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Kaltenbach Family Correspondence, 1933-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
The collection consists primarily of letters written by John E. Kaltenbach to his parents, Edward C. and Ethel Kaltenbach, from Wesleyan University, Yale Divinity School, and while working as the acting director for the Scattergood Hostel for European Refugees in Iowa. Also a small number of letters from his sister, Linda Kaltenbach, while a student at Swarthmore College.

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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.

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