Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
American Friends Fellowship Committee Papers
Collection — Othertype SC-003
Identifier: SFHL-SC-003
Abstract
Collection includes duplicate minutes and miscellaneous mailings received by Ellis W. Bacon. Of particular interest are intineraries of Gilbert and Minnie Bowles, and copies of correspondence between J. Passmore Elkinton, Chair of the Committee, and Clarence E. Pickett, Executive Secretary of the AFSC.
Dates:
1931-1932
Bowles family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract
The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates:
1922-1960
Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1161
Abstract
The papers document the lives of service of Quakers Gilbert Bowles (1869-1960) and Minnie Picket Bowles (1868-1958), Quaker missionaries and ministers in Asia and Hawaii for over 60 years, from 1896-1960.
Dates:
1890-1974
Gilbert and Minnie Bowles correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-032
Abstract
This collection is comprised of two accessions of the letters of Gilbert and Minnie Bowles. The collection is comprised of both private letters and public letters meant for circulation among Friends, written by Gilbert Bowles and his wife Minnie Bowles during their religious visits to India and Japan.
Dates:
1930-1949
Mary N. Chase Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Chase, Mary N.
Abstract
This collection consists of a small amount of the correspondence and reports generated during a letter exchange project, directed by Mary N. Chase from 1915 through the 1930s. As Secretary for the Society for the Promotion of International Amity at Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire, Chase encouraged the exchange of letters between U.S. students and their counterparts in other lands. Chase also served as Secretary of the New Hampshire Peace Society, and President of the New Hampshire...
Dates:
1916-1939
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
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- Society of Friends -- Japan 4
- Quaker missionaries 3
- Missionaries 2
- Quakers 2
- Society of Friends -- Missions 2
- Hawaii 1
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- India 1
- International relations -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Japan 1
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 1
- Pen pals -- Argentina -- History -- Sources 1
- Pen pals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- Hawaii -- Honolulu 1
- Quakers -- Japan 1
- Quakers -- Travel 1
- Refugees 1
- Society of Friends -- Africa 1
- Society of Friends -- Alabama 1
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- Society of Friends -- Colorado -- Denver 1
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- Society of Friends -- History -- 20th century 1
- Society of Friends -- Illinois 1
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