Quakers -- World War, 1914–1918 -- Civilian relief
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Janet Speakman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-353
Abstract
The collection largely contains correspondence of Janet Speakman, a lifelong member of Swarthmore Monthly Meeting. The significant correpondence dates between 1922-1939 when she worked in civilian relief in France and Russia and later traveled through pre World War II Europe.
Dates:
ca. 1918-1971
Herbert V. Nicholson papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-215
Abstract
This collection contains the papers, letters, and pictures of Herbert V. Nicholson.
Dates:
1964-1982
Oliver Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-334
Abstract
The collection contains the papers of the family of Wendell French Oliver, New England and Pennsylvania Wilburite Quakers. Gamaliel Wallis Oliver (1772-1849) was a successful Lynn, Massachusetts, shoe manufacturer who married Charlotte Breed in 1807. Two grandsons, Wendell French Oliver and William Theodore Oliver, were conscientious objectors in WWI and served with the AFSC in European Reconstruction. The collection includes journals, photographs, and related papers of Wendell, W....
Dates:
1706 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1960
Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey) Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-149
Abstract
Wilbur K. Thomas (1882-1953), a Quaker born in Indiana, was executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1918 to 1929. He graduated from Friends University in 1904, served as pastor of various Quaker churches, graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1907, earned a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1914, and was a member of Boston Friends Meeting after 1909. He was director of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation in Philadelphia from 1930 to 1946. The collection contains...
Dates:
1914-1933
