Letters, 1960-1969,; 1972; 1992

1960 ca. 30 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family and social events

Highlights include:

to Parents and Aunt Jen. 1960 3/27. Has a publicity job at school; is writing a feature story about Oakbourne Hospital; is writing about a Dr. Bish; wrote a brochure on Germantown Settlement

1961 ca. 15 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family and social events

1962 ca. 45 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family, work and social events

Highlights include:

to Parents and Aunt Jen. 1962 1/12. Allen has been offered a job in Washington under Ribicoff, but will stay with Germantown for now; meetings attended

to Parents and Aunt Jen. 1962 2/23. Has finished writing her weekly column for the Bulletin

to Parents and Aunt Jen. 1962 3/9. Decision to move to Germantown

to Parents and Aunt Jen. 1962 4/6. Heard Robert F. Kennedy speak at Fellowship Commission banquet

to Parents and Aunt Jen. 1962 5/20. Has been asked to launch a national public relations campaign on the Algerian situation by AFSC, with substantial information on the situation -- accepted the job

1963 ca. 30 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family, work and social events

to Family. 1963 5/3. This was her last day as a full-time employee of AFSC, though several small jobs will still take place, and she has a commitment to Germantown Settlement

to Parents and Aunts Jen and Jeannette. 1963 5/30. Working for Phila. Center for Older People

1964 ca. 40 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family, work and social events

to Parents. 1964 1/24. Beginning to set up itinerary for trip to South Africa.

to Parents and Aunt Jen. 1964 3/6. Allen received a grant from the Loeb Foundation to launch his program of work with emotionally disturbed children in the schools

to Family. 1964 5/8. American Federation of Settlements nominated Allen as a delegate to the International Social Work Conference in Athens

to Family. 1964 5/28. Is writing a script for a film about the Quaker Center in Dacca.

to Family. 1964 12/4. Appreciation of Grace Lowry who had just died

1965 ca. 50 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family, work and social events, including daughter Peggy at Antioch College

to Family. 1965 3/8. Spoke at World Affairs Council on South Africa trip

Bacon, Betsy to Family. 1965 7/11. Writing from Tours and description of trip to France and specifically to Falaise (a few other letters from daughter, Betsy, in the 1965 letters from Margaret)

to Parents. 1965 10/1. Writing an ad for newspapers based on the AFSC Board decision on a public statement re Vietnam

1966 ca. 50 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family, work and social events. A few letters from Peter writing from France are included

to Parents. 1966 1/7. AFSC sending a couple to Vietnam to start a refugee program and publish a study on alternatives to the war.

to Parents. 1966 3/23. Press conference to launch her book Peace in Vietnam

to Parents. 1966 5/27. Re press conference for a Buddhist monk in U.S. to plead for peace in Vietnam

to Family. 1966 9/2. Son Peter taking year abroad in Falaise, France

Letters to Margaret Bacon, 1966 3 items

Letter writers include:

Jack Cope, Joseph Mofolo Bulane

Highlights include:

Bulane, Joseph Mofolo. 1966 8/1. Disagrees with article on African novelists, and is ready to publish a piece on the topic

1967 ca. 40 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family, work and social events

to Family. 1967 1/27. Working on a Quaker history book

to Family. 1967 2/24. At a reception in honor of Robert Kennedy and dinner at which he will speak

to Mother. 1967 3/23. Allen picked as a delegate to the national ADA convention

to Family. 1967 10/20. Working on assignments for the NYT magazine and hoping Ladies Home Journal will publish her piece on Quang Ngai

1968 ca. 40 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family, work and social events

to Parents. 1968 3/8. Will dedicate her Quaker book to Francis Bacon who got her started on the Quaker history trail. Had appointments at both the New Yorker and Newsweek and chose the latter

to Parents. 1968 4/5. Still in shock over murder of Martin Luther King Jr. AFSC calling on other religious groups to march on Washington in his honor and to underline his demand for jobs and income

to Parents. 1968 4/19. Has received an offer of a contract for her second book, a biography of Isaac Hopper

to Family. 1968 8/16. Allen is the new director of the Delaware Valley Settlement Alliance

to Parents. 1968 11/22. Working on 3 books simultaneously -- The Quiet Rebels, Lamb's Warrior and research on the Christianity Riots

1969 and 1972 ca. 40 items

Note: Letters are to parents, Bacon family and other family members and tell of family, work and social events

to Parents. 1969 1/24. Finishing up Lamb's Warrior

to Family. 1969 6/27. Steve Cary leaving AFSC after about 27 years to become vice president of Haverford College, and she will be acting director of the department until John Sullivan takes over.

to Allen. China, 1972 5/9. Working hard on the question of women, old people and social welfare

to Allen. Xian, China, 1972 5/18. Reports on her activities

to Allen. South Africa, 1992. Will go to Johannesburg meeting and see Olive Gibson and then to Soweto Meeting