American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Gilbert MacMaster papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1016
Overview
Gilbert MacMaster (1869-1967), a Quaker, was involved in charitable work in post-World War II Europe. The papers include his letters, photographs, and diary, which covers his and Margarethe Lachmund's (his wife) 30 years of service (1920-1950) with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) child feeding mission in Germany, after World War I, as head of the Friends Center in Hamburg, during Hitler's rise to power, and as American Friends' representative in Basel, Switzerland, during World...
Dates:
1901-1968
Thomas C. Potts correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-150
Overview
This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Thomas C. Potts. Many of the letters are written from Potts to Ethel, his wife, while he was traveling with the American Friends Service Committee in 1920.
Dates:
1920
Rhoads family papers
Collection — Othertype SC-107
Identifier: SFHL-SC-107
Abstract
This collection includes letters written by J. Edgar Rhoads to his family while he was in Germany administering war relief after WWI. Also included are the diaries of his grandfather, Jonathan E. Rhoads, from 1908-1910. These provide a record of daily appointments and expenses.
Dates:
1908-1920
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
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
Valda Sauter letter
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-210
Overview
This collection contains a letter written by Valda Sauter to John Cary.
Dates:
1955
Ernest Votaw Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-154
Overview
Ernest Votaw (1894-1988) was the Quaker administrator of a child feeding program in Germany in 1919-1922. The collection contains reports and related materials (some in German) of the Friends Feeding Mission, 1910-1923, other activities of the American Friends Service Committee, and reference material collected by Ernest Votaw in post-war Germany concerning jail conditions and other social problems. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence and four articles written by...
Dates:
1913-1929
Filtered By
- Subject: Germany X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 8
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 5
- International relief -- Germany 4
- Quakers -- Germany 3
- Society of Friends -- Germany 3
- correspondence 3
- Charities -- France 2
- Child welfare -- Germany 2
- Germany 2
- International relief -- France 2
- International relief -- Societies, etc 2
- Quaker women 2
- Quakers -- France 2
- Quakers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century 2
- Quakers -- History 2
- Quakers -- Switzerland 2
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Germany 2
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 2
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 2
- Social service -- France 2
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 2
- Society of Friends -- Jamaica 2
- letters (correspondence) 2
- Academic writing 1
- Architecture 1
- Bible. Acts 1
- California -- Pictorial works 1
- Central America -- Pictorial works 1
- Charities -- Germany 1
- Diaries 1
- Egypt -- Pictorial works 1
- England -- Description and travel 1
- Europe -- Description and travel 1
- Famines -- Soviet Union 1
- Food relief -- Germany 1
- France -- History -- 1914-1940 1
- Germany -- Pictorial works 1
- Hungary -- Pictorial works 1
- India -- Pictorial works 1
- International relief 1
- International relief -- Europe 1
- International relief -- Poland 1
- Italy -- Pictorial works 1
- Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
- Odisha (India) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Passports 1
- Photographs 1
- Poland -- Pictorial works 1
- Quaker philanthropists 1
- Quaker photographers 1
- Quaker women -- 20th century 1
- Quaker women -- History -- 20th century 1
- Quakers 1
- Quakers -- Delaware 1
- Quakers -- Diaries 1
- Quakers -- Germany -- History 1
- Quakers -- Indiana 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) 1
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Austria 1
- Reconstruction (1939–1951) -- Germany 1
- Russia -- Pictorial works 1
- Social service -- Germany 1
- Social service -- Societies, etc. 1
- Society of Friends -- Africa 1
- Society of Friends -- Alabama 1
- Society of Friends -- Alaska 1
- Society of Friends -- Argentina 1
- Society of Friends -- Arizona 1
- Society of Friends -- Arkansas 1
- Society of Friends -- Austria 1
- Society of Friends -- Brazil 1
- Society of Friends -- California 1
- Society of Friends -- Canada 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- Austria 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- Germany 1
- Society of Friends -- China -- Shanghai 1
- Society of Friends -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Society of Friends -- Columbia 1
- Society of Friends -- Connecticut 1
- Society of Friends -- Costa Rica 1
- Society of Friends -- Cuba 1
- Society of Friends -- Florida 1
- Society of Friends -- France 1
- Society of Friends -- Georgia 1
- Society of Friends -- Great Britain 1
- Society of Friends -- Guatemala 1
- Society of Friends -- Hawaii 1
- Society of Friends -- History -- 20th century 1
- Society of Friends -- Illinois 1
- Society of Friends -- Indiana 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- France 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 1
- Society of Friends -- Iowa 1
- Society of Friends -- Japan 1
- Society of Friends -- Kansas 1
- Society of Friends -- Kentucky 1
- Society of Friends -- Korea 1 + ∧ less
∨ more
