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Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Authority: Quaker Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Leonhard Friedrich papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-071
Abstract

This collection includes photocopies and reproductions related to Leonhard Friedrich, a German Quaker.

Dates: 1942-1986

Rebecca Mary Hannum correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-303
Identifier: SFHL-SC-303
Abstract The collection contains the correspondence of Rebecca Mary Hannum (1889-1984) mostly related to her work with the American Friends Service Committee child feeding program in post WWI Germany, 1921-1924 and Peasant Industries, Poland. After the child feeding project was transferred to local groups in Germany, Mary Hannum became involved with the Peasant Industries program which supported women's handwork for sale in the United States and elsewhere. Her personal and business letters contain...
Dates: 1918 - 1924

Kathleen Hertzberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-093
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the correspondence and typed manuscripts on the Doukhobors by Kathleen Hertzberg.

Dates: 1970

William R. Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-100
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the typed manuscript, "The Friends of Jakob Boeheme," an essay describing a visit to former Nazis interned after the war, and correspondence in both German and English.

Dates: 1952

Leonard Stout Kenworthy diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-039
Abstract

Leonard Stout Kenworthy's "Quaker Berlin Diary" describes his experiences in Germany during World War II working with German Quakers to assist unaffiliated German Jews to leave Germany.

Dates: 1940-1941

Gilbert MacMaster papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1016
Abstract Gilbert MacMaster (1869-1967), a Quaker, was involved in charitable work in post-World War II Europe. The papers include his letters, photographs, and diary, which covers his and Margarethe Lachmund's (his wife) 30 years of service (1920-1950) with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) child feeding mission in Germany, after World War I, as head of the Friends Center in Hamburg, during Hitler's rise to power, and as American Friends' representative in Basel, Switzerland, during World...
Dates: 1901-1968

Thomas C. Potts correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-150
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Thomas C. Potts. Many of the letters are written from Potts to Ethel, his wife, while he was traveling with the American Friends Service Committee in 1920.

Dates: 1920

Rhoads family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-107
Identifier: SFHL-SC-107
Abstract

This collection includes letters written by J. Edgar Rhoads to his family while he was in Germany administering war relief after WWI. Also included are the diaries of his grandfather, Jonathan E. Rhoads, from 1908-1910. These provide a record of daily appointments and expenses.

Dates: 1908-1920

The collection of Beulah Hurley Waring and Alston Waring, New Hope, PA

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1225
Abstract

The collection, primarily of correspondence of Quaker Beulah Hurley (1886-) relating principally to her relief work after World War I in Europe and Russia under the auspices of several Friends' groups and the photographs of Quaker P. Alston Waring (1895-1978) taken in Europe, East Asia, California, Central America and mainly in India between 1915 and 1954.

Dates: 1917-1954

Agnes Tierney papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-171
Abstract

This collection is comprised of two folders of the papers of Agnes Tierney, related to her time working with the American Friends Service Committee, especially in Germany. The majority of the collection is composed of Tierney's correspondence while in Germany, but the collection also includes pamphlets, notes, and extracts of meeting minutes.

Dates: 1922-1928