Yarnall, D. Robert (David Robert), 1878-1967
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Pendle Hill (School : Wallingford, Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-066
Abstract
Pendle Hill is a Quaker study center located in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1930 out of an earlier Quaker school and study center, the Woolman School. The Woolman School was established in 1915 under the care of the General Conference Committee of the Seven Yearly Meetings (Hicksite). In 1917, it was reorganized as a joint enterprise of Hicksite and Orthodox Friends, governed by a Board of Managers. The Woolman School was incorporated in 1918. In 1928, it was reorganized...
Dates:
1915-2011
Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall Refugee Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-256
Abstract
Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall and her husband, D. Robert Yarnall, were Quakers, active in the American Friends Service Committee relief efforts. They worked with the Quaker center in Vienna, Austria, during the summer of 1938 to help in the emigration of German and Austrian Jews. The collection contains correspondence concerning their work with refugees and letters from refugees asking for assistance, especially the musician and composers Karl Weigl and his wife, Vally, who emigrated in October...
Dates:
1938-1945
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- Adult education -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Austria -- History -- 1938–1945 1
- Church work with refugees -- Society of Friends 1
- International relief -- Societies, etc 1
- Jewish refugees -- 1938–1945 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Societies, etc. 1
- Refugee children 1
- Refugees -- Austria 1
- Refugees -- United States 1
- Religious education -- Teacher training 1
- Society of Friends -- Austria 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 1
- Society of Friends -- Religious community 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Vietnam War, 1961–1975 -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1 + ∧ less
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