American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Joel Cadbury Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-081
Abstract
Henry J. Cadbury (1883-1974) was a distinguished Biblical scholar, teacher, and a member of the Society of Friends. Cadbury was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee. He served as its chairman from both 1928 to 1934 and again from 1944 to 1960. Cadbury supervised famine relief both in the United States and in Europe.
Dates:
1917-1974
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Friends National Peace Committee Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Friends National Peace Committee
Overview
A short-lived Quaker organization that promoted peace during World War I.
Dates:
1915-1917
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Rockland County Peace Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-121
Overview
The Rockland County Peace Association was a small local peace group begun in 1930 to stimulate popular education and public opinion with a view to the prevention of war. It carried on relief work during World War II through the American Friends Service Committee.
Dates:
1930-1950
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
- Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Militarism -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- United States 1
- Society of Friends and world politics -- History -- Sources 1
- Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- History -- Sources 1
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- War finance -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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