Creator: Jones, Margaret E., 1895-1984 - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Creator Jones, Margaret E., 1895-1984

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Margaret E. Jones (1895-1984), daughter of William B. and Phebe Jones, was a birthright Quaker member of Moorestown Monthly Meeting of Friends in New Jersey. She was involved with the American Friends Service Committee for many years, first as a staff member, then serving on the Board of Directors. The collection contains scrapbooks kept by Margaret E. Jones while she was in Europe involved in relief work in 1933 and again from 1958-1959. Includes a number of photographs of places and people, some identified, and postcards, including one from Anna Brinton.

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

Extent:: 22.5 linear ft. (45 boxes)
Abstract:: The American Friends Fellowship Council had its origin in the Fellowship Committee of the American Friends Service Committee. Founded in 1933, its primary purpose was to foster an increased interest in Quakerism throughout the United States and to draw all Friends groups into closer sympathy and fellowship. The Fellowship Council merged with the Friends World Committee, American Section, in 1954. The collection includes correspondence and administrative records, minutes, financial statements, membership lists, publicity, correspondence about new meetings, Intervisitation, and Wider Quaker Fellowship, 1933-1954.

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

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