American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Margaret E. Jones Papers
Collection — Othertype RG5-167
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-167
Overview
Margaret E. Jones (1895-1984), daughter of William B. and Phebe Jones, was a birthright Quaker member of Moorestown Monthly Meeting of Friends in New Jersey. She was involved with the American Friends Service Committee for many years, first as a staff member, then serving on the Board of Directors. The collection contains scrapbooks kept by Margaret E. Jones while she was in Europe involved in relief work in 1933 and again from 1958-1959. Includes a number of photographs of places and...
Dates:
1937-1969
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
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- Charities -- France 1
- Charities -- Germany 1
- International relief -- France 1
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- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- France 1
- Quakers -- Germany 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
- Social service -- France 1
- Social service -- Germany 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- Austria 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- Germany 1
- Starvation -- Experiments 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1
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