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MacMaster, Gilbert

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1869 - 1967

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Gilbert MacMaster papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1016
Abstract 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