Thomas, Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey), 1882-1953
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Association to Abolish War Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Association to Abolish War
Scope and Contents
Includes the complete and original minutes from 1915-1928, some correspondence, and printed publications.
Dates:
1915-1927
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Nancy J. Babb Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Babb, Nancy
Abstract
Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was a member of the Society of Friends who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1921-1949
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward W. Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-122
Abstract
Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.
Dates:
1916-1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey) Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-149
Abstract
Wilbur K. Thomas (1882-1953), a Quaker born in Indiana, was executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1918 to 1929. He graduated from Friends University in 1904, served as pastor of various Quaker churches, graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1907, earned a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1914, and was a member of Boston Friends Meeting after 1909. He was director of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation in Philadelphia from 1930 to 1946. The collection contains...
Dates:
1914-1933
E. Raymond Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-070
Abstract
E. Raymond Wilson (1896-1987), a Quaker peace lobbyist, helped found the Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1943 and served as its Executive Secretary until 1962. He also helped organize the Committee on Militarism in Education in 1925. From 1931 to 1943, he served as Field and Education Secretary of the Peace Section of the American Friends Service Committee. He was the author of two books.
The papers of E. Raymond Wilson contain personal and professional correspondence,...
Dates:
1914-1987
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Famines -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
- International relief -- Russia 1
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- Pacifism -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
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- Prison reform -- Society of Friends 1
- Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Massachusetts 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union -- Sources 1
- Russia -- Civilian relief 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- United States 1
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- History -- Sources 1
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