American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-094
Overview
Emma Chandler MacClelland was a Quaker who was involved in relief work in France during World War I with the American Friends Service Committee. She was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1895, and married Lee H. MacClelland after her return from France. She was a member of Reading Monthly Meeting at the time of her death in 1965. The collection contains correspondence of Emma Chandler MacClelland during the period, 1918-1919, in which she did relief work in France. Details her...
Dates:
1918-1919
Josiah P. Marvel scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-017
Overview
The scrapbook of Josiah P. Marvel includes Nazi documents, such as certificates and letters, from Marvel's time in occupied France during the summer of 1940, while travelling to and from Paris in service to the American Friends Service Committee. Documents include permissions from Nazi commanders in France, as well as The Hague and Brussels. Also included is a map of the location of prison camps, clothing lists, and a printed booklet on the National Work for Infants.
Dates:
1940-1941
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 2
- International relief -- Germany 2
- International relief -- Societies, etc 2
- Quakers -- France 2
- Social service -- France 2
- Charities -- Germany 1
- France 1
- France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Germany 1
- Quakers -- History 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 1
- Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
- Social service -- Germany 1
- Social service -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- France 1
- Starvation -- Experiments 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1
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