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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of Allen Grover and Earl M. Freligh; Correspondence of Allen Grover and Josiah Marvel

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-830
Abstract

Correspondence, 1941-1945, between Allen Grover (ca. 1903-ca. 1996) and Earl M. Freligh (1917-2005), the former on the staff of Time Magazine, the latter an ambulance driver for the American Field Service in Italy and North Africa during World War II. A second section is the correspondence, 1940-1948, between Allen Grover and Josiah Marvel (1896-1959) relating particularly to his relief work in France in 1940.

Dates: 1940-1949
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Elkinton, Waring Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1239
Abstract This collection includes information about multiple generations of the Elkinton and Waring families. It is concentrated on two generations: firstly, that of Howard West Elkinton (1892-1955) and Katharine Wistar Mason Elkinton (1892/3-1961), his wife, and secondly, that of their daughter, Theodora Elkinton (1927-) who married Thomas Waring (1921-2001). It is a story of life choices made by these Quakers: for Howard and Katharine Elkinton, to serve under the American Friends Service Committee...
Dates: 1815-2006
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Edward D. Freeman correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-157
Dates: 1935 January 24 -1939 October 20
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Fritz and Karoline Solmitz papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M94
Abstract Fritz Solmitz (1893-1933) was an early and outspoken leader in the opposition to Nazism, an editor of a Social Democratic newspaper in Lübeck and a member of the City council. Because of his active opposition to the Nazis, and probably because he was a Jew, he died of mistreatment in a German prison shortly after Hitler came to power. Karoline Somitz (1893-1966) was, like her husband, active in civic affairs. Much of the collection contains letters and photographs, some translated from...
Dates: 1929 - 2006
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Gilbert White AFSC papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-816
Abstract

Some papers of Gilbert F. White (1911-2006), a geographer and president of Haverford College, relating to some of his experiences serving the American Friends Service Committee during World War II and letters received while president of the college.

Dates: 1927 - 1947
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Haverford "Pre-Met"-itations

 Collection
Identifier: HCL-003-020
Abstract

Publication of the military Pre-Meteorological Unit stationed at Haverford during World War II.

Dates: 1943 - 1944
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Japanese Women in Politics after World War II collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: BMC-M28
Abstract Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) was an historian and a campaigner for women's suffrage and Ethel B. Weed was a lieutenant in the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces Civil Information and Education Office in Japan. Beard and Weed corresponded, with Weed providing research assistance to Beard for a proposed book on Japanese women's history and Beard providing advice to Weed regarding her activties with the Civil Information and Education Office. The collection consists of documentation...
Dates: 1945 - 1951
Found in: Bryn Mawr College

Alice Jones diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-037
Abstract This collection is comprised primarily of the original, handwritten diary of Alice Jones, and a photocopy of the original. Diary entries discuss the history of the Friends School in Ramallah, Palestine, religious reflection and discussions concerning the divides between Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Palestine, and discussions concerning the politics within Palestine. Jones also provides descriptions of the children she teaches at the school.In addition to the Jones's diary,...
Dates: 1919-1946; 1930
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Morris Evans Leeds papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1127
Abstract

The papers of Morris Evans Leeds (1869-1952), a Philadelphia Quaker who graduated from Haverford College and became president of Leeds & Northrup Company, manufacturers of precision instruments. He was also an inventor and developer. Leeds was a member of the Board of Haverford College and active on the School Board of Philadelphia.

Dates: 1757-1952; Majority of material found within 1880-1952
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Gilbert MacMaster papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1016
Abstract Gilbert MacMaster (1869-1967), a Quaker, was involved in charitable work in post-World War II Europe. The papers include his letters, photographs, and diary, which covers his and Margarethe Lachmund's (his wife) 30 years of service (1920-1950) with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) child feeding mission in Germany, after World War I, as head of the Friends Center in Hamburg, during Hitler's rise to power, and as American Friends' representative in Basel, Switzerland, during World...
Dates: 1901-1968
Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections