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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Esther B. Rhoads papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1153
Overview The papers of Esther Rhoads (1896-1979), a member of an influential Philadelphia Quaker family, Rhoads was a teacher, later head, of Friends Girls' School in Tokyo for over 50 years. She was also of great importance in work with Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia and with the American Friends Service Committee, to assist Japanese-Americans affected by the War Relocation Act (forced removal and incarceration). Materials include correspondence, documents, typescripts and manuscripts,...
Dates: circa 1895-1979

Edith Forsythe Sharpless papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-161
Overview

This collection includes correspondence from when Edith Forsythe Sharpless was a missionary in Japan, an artbook, a commonplace book, and teaching certificiates, among other materials.

Dates: 1910-1952

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  • Subject: Japan X

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Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
Japan 1
Japan -- History 1
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 1
Quaker missionaries 1