American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Holmes-Webb Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-065
Overview
William B. Webb was a druggist and member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite). He married Rebecca Turner in 1853. Their youngest daughter, Rebecca St. Claire Webb, married Jessie Herman Holmes in 1892. Holmes was a prominent Quaker, taught philosophy and religion at Swarthmore College, and was active in AFSC relief in Europe after World War I. He also served as President of the National Federation of Religious Liberals and was an active member of the Socialist Party. The...
Dates:
1839-1972
William Macy Stanton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-242
Overview
Contains the papers of William Macy and Lois V. Stanton, compiled by Lois V. Stanton. The Stantons were active Quakers, and William Macy Stanton, Jr., was a conscientious objector in WWII. Both Stantons served in the American Friends Service Committee reconstruction efforts in Europe after the war as well as other Quaker activities and organizations. William Stanton worked for Swarthmore College for over twenty-five years, serving as director of physical plant. Of particular interest are the...
Dates:
1937-1995
Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey) Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-149
Overview
Wilbur K. Thomas (1882-1953), a Quaker born in Indiana, was executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1918 to 1929. He graduated from Friends University in 1904, served as pastor of various Quaker churches, graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1907, earned a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1914, and was a member of Boston Friends Meeting after 1909. He was director of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation in Philadelphia from 1930 to 1946. The collection contains...
Dates:
1914-1933
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- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Charities -- France 1
- Charities -- Germany 1
- Europe -- Description and travel -- Diaries 1
- India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 1
- International relief -- Europe 1
- International relief -- France 1
- International relief -- Germany 1
- International relief -- Russia 1
- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
- Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- France 1
- Quakers -- Germany 1
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
- Russia -- Civilian relief 1
- Social service -- France 1
- Social service -- Germany 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
- Society of Friends -- United States 1
- Starvation -- Experiments 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1 + ∧ less
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