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Stephen G. Cary papers
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Stephen G. Cary (1915-2002) graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in economics with a minor in chemistry from Haverford in 1937, and a master's in international administration from Columbia University in 1943. He was a conscientious objector during World War II and served in the Civilian Public Service from 1942 to 1946. Between 1946 and 1969, Cary was an integral part of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). With Willis Weatherford, he served as chief of American Quaker Relief Operations in Europe from 1946 to 1948, overseeing work in 10 countries dealing with the aftermath of World War II. Cary was chairman of the AFSC from 1979 to 1991. Cary began his service to Haverford College as a member of the Board of Managers from 1955 to 1969. In 1969, he joined the staff as vice president of development, and became vice president of finance and development in 1974. He was named acting president of Haverford from 1977 to 1978. He served as senior vice president of the College from 1979 to 1981, and was clerk of Haverford's faculty meetings during these three years.
This is a collection of the professional and personal papers of Stephen G. Cary. Materials include: correspondence, memos, and reports on American Friends Service Committee's (AFSC) activities and programs; AFSC pamphlets and brochures; minutes, grant applications, and correspondence related to the Clarence and Lilly Pickett Endowment for Quaker Leadership; subject files on such topics as civil rights, the Germantown Friends School, and the Friends Association for Higher Education; and notebooks and appointment books. Materials related to Cary's association with Haverford College include: correspondence; drafts of speeches; minutes of various committees; records related to the Honor Code; and clippings on Cary's tenure as acting president. The collection also includes Cary's personal correspondence.
Major topics within this collection relate to: activism, American Friends Service Committee, education, and Haverford College.
The Stephen G. Cary papers were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 2003 by Elizabeth S. Cary.
Processed by Jon Sweitzer-Lamme.
Printed materials from this collection were moved into the appropriate PG series.
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- Friends Association for Higher Education (U.S.)
- American Friends Service Committee
- Haverford College
- Friends General Conference (U.S.)
- Friends World Committee for Consultation
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
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- Jon Sweitzer-Lamme
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Collection Inventory
Correspondence with Laurence Sigmond, State Sen. Stewart J. Greenleaf; statements of SGC, David C. Baldus, Jerome J. Shestack (American Bar Association) before the PA State Senate Judiciary Committee.
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1960 newsletter, The Focus; 1961/6/2 letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer re: Freedom Riders; [1962] telegram to the White House re: James Meredith; 1964/3/23 report of Colin W. Bell [AFSC] from Selma, AL; 1965/3/25 newsletter, Focus.
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Correspondence with other CPS veterans, as well as the producers of the PBS documentary (aired in 2002), regarding the production schedule and SGC's providing images for the documentary.
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AFSC memo regarding requests by the government for assessments of 'loyalty;' letter to Rep. Francis E. Walter regarding censoring mail from Communist countries; excerpts from an address by Supreme Court Justice William D. Douglas at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, summer 1962; 'Loyalty Oath' (poem), dedicated to the Attorney-General of the U.S.
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Writings by James Matlack, Steven G. Cary, AFSC, J. William Frost, 'British NGOs in Unprecedented Joint Call for Restraint,' Sandy Tolan, Molly Ivins, James W. Hood. Correspondence with Howard Zinn, Pleasant Bay listserv, Walter Emerson, 'Jan,' Helene Pollock. Materials regarding the AFSC 'No More Victims' campaign.
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Letters and reports from and related to Vietnam, letters to the editor from SGC, miscellaneous notes, SGC's entry visa into South Vietnam, 1965.
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Correspondence between SGC and the Internal Revenue Service regarding SGC's refusal to pay the portion of his taxes which would go to support military-related expenses.
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Miscellaneous letters to the editor, other letters, notes, newsletters and clippings.
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Directories of AFSC board members.
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Correspondence between various groups and the AFSC regarding criticisms of the AFSC's approach to activism, as well as answers from members of the AFSC's staff.
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Correspondence between various groups and the AFSC regarding criticisms of the AFSC's approach to activism, as well as answers from members of the AFSC's staff.
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Letters responding to a New Republic cover article, "With Friends Like These: Stephen Chapman on the Modern Quakers," 1979/6/9. Also includes a copy of the article, as well as 45-page report, "Quaker Approaches in Contemporary Affairs."
