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Iwao Frederick Ayusawa papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-969
Abstract
Iwao Frederick Ayusawa (1894-1972) spent much of his life working with the International Labor Organization, and later served as a faculty member of the International Christian University in Japan. The collection consists primarily of personal letters, speaking of his belief in pacifism and his work in Geneva and Japan.
Dates:
1918-1964
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
Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1161
Overview
The papers document the lives of service of Quakers Gilbert Bowles (1869-1960) and Minnie Picket Bowles (1868-1958), Quaker missionaries and ministers in Asia and Hawaii for over 60 years, from 1896-1960.
Dates:
1890-1974
Esther B. Rhoads papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1153
Overview
The papers of Esther Rhoads (1896-1979), a member of an influential Philadelphia Quaker family, Rhoads was a teacher, later head, of Friends Girls' School in Tokyo for over 50 years. She was also of great importance in work with Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia and with the American Friends Service Committee, to assist Japanese-Americans affected by the War Relocation Act (forced removal and incarceration). Materials include correspondence, documents, typescripts and manuscripts,...
Dates:
circa 1895-1979
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- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
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- Society of Friends 1
- Society of Friends -- Hawaii -- Honolulu 1
- Society of Friends -- Missions 1
- Society of Friends -- Missions -- Japan 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians 1
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- American Friends Service Committee 3
- Friends Girls School (Tokyo, Japan) 3
- Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 2
- Bowles, Gordon Townsend 2
- Bowles, Jane T. 2
- Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 2
- Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia 2
- Akihito, Emperor of Japan 1
- American Peace Society of Japan 1
- Bowles, Herbert E. 1
- Bryn Mawr College 1
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 1
- Friends' Centre (Shanghai, China) 1
- Honolulu Friends Meeting 1
- International Labour Organisation 1
- Iwao Frederick Ayusawa 1
- Japan Friends' Mission (Tokyo, Japan) 1
- Japan Peace Society 1
- Japan Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
- Kokusai Kirisutokyō Daigaku 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Japan Committee 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Mission Board 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Japan Committee 1
- Rhoads, Esther Biddle, 1896-1979 1
- Society of Friends 1
- Thomas, Margaret Loring 1
- Tokyo Friends Center 1
- United Nations Association 1
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