Social service -- Religious aspects
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
American Friends Service Committee papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-002
Abstract
This collection is comprised of a single news letter and the correspondence of the American Friends Service Committee.
Dates:
1942-1947
Lebanon Hospital for Mental Diseases records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-015
Abstract
The Lebanon Hospital for Mental Diseases of Syria (now Lebanon) was founded in 1898 by Theophilus Waldmeier, who spent more than 40 years in Abyssinia and Syria in educational missionary work.The American Committee was founded in 1897 by Waldemier "for the purpose of interesting Americans in this cherished plan for support of this hospital" (minutes, November 15, 1923). This was one of many committees he helped to form around the world for supporting the hospital.This collection contains one...
Dates:
1900-1940; Majority of material found within 1922 - 1932
E. Carlton (Edwin Carlton) MacDowell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-095
Abstract
E. Carlton MacDowell (Edwin Carlton) (1887-1973) was a Quaker zoologist and relief worker. The collection contains correspondence, minutes, reports, memorabilia, pictures and other papers, relating to MacDowell's involvement in Quaker relief activities in France during and after World War I. Includes material relating to American Friends Service Committee's Reconstruction Unit and Message Committee, Berlin Centre Committee, and Friends Council for International Service.
Dates:
1917-1927
