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Collection — othertype: SC-230
Identifier: SFHL-SC-230
Abstract
The collections contain journals, correspondence, and miscellaneous Quaker papers. A small journal kept by Thomas Carman, 1864 and 1867, describes his travels which included upstate New York, Baltimore, and Richmond (where he attended general Quaker meetings and visited African American services). Also a photocopy of a journal kept by Catharine Williams, describing a trip to Iowa in 1864 where she attended Yearly Meeting. Correspondents include Benjamin Angell, Edward Dorland, George M....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1786-1894
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Carner, Lucy Perkins
Abstract
Lucy Perkins Carner served on the board of such organizations as the American Friends Service Committee, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the War Resisters League, and the United World Federalists. She also joined the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In many ways Carner worked for civil rights, protesting discrimination in businesses, and joining organizations such as the Congress on Racial Equality and the NAACP. She was also a war tax resister and protested against the...
Dates:
1953-1977
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-287
Abstract
Kenneth Carroll was a professor of Religious studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas beginning in 1952. He also spent a sabbatical at Haverford College as the T. Wistar Brown Fellow in 1969 and 1970 and retired to Easton, Maryland, in 1986. Carroll is a recognized authority on the history of the Society of Friends on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia and has written widely on this and other subjects. Collection primarily consists of correspondence related to Carroll's...
Dates:
1953-2006
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
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1240
Abstract
Stephen G. Cary graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1933 and from Haverford College in 1937. He earned a master's degree in international administration from Columbia University in 1943. Between 1946 and 1969, Cary worked for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and was the chairman of the AFSC from 1979 to 1991. Cary was a member of the Haverford College Board of Managers from 1955 to 1969. In 1969, he joined the staff as vice president of development. He was acting...
Dates:
1930-2002
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Catholic Association for International Peace
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Catholic Peace Fellowship
Abstract
The Catholic Peace Fellowship is a body founded in 1964 and still active today that defined itself as "An Educational Service Conducted by Catholic Members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation."
Dates:
1962-
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Catholic Worker Movement
Scope and Contents
Primarily printed materials; includes form letters from Dorothy Day; leaflets, serials, and pamphlets; one folder each about the Catholic Worker Movement in Des Moines, IA and Philadelphia PA.
Dates:
1936-
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Center for Constitutional Rights
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-215
Abstract
The Center for Economic Conversion was a nonprofit organization which promoted the conversion of the military-based U.S. economy to a civilian-based, peace-oriented, and environmentally sustainable one. It was founded in 1975 as a project of the American Friends Service Committee. CEC was a leading advocate for using military base conversion as a tool to foster sustainable development.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1975-2000