Society of Friends -- Missions
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bowles family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
Abstract
The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to...
Dates:
1922-1960
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Foreign Missionary Association (1882-1950)
Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/830
Identifier: QM-Phy-830
Scope and Contents
Records of the Foreign Missionary Association of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1921-1953, include its Minutes (1882-1921) as well as the records of its Executive Board (1883-1923), International Committee (1918-1924), Young Women's Auxiliary and other Miscellaneous reports and correspondence (1883-1923). Also included are records from the Committee's Branches at Downingtown, Germantown, Haverford, Moorestown, Philadelphia and West Chester Meetings.
Dates:
1882-1923
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) Records: Mission Board (1923-1956)
Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/836
Identifier: QM-Phy-836
Scope and Contents
Records of the Mission Board of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at Haverford include the minutes, financial accounts and other records from the time of the groups inception in 1923 until 1956, as well as those of its branches at Germantown, Haverford and Moorestown Monthly Meetings and other miscellaneous documents, including the extensive diary collection of missionary Edith F. Sharpless, which begins in 1908 but provides a thorough chronicle of her experience with the Mission Board in...
Dates:
1923-1956
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: International Outreach Committee (1974-2016)
Collection — Othertype HV/Phy/835
Identifier: QM-Phy-835
