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Robert Hoopes Maris Papers, 1918-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Robert Hoopes Maris (1890-1975) was a Quaker dentist who served with the American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I.. The collection contains chiefly correspondence with his family written while Maris was serving as a dentist with American Friends Service Committee in France after World War I. Also a photograph album and other papers.

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

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Karen A. Reixach Prison Reform Papers, 1974-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:
Contains correspondence, minutes, and other papers concerning Karen A. Reixach's work with Quaker meetings at Auburn Prison and Attica Prison in New York State, 1974-1986. A member of Rochester Monthly Meeting, she was active in prison reform and Quaker outreach to prisoners. She served on the Rochester Monthly Meeting and New York Yearly Meetings Prison Committees and as clerk of the Oversight Committee at Attica Prison.

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

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Charles M. Tatum. American Friends Service Committee Coal Relief Papers, 1931-1941 (bulk 1931-1933) (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:
The collection documents the work of the American Friends Service Committee child relief team in the bituminous coal fields of West Virginia and Kentucky, 1931-1933. Of particular interest are (carbon) letters sent regularly to the American Friends Service Committee Coal Committee headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., recounting almost daily the activities of the team from February-May 1932 as well as the hardships and political unrest. The first year of the program concentrated on feeding and clothing; thereafter, the administration for relief was gradually transferred to local government and was focused on social and economic reconstruction.

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

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David S. and Mary W. Richie Papers, 1935-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
9.5 linear ft. (19 boxes)
Abstract:
David S. Richie (1908-2005) spent his life devoted to public service, particularly in the areas of work camps and cooperatives. A birthright Quaker, he served as Secretary of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Social Order Committee from 1939–1973 and was president of the Board of Friends Housing, Inc. He also was involved with the American Friends Service Committee and other organizations. These papers are divided into correspondence, writings, and topical files as assembled by Richie.

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

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Elizabeth Gurney Fry collection, 1800-1845 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (51 folders.))
Abstract:
This collection includes letters of Elizabeth Fry, both original and photocopies. The letters cover a wide range of subjects, from personal news to prison reform. Her correspondence is particularly concerned with education and religious instruction of prisoners, and the treatment of women and children prisoners. One letter describes the philosophy of Quaker marriages. Most of the recipients are unnamed. Also included are several letters of Joseph Fry, passes to visit Newgate prison, and photographs of Elizabeth Fry.

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

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Charles M. Tatum photographs of American Friends Service Committee Coal Relief, 1931-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:
.2 cubic ft. (1 box, stored with pa-139)
Abstract:
The President's Committee on Unemployment Relief and the Federal Children's Bureau requested that the American Friends Service Committee provide relief for the children of unemployed mine workers in the poverty stricken bituminous coal fields in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, and West Virginia during the winter of 1931-1932. Charles Maris Tatum worked in West Virginia and Kentucky for the AFSC Coal Relief mission from 1931-1933.

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

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Social Order Committee and its predecessors (1917-1969), 1917-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
13.5 linear ft.
Abstract:
A Social Order Committee was established by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1917 to "consider the part which the Religious Society of Friends should take in the present day application of efforts to promote the Kingdom of God on Earth, particularly as it relates to social, political, and industrial conditions." In 1927 it began to more formally cooperate with a similar committee of the Hicksite Yearly Meeting in much of its work; the two shared a Secretary, David S. Richie, after 1939. In 1948 the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings formed a joint Social Order Committee. It was absorbed into the Meeting for Social Concerns in 1969-70.

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

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Stephen G. Cary collection, 1714-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.6 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection contains the personal materials of Stephen G. Cary and historical materials collected by Cary about his relatives.

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

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