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American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends Service Committee photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-211
Identifier: SFHL-PA-211
Overview

This collection consists of miscellaneous photographs, collected over time from various sources, documenting the American Friends Service Committee and its projects. Post-World War I and post-World War II and Vietnam War relief work are well documented, and there are also photographs of AFSC work in the United States, Africa, other parts of Asia, and the Middle East.

Dates: circa 1918-1975

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

Addition to Henry J. Cadbury papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1121-addition
Overview

Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was one of the foremost American Quaker scholars of the 20th century. He published in the fields of Quaker and biblical history, and served as a teacher and philanthropist. This addition to the papers of Henry Cadbury includes biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, writings, such as his The Book of Acts in History and photographs of Cadbury and his family.

Dates: 1866-1987

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]

Friends Medical Society records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1199
Overview

The Friends Medical Society, a Quaker organization that was founded in 1950. The collection includes information about their programs around the world along with information on its members, predominantly medical doctors.

Dates: 1950-2006

Nelson Fuson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-261
Overview Nelson Fuson was a physicist and educator, active in Quaker concerns. The collection contains extensive correspondence and papers concerning his service as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II. As the child of missionaries to China, his hope was to do relief service in China, and many of the papers deal with CPS China Units. However, the China Units were never activated and Fuson was assigned to camps in Maryland, Indiana, New York, and North Dakota. He...
Dates: 1909-1996

Gilbert White AFSC papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-816
Overview

Some papers of Gilbert F. White (1911-2006), a geographer and president of Haverford College, relating to some of his experiences serving the American Friends Service Committee during World War II and letters received while president of the college.

Dates: 1927 - 1947

Joseph Haines papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-095
Overview

This collection is comprised of three folders of the papers of Joseph H. Haines.

Dates: 1917-2002

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

Dorothy North Haskins papers, 1905-1958

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M5
Overview

Dorothy North Haskins (1886-1962), BMC 1909, was a relief worker in France, Austria, and Chicago during and after WWI, acting as part of the American Friends Service Committee. The Papers include many letters written during this time, official reports and documents on relief work, diaries, and photographs.

Dates: 1905 - 1969
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

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International relief -- France 6
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International relief -- Societies, etc 3
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Charities -- France 2
International relief -- Europe 2
International relief -- Poland 2
International relief -- Russia 2
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Quaker women 2
Quakers 2
Quakers -- France 2
Quakers -- Germany 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
Reconstruction (1914–1939) 2
Social service -- France 2
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 2
correspondence 2
lecture notes 2
Academic writing 1
Bible. Acts 1
Charities -- Europe, Eastern 1
Charities -- Germany 1
Charities -- Hawaii 1
Charities -- India 1
Charities -- Poland 1
Charities -- Russia (Federation) 1
Child welfare -- Germany 1
Conscientious objectors 1
Cooking, American 1
Diaries 1
England -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- Diaries 1
Famines -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
Finland 1
Food relief -- Germany 1
Food service 1
France 1
France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
Haverford (Pa.) 1
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 1
International relief -- Africa 1
International relief -- Austria 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 -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Medicine -- Russia (Federation) 1
Nuclear disarmament 1
Nursing -- Russia (Federation) 1
Passports 1
Peace -- Religious aspects 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
Philosophy -- Study and teaching 1
Photographs 1
Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
Quaker women -- 20th century 1
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Education 1
Quakers -- Europe, Eastern 1
Quakers -- Hawaii 1
Quakers -- History 1
Quakers -- India 1
Quakers -- Indiana 1
Quakers -- Massachusetts 1
Quakers -- New Jersey 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
Quakers -- Poland 1
Quakers -- Russia (Federation) 1
Quakers -- Social service 1
Quakers -- Switzerland 1
Quakers -- Tennessee 1
Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief 1
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union -- Sources 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
Reconstruction (1939–1951) 1
Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
Religion -- Study and teaching 1
Rhodes Scholarships 1
Russia -- Civilian relief 1
Schools -- India 1
Sermons 1
Social service -- Europe, Eastern 1
Social service -- Germany 1
Social service -- Hawaii 1
Social service -- India 1
Social service -- Poland 1
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