Prison reformers -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Josiah P. Marvel papers
Collection — Othertype SC-221
Identifier: SFHL-SC-221
Overview
Josiah P. Marvel (1896-1959) was a Quaker, who worked with the American Friends Service Committee in France in 1940-41 and in 1942 became the chairman of the Quaker Emergency Service in New York City. This collection contains primarily Marvel's files on the Quaker Emergency Service, including its Civilian Readjustment Committee (a clinic that offered men arrested for soliciting sex with other men the option of psychiatric care in lieu of a prison sentence). The collection also includes a...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942 - 1966
Prisoner Visitation and Support Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-223
Scope and Contents
This collection was partially processed by the archivist in 2006. The material came in looking like it was in good order, but it was discovered that the folder titles rarely matched what was in the folders themselves. This necessitated sorting nearly everything into new folders. Some prisoner correspondence was already designated as such before its arrival at the SCPC, but a great deal was also found mixed throughout the rest of the collection. This was removed and put with the rest of the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1952-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
