American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Nancy J. Babb Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Babb, Nancy
Abstract
Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was a member of the Society of Friends who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1921-1949
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Rebecca Timbres Clark Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-026
Overview
Rebecca Timbres Clark (1896-2000) was a Quaker nurse and social worker. She and her first husband, Harry Garland Timbres (1899-1937), performed relief work under the auspices of the AFSC in Eastern Europe in 1921-22 and worked with Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal, India, in 1931-34. In 1936-1937, the couple worked in the malaria unit in Soviet Russia. After Harry Timbres' death, Rebecca returned to the U.S. She married Edgar Sydenham Clark (1885-1961) on July 2, 1943, and the couple moved to...
Dates:
1853-1999 [bulk 1920-1990]
Rebecca Mary Hannum correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-303
Identifier: SFHL-SC-303
Overview
The collection contains the correspondence of Rebecca Mary Hannum (1889-1984) mostly related to her work with the American Friends Service Committee child feeling program in post WWI Germany, 1921-1924 and Peasant Industries, Poland. After the child feeling project was transferred to local groups in Germany, Mary Hannum became involved with the Peasant Industries program which supported women's handwork for sale in the United States and elsewhere. Her personal and business letters contain...
Dates:
1918 - 1924
Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1174
Abstract
Douglas and Dorothy Steere were prominent figures of the Quaker movement in the twentieth century, and deeply committed to the causes of peace and spiritual enrichment. This commitment is evident in their involvement with Quaker-led relief work after World War II, Quaker spiritual retreats, international diplomacy, and Dorothy’s work with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Douglas taught philosophy at several institutions including Haverford College, and published extensively on topics...
Dates:
1896-2003
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- Charities -- Hawaii 1
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- Charities -- Poland 1
- Charities -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Child welfare -- Germany 1
- England -- Description and travel 1
- Europe -- Description and travel 1
- Famines -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
- Finland 1
- Haverford (Pa.) 1
- International relief -- Africa 1
- International relief -- Europe, Eastern 1
- International relief -- Russia (Federation) 1
- International relief -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
- Medicine -- Europe, Eastern 1
- Medicine -- India 1
- Medicine -- Poland 1
- Medicine -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Nursing -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Philosophy -- Study and teaching 1
- Quaker women -- 20th century 1
- Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Education 1
- Quakers -- Europe, Eastern 1
- Quakers -- Hawaii 1
- Quakers -- India 1
- Quakers -- New Jersey 1
- Quakers -- Poland 1
- Quakers -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union -- Sources 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
- Religion -- Study and teaching 1
- Rhodes Scholarships 1
- Schools -- India 1
- Sermons 1
- Social service -- Europe, Eastern 1
- Social service -- Hawaii 1
- Social service -- India 1
- Social service -- Poland 1
- Social service -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 1
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
- Women authors -- 20th century 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- autobiographies (documents) 1
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