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Three folders of correspondence responding to an interest group convened by Chuck Fager at the 1979 Friends General Conference at Earlham College. Also included in the first folder is the Final Summary of Concerns from that interest group, along with a list of co-signers from the interest group.
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Correspondence and documents stemming from a report of the Intermountain Yearly Meeting Committee of Concern on Relations between AFSC and Yearly Meeting.
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Notes, correspondence and the final document resulting from the two-year visioning process undertaken by the AFSC.
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Miscellaneous letters, memoranda and notes related to the AFSC.
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Miscellaneous letters, memoranda and notes related to the AFSC.
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Correspondence and reports from and regarding AFSC delegations to 'Indo-China.'
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Travel documents related to SGC's trip to Vietnam.
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Correspondence and travel documents related to SGC's trip to Lapland.
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Correspondence, reports, notes and travel documents related to AFSC peacebuilding efforts in the Middle East.
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Correspondence, reports and press releases related to AFSC peacebuilding efforts in Central America.
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Correspondence, reports, notes and travel documents related to SGC's visit to France as the official representative of the AFSC to the first Conference of Nobel Laureates in Paris, organized by French President Francois Mitterrand and Elie Weisel, winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Notes, reports and correspondence regarding SGC's trip to Israel.
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Interviews with Israelis, regarding the peace process.
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Interviews with Israelis, regarding the peace process.
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Correspondence and documents leading up to SGC's trip to Israel.
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Correspondence and documents related to SGC's candidacy for the presidency of Earlham College.
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Correspondence and documents related to SGC's visit to Guilford as part of their Distinguished Quaker Visitors program, as well as his decision not to become a candidate for the presidency of Guilford.
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Correspondence, documents, essays and notes related to SGC's activities with the Friends Association for Higher Education.
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Documents, notes and correspondence related to the 50th reunion of the GFS class of 1933.
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Correspondence and documents related to the search for a headmaster for GFS. SGC was on the search committee.
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Correspondence and documents related to the ways in which Quaker values are expressed in Quaker education at GFS.
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Documents related to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Size and Structure of the School Committee.
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Correspondence, reports, notes and other documents related to the Moses Brown School, a Quaker school in Rhode Island. Documents discuss the reorganization of the governing structure of the school.
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Documents related to an effort by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to make Friends schools affordable for Friends children.
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Documents related to the SGC's time at Haverford and to other members of the Class of 1937, not specifically related to reunions.
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Correspondence and documents related to the Class of 1937's 50th reunion, including a ~50 page History of the Class, and the 50th reunion photograph of the class.
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Correspondence and documents related to the Class of 1937's 55th reunion, including a ~40 page supplement to the History of the Class.
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Correspondence and documents related to the Class of 1937's 60th reunion, for which SGC served on the Reunion Committee. Includes another update to the History of the Class, photocopied photographs and photographs from the reunion.
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SGC's collection talk, delivered in his capacity as the Interim President, 1977/9/7, and letters in response.
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Correspondence and documents discussing the role of Quakerism at Haverford as expressed through the Corporation of the College.
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Correspondence and documents related to the Corporation Advisory Committee.
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Memoranda related to the Committee on a Haverford Education, as well as the reports of the Committee.
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Correspondence, memoranda, notes, essays and printed PowerPoint slides related to education at Haverford. Includes documents related to student self-governance, the debate over the college accepting women, the college endowment, and academic freedom.
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Correspondence, notes and documents related to the Honor Code at Haverford. Also includes a copy of the Temple University School of Medicine honor code.
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Correspondence related to the granting of honorary degrees by Haverford.
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Correspondence and essays related to SGC's time as acting president of Haverford.
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Correspondence, memoranda and documents related to the search for a Haverford president.
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Documents related to sports at Haverford.
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Correspondence, memoranda, notes, essays and other documents related to Quakerism at Haverford.
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Correspondence and documents related to SGC's service on the board of the Greater Philadelphia ACLU.
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Documents related to SGC's service on the board of the Community of Bosnia, an organization working with Bosnians in the United States.
