Skip to main content

Griscom, Anna Bassett, 1889-1974

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Friends World Committee for Consultation. Section of the Americas Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG1
Abstract A Friends World Conference Committee, sponsored by the Fellowship Council of the American Friends Service Committee, was established in 1932 to promote better understanding among Friends world wide. The representatives at the Second World Conference of Friends, held at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges, Pa., in 1937, approved the establishment of a continuing international organization, a Friends World Committee, to promote international contacts and cooperation among Friends. In 1958, it...
Dates: 1933-2010

Anna Bassett Griscom Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-053
Abstract Anna Bassett Griscom (Elkinton) (1889-1974) was a prominent American Quaker active in the peace movement. She served as Executive Secretary of the Friends General Conference, chairman of a committee to organize the Friends World Conference held at Swarthmore College in 1937, chairman of the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and was a founder of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She married J. Passmore Elkinton in 1931. The collection includes correspondence, speeches...
Dates: ca. 1914-1962

Additional filters:

Subject
Peace 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
Society of Friends -- Africa 1
Society of Friends -- Alabama 1
∨ more
Society of Friends -- Alaska 1
Society of Friends -- Argentina 1
Society of Friends -- Arizona 1
Society of Friends -- Arkansas 1
Society of Friends -- Brazil 1
Society of Friends -- California 1
Society of Friends -- Canada 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 -- Georgia 1
Society of Friends -- Germany 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 -- Iowa 1
Society of Friends -- Jamaica 1
Society of Friends -- Japan 1
Society of Friends -- Kansas 1
Society of Friends -- Kentucky 1
Society of Friends -- Korea 1
Society of Friends -- Louisiana 1
Society of Friends -- Maine 1
Society of Friends -- Maryland 1
Society of Friends -- Massachusetts 1
Society of Friends -- Mexico 1
Society of Friends -- Michigan 1
Society of Friends -- Minnesota 1
Society of Friends -- Missouri 1
Society of Friends -- Montana 1
Society of Friends -- Nebraska 1
Society of Friends -- New Hampshire 1
Society of Friends -- New Jersey 1
Society of Friends -- New Mexico 1
Society of Friends -- New York (State) 1
Society of Friends -- North Carolina 1
Society of Friends -- North Dakota 1
Society of Friends -- Ohio 1
Society of Friends -- Oklahoma 1
Society of Friends -- Oregon 1
Society of Friends -- Oregon -- Elkton 1
Society of Friends -- Panama 1
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1
Society of Friends -- Puerto Rico 1
Society of Friends -- Rhode Island 1
Society of Friends -- Saskatchewan 1
Society of Friends -- South Africa 1
Society of Friends -- South Carolina 1
Society of Friends -- Tennessee 1
Society of Friends -- Texas 1
Society of Friends -- Thailand 1
Society of Friends -- Trinidad 1
Society of Friends -- Utah 1
Society of Friends -- Venezuela 1
Society of Friends -- Vermont 1
Society of Friends -- Vietnam 1
Society of Friends -- Virginia 1
Society of Friends -- Washington (D.C.) 1
Society of Friends -- Washington (State) 1
Society of Friends -- West Virginia 1
Society of Friends -- Wisconsin 1
Society of Friends -- Wyoming 1
+ ∧ less