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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

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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  • Subject: Quaker women X
  • Subject: Society of Friends -- International assistance X

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Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 3
International relief -- Poland 2
Quaker women 2
Society of Friends -- International assistance 2
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 2
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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
Egypt -- Pictorial works 1
England -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Famines -- Soviet Union 1
Germany -- Pictorial works 1
Hungary -- Pictorial works 1
India -- Pictorial works 1
International relief -- Europe, Eastern 1
International relief -- Russia (Federation) 1
Italy -- Pictorial works 1
Medicine -- Europe, Eastern 1
Medicine -- India 1
Medicine -- Poland 1
Medicine -- Russia (Federation) 1
Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Nursing -- Russia (Federation) 1
Odisha (India) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Poland -- Pictorial works 1
Quaker philanthropists 1
Quaker photographers 1
Quaker women -- 20th century 1
Quaker women -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- Europe, Eastern 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
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 1
Russia -- Pictorial works 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 -- France 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 1
Travel -- 20th century 1
Vienna (Austria) -- Pictorial works 1
Women authors -- 20th century 1
correspondence 1
pamphlets 1
travel photography 1
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