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World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- France

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Paul M. Cope Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Cope, Paul Markley
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, documents, memorabilia, and pamphlets from Cope's work in France in 1919.

Dates: 1919

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

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

Edgar Zavitz Palmer and Boyd Zavitz Palmer papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-113
Abstract

Edgar Zavitz Palmer (1898-1977) was a graduate of Swarthmore College, Class of 1919, and a professor of economics at several universities. This collection contains material relating to Edgar’s collection of Quaker meeting house pictures, his personal and professional correspondence, his relief work in Europe after World War I, and his son Boyd Zavitz Palmer’s application for conscientious objector status.

Dates: 1890 - 1994

William Webb Price Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-126
Abstract

William Webb Price (1892-1961) was a Quaker architect, teacher, and actor, of Rose Valley, Pennsylvania. The collection contains chiefly letters written by Price to his family while serving with Friends War Victims Relief Committee in France during and shortly after World War I; together with reports, financial papers, memorabilia, and printed material relating to Quaker reconstruction activities in France.

Dates: 1917-1923

Vipont-Brown-Crowley Family Papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-157
Identifier: SFHL-SC-157
Abstract

The Vipont, Brown, and Crowley families were active Quakers in England and were particularly involved in Mount Street Monthly Meeting.

Dates: 1802-1993