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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends Service Committee photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-211
Identifier: SFHL-PA-211
Abstract

This collection consists of miscellaneous photographs, collected over time from various sources, documenting the American Friends Service Committee and its projects. Post-World War I and post-World War II and Vietnam War relief work are well documented, and there are also photographs of AFSC work in the United States, Africa, other parts of Asia, and the Middle East.

Dates: circa 1918-1975
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Stephen G. Cary collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1320
Abstract

This collection contains the personal materials of Stephen G. Cary and historical materials collected by Cary about his relatives.

Dates: 1714-2003
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

C. Douglas Hostetter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-260
Abstract C. Douglas Hostetter (1944 - ), has been an peace activist since the 1960s. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war and performed alternative service for the Mennonite Central Committee in rural Vietnam.Following his work in Vietnam Hostetter worked for the United Methodist Church at the United Nations on international affairs. From the mid 1980s through the end of the decade Hostetter served as the executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee in their New...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1959-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Russell Stetler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-110
Abstract These documents created and collected by Russell Stetler pertain to the early role of Haverford students in opposing the war in Vietnam, Haverford’s support of Stetler’s right to dissent when his scholarship from the Philadelphia Board of Education was threatened because of his antiwar activities, Stetler’s correspondence with the English philosopher and peace activist Bertrand Russell, and Stetler’s essay on the Vietnam war that was ultimately published in a pamphlet by the Bertrand Russell...
Dates: 1962-2022; Majority of material found within 1963-1965
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Howard Haines Turner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-210
Abstract

Howard Haines Turner (1909-1996) was a Quaker economist and educator who was active in a variety of social concerns, particularly in improving the justice system. He also had a lifelong interest in cooperative communities and worked in South Vietnam under the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).

Dates: 1927-1995
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Cora Weiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-222
Abstract Cora Weiss is a peace and social justice leader and activist. She is a supporter of the United Nations, an early member of Women Strike for Peace, a leader in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the United States. In the 1970s Weiss was the director of the Riverside Church (New York, NY) Disarmament Program. Weiss was also active with SANE, SANE/Freeze, Peace Action, and The Hague Appeal for Peace. Weiss became president of the International Peace Bureau in 2000. She has always been active in...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections