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Friends World Committee for Consultation

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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Bowles family correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates: 1922-1960
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Edwin B. Bronner papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1171
Abstract

Papers from the Fourth World Conference of Friends (Quakers) which was held at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1967. Edwin Bronner was chair of the Executive Committee of the American Section, but there was worldwide representation by Friends and guests. A well known speaker at the conference was U.N. Secretary General U Thant.

Dates: 1952-1978
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Stephen G. Cary papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1240
Abstract Stephen G. Cary graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1933 and from Haverford College in 1937. He earned a master's degree in international administration from Columbia University in 1943. Between 1946 and 1969, Cary worked for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and was the chairman of the AFSC from 1979 to 1991. Cary was a member of the Haverford College Board of Managers from 1955 to 1969. In 1969, he joined the staff as vice president of development. He was acting...
Dates: 1930-2002
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Bainbridge C. Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-212
Abstract Bainbridge C. Davis (1910-1993) was a Quaker active in many concerns and organizations. He worked as a Foreign Service Officer, serving in Venezuela, Jamaica, Chile, and Panama. He retired early, at the age of 62, to devote himself to Quaker causes. He worked to improve race relations and opposed U.S. support for dictatorships. Organizations and committees which he was active in include the Friends World Committee for Consultation, American Friends Service Committee, and Pendle Hill. He was...
Dates: 1960-1993
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Photographs for Fourth Friends World Conference "Quaker Story" exhibit

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-122
Abstract The Friends World Committee for Consultation was created by the 2nd World Conference of Friends in 1937 to promote Quaker unity and fellowship. Friends from 75 nations participate today. This collection contains the mounted photographs compiled by Delbert and Ruth Replogle for display at the 1967 Fourth Friends World Conference. The exhibit was intended to illustrate the “Quaker story,” and included the broad range of Quaker activities, institutions, and people. Photographs were solicited in...
Dates: 1967
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Friends World Committee on Consultation records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1004
Abstract

Three separate sets of records of Friends World Conferences, the first through the third, dated 1926-1952.

Dates: 1926-1929, 1934-1937, 1949-1952
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Herbert Hadley FWCC Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-269
Abstract

Herbert M. Hadley served as General Secretary of Friends World Committee. He wrote a history of FWCC entitled Quakers World Wide.

Dates: 1937-1994
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Quaker United Nations Office Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Quaker United Nations Office
Dates: 1970-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

C. Lloyd Bailey papers on Seoul Monthly Meeting

 Collection — Othertype SC-159
Identifier: SFHL-SC-159
Abstract Includes Red Mitchell's correspondence with Ruth Watson, Lloyd and Mary Margaret Bailey, and Herbert Hadley, regarding the history of Seoul Monthly Meeting, 1984-1992. Also included is an information letter about the Quaker study group by Reginald Price, 1959, an account of Seoul Monthly Meeting visit, 1962, Friends World Committee for Consultation, 1964"Developments in Korea" and 1969"Meeting on Quakers in Korea"; "History of Seoul Friends Meeting, Religious Society of Friends" compiled by...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1959-1992-1969-1992
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Blanche Weber Shaffer papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1301
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Blanche Weber Shaffer, a Swiss Quaker who was involved with the Friends World Committee for Consultation and devoted her life to fostering relationships between Quakers throughout the globe. The materials in this collection include personal, professional, and travel materials, as well as diaries and correspondence, spanning the years 1940 to 1979, with some earlier letters from John Marshall Crosman in 1918.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1918-1979; Majority of material found within 1940-1979
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
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