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Society of Friends -- Germany

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 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

Esther A. and Lloyd Balderston papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1185
Abstract

Materials documenting the life of Esther Balderston Jones during her time as a missionary in Japan (1914-1924) and from her father, Lloyd Balderston, about family history and geneology.

Dates: 1885-1961

Anna S. Cox Brinton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1228
Abstract

The papers of the family of Anna S. Cox Brinton, a notable Quaker educator, activist and minister. Her family includes Joel and Hannah E. Shipley Bean, the founders of the Beanite branch of Quakerism, as well as Catharine M. Cox Miles, who was active with the American Friends Service Committee in Germany after World War I. Other family members are also included.

Dates: 1825-1960

Friends World Committee for Consultation. Section of the Americas Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG1
Abstract A Friends World Conference Committee, sponsored by the Fellowship Council of the American Friends Service Committee, was established in 1932 to promote better understanding among Friends world wide. The representatives at the Second World Conference of Friends, held at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges, Pa., in 1937, approved the establishment of a continuing international organization, a Friends World Committee, to promote international contacts and cooperation among Friends. In 1958, it...
Dates: 1933-2010

Thomas R. Kelly papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1135
Abstract

The papers of Thomas R. Kelly (1893-1941) pertain to his work as a Quaker in Germany representing the American Friends Service Committee before and during World War II, to his academic work, and to his close ties with his family. There is also material relating to a biography of Kelly written by his son, Richard Kelly.

Dates: 1915-1947