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Documents and correspondence related to the Four Way Lodge, a camp in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Much of the correspondence relates to an attempt by the Lodge to gain a conservation easement for the land on which the Lodge sits.
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Correspondence, reports, notes and other documents relating to the Witness for Peace delegations to Nicaragua. Includes a signed photograph of Daniel Ortega and Sergio Ramirez, the Sandinista candidates for President and Vice-President in the 1990 Nicaraguan election.
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Minutes, budgets, fact sheets, notes, and other documents related to the FCWTC, which met in Washington, DC.
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Correspondence, memoranda, documents and notes related to the Friends World Committee for Consultation 1982 Triennial in Kaimosi, Kenya. Includes a directory of the attenders of the Triennial.
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Documents related to the 1988 Friends World Committee for Consultation Triennial in Tokyo, Japan. Also includes documents related to the Committee for the Seoul Assembly of Olympeace, a committee working toward world peace in relation to the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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Correspondence related to SGC's donations to Friends General Conference.
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Correspondence, documents, essays, reports and other documents related to Germantown Monthly Meeting. Also includes a series of rewritten songs celebrating William Thaddeus Coleman, a member of GMM, as he went to Washington, DC to become Secretary of Transportation under Gerald Ford.
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Correspondence and documents related to the fiscal health of GMM.
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Correspondence and documents related to the Jewish-Quaker Dialog, a series of discussions led (on the Quaker end) by the Testimonies and Concerns Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Also includes blank surveys related to Jewish-Quaker issues, and a directory of participants in the Dialog.
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Documents relating to the founding of the Pickett Endowment, a fund giving grants to support leadership development in the Quaker community. Documents include the Endowment by-laws, newsletters, listing of prospects and correspondence regarding its establishment.
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Correspondence regarding grants given by the Endowment.
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Documents related to the financial health of the Pickett Fund, including correspondence about fundraisers and investments.
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Notes, correspondence and typescript documents related to a 1993 fundraising trip to Claremont, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Santa Rosa.
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Notes and documents related to a meeting of the trustees of the Pickett Fund.
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Notes and correspondence related to post-trip followups to SGC's fundraising visit to the Northwest.
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Notes and correspondence related to post-trip followups to SGC's fundraising visit to the West Coast.
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Correspondence and documents related to the awarding of grants by the Pickett Fund.
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Correspondence, documents and notes related to the activities of the Pickett Fund.
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Correspondence, official materials, documents and notes related to the founding of the Quadrangle, a Quaker-influenced retirement community in Haverford, PA.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to the AFSC.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to the AFSC.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to the AFSC.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to the AFSC.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to the AFSC.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to the AFSC.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to the AFSC.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Haverford College.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Haverford College.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Haverford College.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Haverford College.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Haverford College.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to peace.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to peace.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Quaker education, largely related to Germantown Friends School.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Quaker education, largely related to Germantown Friends School.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Quakerism.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Quakerism.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Quakerism.
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Manuscripts of speeches given by SGC related to Quakerism.
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Letters from SGC, as well as correspondence between SGC and others.
Correspondence with: Thomas Ambler, American Express, Douglas R. Armstrong, Harley Armstrong, Mary Ann Arty, 'Asobe,' B.M. Auer, 'B,' John E. Baer, Julie Baier, Sydney D. Bailey, Joseph Barber, Phineas Barnes, DeWitt and Becky (Magill) Barnett, Paul Barton-Kreise, B. Tartt Bell, Colin W. Bell, Nathan R. Bell, John Bernstein, 'Bill,' Bruce Birchard, Charles Bloomstein, 'Bob,' 'Bob,' Elmer Bogarti, David L. Boren, Joe Boylan, Anna Brinton, G. Lupton Broomell, James Brown, Ruth Burgess, George H.W. Bush.
Physical Description50 items
Letters from SGC, as well as correspondence between SGC and others.
Correspondence with: Henry J. Cadbury, Frederic Calder, Mary S. Calderone, Clarence Cannon, Michael A. Carrera, Cary family, Anthony Cassen, 'Charlie,' 'Chim,' 'Chud,' Warner Clarke, Allen Whitehill Clowes, John R. Coleman, Thomas E. Colgan, Committee for the Monroe Doctrine, Harold B. Confer, Esther Cooperman, Joshua and Edith Cope, Liisa Cramer, R.L. Crandall, Nathaniel Cronk, 1978 Cross-Country Team, John Curtis.
