averill Jackson (1909-).

Dates: 1927-1985

Quaker United Nations Office Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Quaker United Nations Office
Dates: 1970-

Dorothea E. Woods Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-213
Scope and Contents

Papers include personal items; correspondence; items that document Woods' involvements and efforts; writings; and reference material used for research.

Dates: 1951-2001