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American Friends Service Committee

 Organization

Found in 9 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

Bacon Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1156
Overview

Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

Dates: 1800-1987

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]

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

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

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

The collection of Beulah Hurley Waring and Alston Waring, New Hope, PA

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1225
Overview

The collection, primarily of correspondence of Quaker Beulah Hurley (1886-) relating principally to her relief work after World War I in Europe and Russia under the auspices of several Friends' groups and the photographs of Quaker P. Alston Waring (1895-1978) taken in Europe, East Asia, California, Central America and mainly in India between 1915 and 1954.

Dates: 1917-1954

Agnes Tierney papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-171
Overview

This collection is comprised of two folders of the papers of Agnes Tierney, related to her time working with the American Friends Service Committee, especially in Germany. The majority of the collection is composed of Tierney's correspondence while in Germany, but the collection also includes pamphlets, notes, and extracts of meeting minutes.

Dates: 1922-1928

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Quaker women 5
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 5
correspondence 4
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 3
International relief -- Poland 2
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Quaker photographers 2
Quaker women -- 20th century 2
Quakers 2
Society of Friends -- International assistance 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Architecture 1
California -- Pictorial works 1
Central America -- Pictorial works 1
Charities -- Europe, Eastern 1
Charities -- Hawaii 1
Charities -- India 1
Charities -- Poland 1
Charities -- Russia (Federation) 1
Child welfare -- Germany 1
Diaries 1
Egypt -- Pictorial works 1
England -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Famines -- Soviet Union 1
Famines -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
Finland 1
Germany -- Pictorial works 1
Haverford (Pa.) 1
Hawaii 1
Hungary -- Pictorial works 1
India -- Pictorial works 1
International relief -- Africa 1
International relief -- Europe, Eastern 1
International relief -- Russia (Federation) 1
International relief -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
Italy -- Pictorial works 1
Japan 1
Marriage 1
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Medicine -- Europe, Eastern 1
Medicine -- India 1
Medicine -- Poland 1
Medicine -- Russia (Federation) 1
Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Missionaries 1
Nursing -- Russia (Federation) 1
Odisha (India) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Philosophy -- Study and teaching 1
Photographs 1
Photography 1
Poland -- Pictorial works 1
Quaker missionaries 1
Quaker philanthropists 1
Quaker women -- History -- 20th century 1
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Education 1
Quakers -- Europe, Eastern 1
Quakers -- Family relationships 1
Quakers -- Germany -- History 1
Quakers -- Hawaii 1
Quakers -- India 1
Quakers -- New Jersey 1
Quakers -- Poland 1
Quakers -- Russia (Federation) 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Wills 1
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union -- Sources 1
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
Refugees 1
Religion -- Study and teaching 1
Rhodes Scholarships 1
Russia -- Pictorial works 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 -- Austria 1
Society of Friends -- Charities -- Germany 1
Society of Friends -- Charities -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- France 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 1
Society of Friends -- Japan 1
Society of Friends -- Missions 1
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
Travel -- 20th century 1
Vienna (Austria) -- Pictorial works 1
Wills 1
Women authors -- 20th century 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees 1
autobiographies (documents) 1
diaries 1
family papers 1
lecture notes 1
letters (correspondence) 1
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