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
Robert Levering Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-080
Abstract
Robert E. Levering is a pacifist and Quaker. He has been the co-author of Fortune magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For," and a speaker on workplace trends and management strategies aimed at improving workplace productivity. Levering is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Social Change.
Dates:
1967-1972
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey) Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-149
Overview
Wilbur K. Thomas (1882-1953), a Quaker born in Indiana, was executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1918 to 1929. He graduated from Friends University in 1904, served as pastor of various Quaker churches, graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1907, earned a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1914, and was a member of Boston Friends Meeting after 1909. He was director of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation in Philadelphia from 1930 to 1946. The collection contains...
Dates:
1914-1933
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- Subject
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 2
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Society of Friends -- United States 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
- Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- International relief -- Russia 1
- Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Militarism -- History -- Sources 1
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States 1
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- Russia -- Civilian relief 1
- Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- United States -- 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
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- War finance -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1 + ∧ less
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