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Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young Papers, 1909-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 linear ft. (3 boxes)
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. The collection contains primarily journals and correspondence from his time in France.

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

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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.

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

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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]