Online Content: Not Available / Organization: American Friends Service Committee / Language: English / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1980">1980</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1984">1984</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young photographs, 1918-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:: .45 cubic ft. (2 boxes; pa177 stored with box 2)
Abstract:: Wilmer J. Young (1887-1983), a Quaker teacher and peace activist born in Iowa, was involved in post World War I reconstruction in France and Poland. He married Mildred Binns in 1922, and together they worked with AFSC work camps and cooperative farms until he began to teach at Pendle Hill in 1955. This collection of photographs documents their work and personal life.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

American Friends Service Committee photographs, circa 1918-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection consists of miscellaneous photographs, collected over time from various sources, documenting the American Friends Service Committee and its projects. Post-World War I and post-World War II and Vietnam War relief work are well documented, and there are also photographs of AFSC work in the United States, Africa, other parts of Asia, and the Middle East.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Quaker United Nations Office Collected Records, 1970- (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Jones-Cadbury Family papers, ca. 1770-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:: 72 linear ft. (141 boxes and 8 packages, 6 tubes)
Abstract:: The Quaker families of Jones and Cadbury were interrelated with many other Quaker families in the United States and England. This collection provides a rich source of genealogical and historical information, not only on the Jones and Cadbury families, and especially Mary Hoxie Jones (1904-2003) and Emma Cadbury Jr. (1875-1965), but also, significantly, on the Warder family, as well as the Bartram, Brown, Carter, Foulke, Kaighn, Lowry, Mennell, Pearsall, Shinn, and Shipley families.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

William Morris Maier papers, 1935-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11.67 linear ft. (28 boxes)
Abstract:: William Morris Maier (1909-1982), a Haverford College graduate, was active in a wide variety of charitable organizations, especially those related to the Society of Friends. These papers consist of materials from his phlianthropic work with many organizations, including the Ludwick Institute, the Friends' Freedmen's Association, and the Emlen Institution.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Bacon Family papers, 1800-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 linear ft. (16 boxes and 1 volume)
Abstract:: Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

William Huntington papers, 1932-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection relates primarily to William Huntington, (1907-1990), a 20th century Quaker peace activist and the ship The Golden Rule which Huntington and others used to protest atomic testing in the South Pacific. Included are correspondence, photographs, conference papers, newspaper articles, memoranda, and minutes.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

S. Francis Nicholson Family Papers, 1900-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11 linear ft. (22 boxes)
Abstract:: S. Francis Nicholson was a prominent Quaker investment banker, longtime officer of Provident National Bank, Philadelphia, and active in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, A.F.S.C., and Friends Fiduciary Corporation. The collection contains correspondence, financial records, memorabilia, and other papers reflecting his career and life with his wife, Evelyn Haworth Nicholson.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Joseph Haines papers, 1917-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of three folders of the papers of Joseph H. Haines.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Rebecca Timbres Clark photographs, 1853-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 cubic ft. (3 boxes plus 2 oversized photographs)
Abstract:: Rebecca Timbres Clark (1896-2000) was a Quaker nurse and social worker. She and her first husband, Harry Garland Timbres (1899-1937), performed relief work under the auspices of the AFSC in Eastern Europe in 1921-22 and worked with Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal, India, in 1931-34. In 1936-1937, the couple worked in the malaria unit in Soviet Russia. After Harry Timbres' death, Rebecca returned to the U.S. She married Edgar Sydenham Clark (1885-1961) on July 2, 1943, and the couple moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1947, where Rebecca worked as a medical social worker. This collection includes photographs of family and friends as well as snapshots of Russia and Poland.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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