Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany
Subject
Subject Source: Local Authority: Quaker Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
James Garrett Vail papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1355
Abstract
James Garrett Vail (1886-1951) was an American Quaker and industrial chemist with a focus on silicates. Vail frequently engaged in service missions outside of the United States, beginning with child-feeding efforts in Germany in combination with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) after the First World War. This collections consists primarily of correspondence with his wife, Ruth Masters Russell Vail, while abroad and material related to those foreign missions and other aspects of...
Dates:
1917 - 1952
Ernest Votaw Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-154
Abstract
Ernest Votaw (1894-1988) was the Quaker administrator of a child feeding program in Germany in 1919-1922. The collection contains reports and related materials (some in German) of the Friends Feeding Mission, 1910-1923, other activities of the American Friends Service Committee, and reference material collected by Ernest Votaw in post-war Germany concerning jail conditions and other social problems. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence and four articles written by...
Dates:
1913-1929
