American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 2 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
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]
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- International relief -- Poland 1
- International relief -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Japan 1
- Medicine -- Europe, Eastern 1
- Medicine -- India 1
- Medicine -- Poland 1
- Medicine -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Missionaries 1
- Nursing -- Russia (Federation) 1
- Quaker missionaries 1
- Quakers 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
- Refugees 1
- Schools -- India 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 -- International assistance 1
- Society of Friends -- Japan 1
- Society of Friends -- Missions 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- Women authors -- 20th century 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
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