American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Biddle family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates:
1793-1951
Kite-Bassett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-080
Abstract
The Kite and Bassett families were Orthodox Quakers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Lynn, Massachusetts, respectively. James Kite was born in 1808, the son of Benjamin and Rebecca Kite of Philadelphia. In 1837 he was granted a certificate to Salem Monthly Meeting in Massachusetts to marry Lydia B. Rodman, widow of Caleb Rodman and daughter of Isaac and Ruth Bassett of Lynn. James and Lydia had eight children, viz. Ruth, James Rodman, Eliza B., Rebecca, Isaac C. Bassett, Hannah B., Lydia...
Dates:
1837-1930
Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-094
Abstract
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
Robert Hoopes Maris Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-097
Abstract
Robert Hoopes Maris (1890-1975) was a Quaker dentist who served with the American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I.. The collection contains chiefly correspondence with his family written while Maris was serving as a dentist with American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I. Also a photograph album and other papers.
Dates:
1918-1920
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- Charities -- France 2
- France -- History -- 1914-1940 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
- Social service -- France 2
- Social service -- Societies, etc. 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 2
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
- Dentistry -- France 1
- International relief -- France 1
- International relief -- Germany 1
- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- Quaker businesspeople 1
- Quakers -- 18th century -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Austria 1
- Quakers -- Delaware 1
- Quakers -- France 1
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Quakers -- Suffrage 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Austria 1
- Social service -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
- Society of Friends -- France 1
- Society of Friends -- History -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- United States -- History -- Colonial period -- ca. 1600-1775 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 1
- Women and Peace -- History 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 1
- account books 1
- albums (books) 1 + ∧ less
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