Quaker Emergency Service Readjustment Center (New York, N.Y.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Josiah P. Marvel papers
Collection — Othertype SC-221
Identifier: SFHL-SC-221
Abstract
Josiah P. Marvel (1896-1959) was a Quaker, who worked with the American Friends Service Committee in France in 1940-41 and in 1942 became the chairman of the Quaker Emergency Service in New York City. This collection contains primarily Marvel's files on the Quaker Emergency Service, including its Civilian Readjustment Committee (a clinic that offered men arrested for soliciting sex with other men the option of psychiatric care in lieu of a prison sentence). The collection also includes a...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942 - 1966
Quaker Emergency Service lectures
Collection — Othertype SC-290
Identifier: SFHL-SC-290
Abstract
The Quaker Emergency Service was founded in January 1942 by members of the combined Peace and Service Committees of the two New York Monthly Meetings. In the spring of 1944, the Service sponsored a series of lectures focusing on adolescent psychology which were held in the French Institute building, 22 East 60th Street, New York, New York.
Dates:
1944
Quaker Emergency Service records
Collection — Othertype SC-192
Identifier: SFHL-SC-192
Abstract
The collection is organized into four folders: the group's general records, including the initial plan and charter; the records of the Civilian Readjustment Committee, the post-war arm of the group; information on a project in Brazil; and writings by people outside the group. Of interest are transcript talks given by Peter F. Amoroso of the New York Department of Correction, and Austin H. MacCormick of the Osborne Association. There is also a carbon copy, attributed to John S. Gough, of the...
Dates:
ca. 1941-1948
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- Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 2
- Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 2
- Quaker prison reformers -- United States 2
- Quakers -- New York (State) 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Society of Friends 2
- Adjustment (Psychology) in adolescence 1
- Adolescent psychology 1
- Church work with gays -- Society of Friends 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
- Prison reformers -- United States 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Society of Friends -- Brazil 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects 1 + ∧ less
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