Emma Chandler MacClelland Papers
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
- MacClelland, Emma Chandler, 1892-1965 (Person)
- American Friends Service Committee (Contributor, Organization)
- MacClelland, Emma Chandler, 1892-1965 (Contributor, Person)
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
Geographic
Topical
- Charities -- France
- International relief -- France
- International relief -- France
- International relief -- Germany
- International relief -- Societies, etc
- Quakers -- France
- Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France
- Social service -- France
- Social service -- Societies, etc.
- Society of Friends -- International assistance
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France
- 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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