Online Content: Not Available / Organization: American Friends Service Committee / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1900">1900</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1949">1949</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Elkinton, Waring Family papers, 1815-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11.51 linear ft. (27 boxes, 1 tube)
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 in Europe after World War I and during World War II providing relief aid, and for Theodora and Tom Waring to continue this tradition by serving in Finland after World War II and then in the field of education in the United States.

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

Clarence Pickett journals, 1933-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear ft. (4)
Abstract:: This collection consists of typescript copies of the journals of Clarence Pickett (1884-1965), prominent Friend and Executive Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee for 23 years. These journals form a record of Pickett's daily activities promoting peace worldwide between 1933 and 1965.

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

John F. Rich papers, 1902-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of John F. Rich, who worked at the AFSC as a director of public relations and later founded his own public relations firm. The collection includes letters and diaries from his travels in Spain, India, and China during his years with the A.F.S.C. as well as materials from his firm.

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

Leonard Stout Kenworthy diary, 1940-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.06 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Leonard Stout Kenworthy's "Quaker Berlin Diary" describes his experiences in Germany during World War II working with German Quakers to assist unaffiliated German Jews to leave Germany.

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

American Friends Service Committee Collected Records, 1917- (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

American Committee for Relief of German Children Collected Records, 1923-1924 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Lynne Shivers Papers, 1941-2015 (bulk)

Extent:: 8 linear ft. (8 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Enid Lynne Shivers was a peace activist and prominent member of Movement for a New Society, for which she organized and wrote informational materials. This collection of her personal materials is primarily composed of journals dating from the 1960s until 2014 and materials from time she spent doing peace work in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Committee on Race Relations and its predecessors (1919-1970), 1921-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 linear ft. (12 boxes)
Abstract:: Records, 1921-1969, of the Race Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and its predecessors, the Anti-Lynching Committee (1919-1921), Committee on the Interests of the Colored Race (1921-1929) Committee on Race Relations (1921-1929), and the Joint Committee on Race Relations(1929-1955).

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Elizabeth A.W. Furnas Papers, 1928-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Elizabeth A.W. (Betty) Furnas was an active member of the Society of Friends who served as a member of the Board of Pendle Hill and was a member of the Women's Problems Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and its sucessor, Philadelphia Quaker Women. The collection includes minutes and correspondence, particularly of the latter, as well as published and unpublished writings and other material.

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

Letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendell Clepper, 1936-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection includes letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendall Clepper. These letters relate to personal and family news, as well as news of the progress and concerns of the Delta Cooperative Farm, on which she was working at the time.

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

Search

Search Constraints

Search Results

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Main content

Limit your search

Repository

Record Source

Online Content

Subject

Organization

People

Place

Form

Creator

Language

Year