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Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-094

Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence of Emma Chandler MacClelland during the period, 1918-1919, in which she did relief work in France. Details her activities in Brittany, Bordeaux, and other locations. Also includes photographs of her trip.

Dates

  • Creation: 1918-1919

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

Emma Chandler MacClelland was a Quaker who was involved in relief work in France during World War I with the American Friends Service Committee. She was born in West Chester, Pa. in 1895, and married Lee H. MacClelland after her return from France. They had two children, Phebe and John. She was a member of Reading Monthly Meeting at the time of her death in 1965.

Extent

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Emma Chandler MacClelland was a Quaker who was involved in relief work in France during World War I with the American Friends Service Committee. She was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1895, and married Lee H. MacClelland after her return from France. She was a member of Reading Monthly Meeting at the time of her death in 1965. The collection contains correspondence of Emma Chandler MacClelland during the period, 1918-1919, in which she did relief work in France. Details her activities in Brittany, Bordeaux, and other locations. Also includes photographs of her trip.

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Phebe Ripka, 1991

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The donor, Phebe Ripka, is the daughter of Emma Chandler MacClelland

Title
An Inventory of the Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers, 1918-1919
Author
FHL staff
Date
1992
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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