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American Friends Service Committee Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Friends Service Committee
Abstract

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.

Dates: 1917-

"The Contribution of the Quakers to the Reconstruction of the Southern States"

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-004
Abstract Francis Anscombe's dissertation, "The Contribution of the Quakers to the Reconstruction of the Southern States," was written in partial fulfillment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the department of history and government at the University of North Carolina. The manuscript includes descriptions of Quakers' religious tenents and beliefs about war. It focuses largely on descriptions of Quakers' efforts at reconstruction during the antebellum era, particularly in North Carolina and...
Dates: 1926

James A. Babbitt photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-06-002
Abstract

This collection includes photographs from World War I Europe. Photographs include those taken on a ship to Europe, at a hospital in France, and at a number of battlefields throughout Europe. This volume includes graphic images of war casualties.

Dates: Undated.

Bacon Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1156
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

Dates: 1800-1987

Balderston Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-299
Abstract The collection contains correspondence of the family of C. Canby Balderston, a prominent Quaker and businessman. He served with the Friends Relief Service and the Relief Commission for Belgium during WWI and both of his sons, Frederick Emery Balderston and Robert W. Balderston, were COs in WWII, working as ambulance drivers. Frederick E. Balderston (1923-2007) married Judith Braude (1926-1993) in 1949. A significant part of the collection consists of her childhood and college...
Dates: 1853-1949

Biddle family Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Abstract This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates: 1793-1951

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

Anna S. Cox Brinton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1228
Abstract

The papers of the family of Anna S. Cox Brinton, a notable Quaker educator, activist and minister. Her family includes Joel and Hannah E. Shipley Bean, the founders of the Beanite branch of Quakerism, as well as Catharine M. Cox Miles, who was active with the American Friends Service Committee in Germany after World War I. Other family members are also included.

Dates: 1825-1960

Addition to Henry J. Cadbury papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1121-addition
Abstract

Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was one of the foremost American Quaker scholars of the 20th century. He published in the fields of Quaker and biblical history, and served as a teacher and philanthropist. This addition to the papers of Henry Cadbury includes biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, writings, such as his The Book of Acts in History and photographs of Cadbury and his family.

Dates: 1866-1987

Stephen G. Cary collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1320
Abstract

This collection contains the personal materials of Stephen G. Cary and historical materials collected by Cary about his relatives.

Dates: 1714-2003

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 7
correspondence 7
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World War, 1939-1945 6
Quakers 5
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letters (correspondence) 4
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Society of Friends -- Missions 3
World War, 1914-1918 3
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- American Friends Service Committee 3
manuscripts (documents) 3
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Quaker businesspeople 2
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Quaker women -- 20th century 2
Quakers -- Education 2
Quakers -- History 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
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diaries 2
lecture notes 2
postcards 2
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African American youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
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Cold War 1
Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain 1
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Cooking, American 1
Egypt -- Pictorial works 1
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Freed persons -- Southern States 1
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Haverford (Pa.) 1
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India -- Pictorial works 1
International relief -- Africa 1
International relief -- Europe 1
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International relief -- Germany 1
International relief -- Poland 1
International relief -- Russia 1
International relief -- Societies, etc 1
Investments 1
Italy -- Pictorial works 1
Japan 1
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 1
Jewish refugees -- 1938–1945 1
Marriage 1
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Missionaries 1
Mysticism 1
Nonviolence 1
Nonviolence -- History 1
Nuclear disarmament 1
Odisha (India) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
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Passports 1
Peace -- Religious aspects 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
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Poland -- Pictorial works 1
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Names
American Friends Service Committee 18
Haverford College 4
Civilian Public Service 3
Harvard University 3
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 3
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Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 3
Brinton, Anna Cox 2
Cary, Stephen G. 2
Civilian Public Service. Camp (Big Flats, NY) 2
Comfort family 2
Friends Ambulance Unit 2
Society of Friends 2
Westtown Boarding School 2
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Allen family 1
American Friends Reconstruction Unit 1
American Friends Service Committee. China Program 1
American Friends Service Committee. Civilian Public Service 1
American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience 1
American Friends Service Committee. Refugee Section 1
Anscombe, Francis Charles 1
Association of Friends for the Relief of Freedmen (New York, N.Y.) 1
Babbitt, James A. 1
Bacon family 1
Bacon, Edith Farquhar, 1892-1988 1
Bacon, Elizabeth, 1794-1844 1
Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 1
Bacon, George 1
Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
Balderston, Anna Elizabeth Marshall, 1856-1925 1
Balderston, C. Canby (Caleb Canby), 1897-1979 1
Balderston, John Lloyd, 1849-1921 1
Balderston, Judith Braude, 1926-1993 1
Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 1
Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 1
Biddle family 1
Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799 1
Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
Bliss, Ann 1
Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 1
Bowles, Gordon Townsend 1
Bowles, Jane T. 1
Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 1
Brandt, Willy 1
Branson, J. (Julia) 1
Brethren Service Committee 1
Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 1
Brown family 1
Brown, H. Tatnall, Jr., 1900-1983 1
Brown, Thomas Kite, 1851-1929 1
Cadbury family 1
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
Cadbury, Lydia Caroline Brown, 1889-1978 1
Carter family 1
Cary, Elizabeth S. 1
Central American Sanctuary Alliance of Delaware County (Delaware County, Pa.) 1
Civilian Public Service. Camp (China Unit) 1
Civilian Public Service. Camp (Lagro, Ind.) 1
Civilian Public Service. Camp (Powellsvile, Md.) 1
Civilian Public Service. Camp (Trenton, N.D.) 1
Civilian War Services Conference (1943 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Coleman, John Royston 1
Columbia University 1
Concord Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
Cox, Catharine E. Bean 1
Cox, Charles E., 1854-1930 (Charles Ellwood) 1
Cox, Lydia Shipley Bean 1
Cripps, Arthur Shearly, 1869-1952 1
Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality 1
Elfreth family 1
Elkington, Peter W. 1
Elkinton family 1
Elkinton, Howard W. (Howard West), 1892-1955 1
Elkinton, Katharine Wistar, 1892-1961 1
Emlen, Sarah Foulke Farquhar (Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen), 1787-1849 1
Evans family 1
Fell family 1
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
French family 1
Friends Ambulance Unit Post-War Service 1
Friends Civilian Public Service Cooking School 1
Friends Girls School (Tokyo, Japan) 1
Friends Relief Service 1
Friends War Relief Service (London, England) 1
Friends World Committee for Consultation 1
Friends' Relief Committee (London, England) 1
Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee (London, England) 1
Fuson, Chester Garfield, 1881-1965 1
Fuson, Marian Darnell, b. 1920 1
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 1
Gibbins family 1
Golden Rule (Ketch) 1
Grellet family 1
Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
Haines, Joseph H. 1
Haines, William Henry 1
Hannum, Rebecca Mary, 1889-1984 1
Hollingsworth, H. (Henry), 1737-1803 1
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