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Quaker Emergency Service records, ca. 1941-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))

Abstract:

The collection is organized into four folders: the group's general records, including the initial plan and charter; the records of the Civilian Readjustment Committee, the post-war arm of the group; information on a project in Brazil; and writings by people outside the group. Of interest are transcript talks given by Peter F. Amoroso of the New York Department of Correction, and Austin H. MacCormick of the Osborne Association. There is also a carbon copy, attributed to John S. Gough, of the Preamble and Constitution of the Spears Mobile Clinics, a medical service to the people of Syria and Lebanon.

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

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Josiah P. Marvel papers, 1942-1966 (bulk)

Extent:

.2 linear ft.

Abstract:

Josiah P. Marvel (1896-1959) was a Quaker, who worked with the American Friends Service Committee in France in 1940-41 and in 1942 became the chairman of the Quaker Emergency Service in New York City. This collection contains primarily Marvel's files on the Quaker Emergency Service, including its Civilian Readjustment Committee (a clinic that offered men arrested for soliciting sex with other men the option of psychiatric care in lieu of a prison sentence). The collection also includes a typescript of Marvel's unpublished memoir, "Peace in our time," and photographs of him.

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

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Correspondence of Allen Grover and Earl M. Freligh; Correspondence of Allen Grover and Josiah Marvel, 1940-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Abstract:

Correspondence, 1941-1945, between Allen Grover (ca. 1903-ca. 1996) and Earl M. Freligh (1917-2005), the former on the staff of Time Magazine, the latter an ambulance driver for the American Field Service in Italy and North Africa during World War II. A second section is the correspondence, 1940-1948, between Allen Grover and Josiah Marvel (1896-1959) relating particularly to his relief work in France in 1940.

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

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Josiah P. Marvel scrapbook, 1940-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.13 linear ft. (1 volume)

Abstract:

The scrapbook of Josiah P. Marvel includes Nazi documents, such as certificates and letters, from Marvel's time in occupied France during the summer of 1940, while travelling to and from Paris in service to the American Friends Service Committee. Documents include permissions from Nazi commanders in France, as well as The Hague and Brussels. Also included is a map of the location of prison camps, clothing lists, and a printed booklet on the National Work for Infants.

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