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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-
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
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-1239
Abstract
This collection includes information about multiple generations of the Elkinton and Waring families. It is concentrated on two generations: firstly, that of Howard West Elkinton (1892-1955) and Katharine Wistar Mason Elkinton (1892/3-1961), his wife, and secondly, that of their daughter, Theodora Elkinton (1927-) who married Thomas Waring (1921-2001). It is a story of life choices made by these Quakers: for Howard and Katharine Elkinton, to serve under the American Friends Service Committee...
Dates:
1815-2006
Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends Ambulance Unit
Abstract
Collection contains pamphlets, periodicals, and annual reports.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1914-1954
Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends' Relief Committee
Abstract
Collection contains pamphlets, mostly undated, issued by the Friends' Relief Committee ca. 1921-1922.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1921-1922
Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends Relief Service
Abstract
Collection includes pamphlets and periodicals.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943-
Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends War Relief Service
Abstract
Collection consists of pamphlets and correspondence, including one 1943 letter which documents, as part of the letterhead, the name change from Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee to Friends War Relief Service: "Friends War Relief Service, incorporating F.W.V.R.C. and Civilian Relief Section of F.A.U." [Friends Ambulance Unit].
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1943
Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee
Abstract
Collection includes pamphlets, annual reports, and periodicals.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1914-1942
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-261
Abstract
Nelson Fuson was a physicist and educator, active in Quaker concerns. The collection contains extensive correspondence and papers concerning his service as a conscientious objector in Civilian Public Service during World War II. As the child of missionaries to China, his hope was to do relief service in China, and many of the papers deal with CPS China Units. However, the China Units were never activated and Fuson was assigned to camps in Maryland, Indiana, New York, and North Dakota. He...
Dates:
1909-1996