Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction
Subject
Subject Source: Local Authority: Quaker Subject Headings
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Wood Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1259
Abstract
Papers of Carolena Wood relating to her involvement in a number of Quaker philanthropic and relief efforts, and Jim Wood's interest in responsible investing.
Dates:
1899-1973
World War I Reconstruction and Conscientious Objectors files
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1249
Abstract
Card files on Conscientious Objectors in World War I (of all faiths) and on workers and applicants to the Reconstruction Unit program overseen by the Society of Friends in Europe after World War I.
Dates:
1918-1923
Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall Refugee Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-256
Abstract
Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall and her husband, D. Robert Yarnall, were Quakers, active in the American Friends Service Committee relief efforts. They worked with the Quaker center in Vienna, Austria, during the summer of 1938 to help in the emigration of German and Austrian Jews. The collection contains correspondence concerning their work with refugees and letters from refugees asking for assistance, especially the musician and composers Karl Weigl and his wife, Vally, who emigrated in October...
Dates:
1938-1945
