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Dan Wilson Memoir: Relief, Rehabilitation and Hope: A.F.S.C Work in Germany and Austria

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-318
Abstract Collection includes a typed copy of Dan Wilson's transcript of his memoir, "Relief, Rehabilitation and Hope: A.F.S.C. Work in Germany and Austria". Within the transcript includes his experiences and reflections on his time working for the AFSC post WWII relief effort in Germany and Austria from 1947 to 1950. There are also typed copies of correspondence he kept with his wife, Rosalie, his children, and many others during his time abroad. Included with the transcript are copies of official...
Dates: circa 1947-1950

Wood Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1259
Abstract

Papers of Carolena Wood relating to her involvement in a number of Quaker philanthropic and relief efforts, and Jim Wood's interest in responsible investing.

Dates: 1899-1973

World War I Reconstruction and Conscientious Objectors files

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Identifier: HC.MC-1249
Abstract

Card files on Conscientious Objectors in World War I (of all faiths) and on workers and applicants to the Reconstruction Unit program overseen by the Society of Friends in Europe after World War I.

Dates: 1918-1923

Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall Refugee Papers

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Identifier: SFHL-RG5-256
Abstract Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall and her husband, D. Robert Yarnall, were Quakers, active in the American Friends Service Committee relief efforts. They worked with the Quaker center in Vienna, Austria, during the summer of 1938 to help in the emigration of German and Austrian Jews. The collection contains correspondence concerning their work with refugees and letters from refugees asking for assistance, especially the musician and composers Karl Weigl and his wife, Vally, who emigrated in October...
Dates: 1938-1945

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Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 33
Society of Friends -- Charities 8
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 7
correspondence 7
Society of Friends -- International assistance 6
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World War, 1939-1945 6
Quakers 5
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Society of Friends 5
International relief 4
letters (correspondence) 4
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 3
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
Academic writing 2
Diaries 2
Photographs 2
Quaker businesspeople 2
Quaker philanthropists 2
Quaker photographers 2
Quaker women 2
Quaker women -- 20th century 2
Quakers -- Education 2
Quakers -- History 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
Quakers -- Switzerland 2
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Civilian relief 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends 2
diaries 2
lecture notes 2
postcards 2
speeches (documents) 2
African American youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania 1
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
Antinuclear movement 1
Architecture 1
Austria -- History -- 1938–1945 1
Bible. Acts 1
California -- Pictorial works 1
Central America -- Pictorial works 1
Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- -- Sources 1
Charities 1
Child welfare -- Germany 1
Church work -- Southern States 1
Church work with refugees -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
Church work with refugees -- Society of Friends 1
Cold War 1
Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain 1
Conscientious objectors -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Cooking, American 1
Egypt -- Pictorial works 1
England -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Famines -- Russia 1
Famines -- Soviet Union 1
Finland 1
Food relief -- Germany 1
Food service 1
Freed persons -- Southern States 1
Germany 1
Germany -- Pictorial works 1
Haverford (Pa.) 1
Hawaii 1
Hungary -- Pictorial works 1
India -- Pictorial works 1
International relief -- Africa 1
International relief -- Europe 1
International relief -- France 1
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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Peace -- Religious aspects 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
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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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