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World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends Service Committee Reference Files

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-032
Abstract

Contains the reference files collected and assembled by American Friends Service Committee over many years to keep it informed of parallel service work by British and Irish Friends. Includes minutes, reports, and related papers of Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee, Friends' Council for International Service, Friends Service Council, and other Quaker relief agencies, mostly under the direction of London and Dublin Yearly Meetings.

Dates: 1916-1944
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Friends Ambulance Unit Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends Ambulance Unit
Abstract

Collection contains pamphlets, periodicals, and annual reports.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1914-1954
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee
Abstract

Collection includes pamphlets, annual reports, and periodicals.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1914-1942
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Kite-Bassett Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-080
Abstract The Kite and Bassett families were Orthodox Quakers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Lynn, Massachusetts, respectively. James Kite was born in 1808, the son of Benjamin and Rebecca Kite of Philadelphia. In 1837 he was granted a certificate to Salem Monthly Meeting in Massachusetts to marry Lydia B. Rodman, widow of Caleb Rodman and daughter of Isaac and Ruth Bassett of Lynn. James and Lydia had eight children, viz. Ruth, James Rodman, Eliza B., Rebecca, Isaac C. Bassett, Hannah B., Lydia...
Dates: 1837-1930
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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