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William Huntington papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1181
Overview
The collection relates primarily to William Huntington, (1907-1990), a 20th century Quaker peace activist and the ship The Golden Rule which Huntington and others used to protest atomic testing in the South Pacific. Included are correspondence, photographs, conference papers, newspaper articles, memoranda, and minutes.
Dates:
1932-1984
Rufus M. Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1130
Abstract
Rufus Matthew Jones was born on January 25, 1863 in South China, Maine. His parents were Edwin and Mary Gifford Hoxie Jones. Their family had been Quakers, and he was brought up in a spartan and religious household. By his own estimate, Rufus M. Jones was deeply influenced as a child by his Aunt Peace Jones for her life of Quaker homily and, as a young man, the spirituality and philosophical powers of oratory and discourse of his other aunt and uncle, the ministers Eli and Sybil Jones. He...
Dates:
1860 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1997
Joseph Sturge Mission School Opening and Friends' Freedmen's Relief Association Funds Request
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-280
Overview
This collection contains a leaflet regarding the opening of Joseph Sturge's First Day School at the Friends Locust St. Mission House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 1st, 1865. The school was established as First Day school for poor African Americans and immigrants. The school later merged and formed the Benezet House Association to provide education and relief to African Americans. Lack of demanding and funding led to the school's demolishment in 1945. There is also a letter from...
Dates:
December 1862 and September 1874
Gilbert MacMaster papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1016
Overview
Gilbert MacMaster (1869-1967), a Quaker, was involved in charitable work in post-World War II Europe. The papers include his letters, photographs, and diary, which covers his and Margarethe Lachmund's (his wife) 30 years of service (1920-1950) with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) child feeding mission in Germany, after World War I, as head of the Friends Center in Hamburg, during Hitler's rise to power, and as American Friends' representative in Basel, Switzerland, during World...
Dates:
1901-1968
New York Friends Service Committee records
Collection — othertype: SC-224
Identifier: SFHL-SC-224
Overview
The New York Friends Service Committee was established in 1917 following an appeal by New York Yearly Meeting to assist the American Friends Service Committee in its clothing appeal for European war relief. By 1922, the focus had changed to famine relief particularly for Russia, and the Committee was encouraged to work directly through AFSC. This small collection contains minutes, annual reports, and financial records.
Dates:
ca. 1917-1922
Lois V. Stanton, "Tales of a Haverford R and R Girl"
Collection
Identifier: HCS-000-010
Overview
This typescript by Lois V. Stanton entitled "Tales of a Haverford R and R Girl" describes the author's experiences training to perform relief work at Haverford following World War II and travelling to Europe with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) between 1945 and 1947.
Dates:
1992
Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1174
Abstract
Douglas and Dorothy Steere were prominent figures of the Quaker movement in the twentieth century, and deeply committed to the causes of peace and spiritual enrichment. This commitment is evident in their involvement with Quaker-led relief work after World War II, Quaker spiritual retreats, international diplomacy, and Dorothy’s work with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Douglas taught philosophy at several institutions including Haverford College, and published extensively on topics...
Dates:
1896-2003
The collection of Beulah Hurley Waring and Alston Waring, New Hope, PA
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1225
Overview
The collection, primarily of correspondence of Quaker Beulah Hurley (1886-) relating principally to her relief work after World War I in Europe and Russia under the auspices of several Friends' groups and the photographs of Quaker P. Alston Waring (1895-1978) taken in Europe, East Asia, California, Central America and mainly in India between 1915 and 1954.
Dates:
1917-1954
"Service with the War Relocation Authority"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-092
Overview
George L. Townsend's memoir, entitled "Service of the War Relocation Authority," describes his recruitment by and work with the War Relocation Authority, a civilian agency established to provide care and services for Japanese Americans moved to Army Relocation Centers. Included is a map of Relocation Centers in the Western United States.
Dates:
1942-1946
Ann Wharton War Relief correspondence
Collection — othertype: SC-144
Identifier: SFHL-SC-144
Abstract
This collection includes letters written to Anna Wharton regarding her relief efforts for formerly enslaved people and war hospitals during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1862-1863
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- Anscombe, Francis Charles 1
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- 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
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- Columbia University 1
- Concord Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
- Cox, Catharine E. Bean 1
- Cox, Charles E., 1854-1930 (Charles Ellwood) 1
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- Cripps, Arthur Shearly, 1869-1952 1
- Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality 1
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- Elkington, Peter W. 1
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- 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
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- Friends World Committee for Consultation 1
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- Fuson, Chester Garfield, 1881-1965 1
- Fuson, Marian Darnell, b. 1920 1
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 1
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- Haines, Joseph H. 1
- Haines, William Henry 1
- Hannum, Rebecca Maery, 1889-1884 1
- Hollingsworth, H. (Henry), 1737-1803 1
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