Physical Description50 items
Letters from SGC, as well as correspondence between SGC and others.
Correspondence with: 'Aunt Dana,' Bill Densmore, Paul Desjardins, Ding Guangxun, Robert Duckhorn, Foster Q. Doan, Jan W. Doeff, Hugh Donahue, Thomas Donnelly, Camille Lataste Dorolle, Nancy Doyle, 'Drew,' Marlene Drewes, Eastward Ho! Country Club, Tod Eberle, William Edgerton, Fritz Eichenberg, 'Elaine,' John Emerson, Walter and Peggy Emerson, Edward W. Evans.
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Letters from SGC, as well as correspondence between SGC and others.
Correspondence with: Faculty and administration of Haverford College, Charlotte Fardelman, Bill Fischer, 'Florence,' Jim Forest, Elizabeth Ambler Foulke, Burton P. Fowler, Margaret Fraser, Hope Freeman, 'Friends,' Friends Funding Sources, Paul J. Furnas, Robert M. Gavin, 'George,' Germantown Friends School classes of 1933 and 1934, Germantown Monthly Meeting, Margaret and Robert Goheen, David Goldthwait, Ginny Goodrich, Mrs. Lyttleton B.P. Gould, John Gould, David Gracie, Mirian Greer, Sylvie Lotspeich Greene, Jacques Grellet, Winston Gresov, David Guest, Joanna Guest, Victor Guthrie, Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama), V. Corney Hargroves, S. Knox Harper, Earl G. Harrison, Haverford Postmaster, John Heinz, Ed Hendrickson, Theodore Herman, Robert Hinshaw, Lynn M. Hinton, John Hobart, Barry Hollister, Kiiko Horikawa, Spahr Hull.
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Letters from SGC, as well as correspondence between SGC and others.
Correspondence with: Laura H. Jackson, Judy Jager, J. Robert James, Aud and William Jardines, 'John,' 'John,' Clark Johnson, Corinne Johnson, Eric W. Johnson, Gay Johnson, Anna Harvey Jones, Thomas E. Jones, Russ Jorgenson, 'Julia,' 'Julia and Ward,' Greg Kannerstein, Mark Katona Roofing, Bun-Ichi Kagami, Sally Kennedy, Leonard Kenworthy, Tom Kessinger, W.P. Kinsey, Priscilla and Bill Kissick, KYW Newsradio, Emma J. Lapsansky, Gene R. LaRocque, Donald I. Lee, 'Linda,' Edward C. Lingenheld, Eleanor Lippincott, Benjamin S. Loewenstein, Allen Longshore, Walter C. Longstreth, John R. MacArthur, Lawrence Malley Jr., Samuel Marble, Helen Marter, Mary Esther McWhirter, Stephen Menapace, J.R. Metz, 'Mike,' Cvijetin Mijatovic, Randy Milden, John M. Moore, 'Morace,' Takashi Morichi, Jami Morse, 'Mrs. and John,' Stanley J. Murphy.
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Letters from SGC, as well as correspondence between SGC and others.
Correspondence with: 'Ned,' Sanford C. Nemitz, New York Times, North Chatham (MA) postmaster, Muriel Ohland, Deborah Osborne-Daily, John O'Sullivan, Judy Owen, Raymond S. Page, Ruth C. Palmer, Eric Pelofsky, Levi T. Pennington, V. Perreard, Philadelphia Inquirer, Delsie Phillips, Lilly Pickett, Robert Pickus, Howard G. Platt, Pleasant Bay listserv, David Potter, Mojmir Povolny, Provident National Bank, Anna Quindlen, Darrell and Mildren Randall, Bill Rawden, James M. Read, Laura and Paul Reynolds, Jonathan E. Rhoads, John F. Rich, Elizabeth R.S. Richards, Channing B. Richardson, Emma Roberts, C. Evans Roberts Jr., Jim and Davilla Robinson, Elliott T. Rogers, Dawn L. Rubbert, 'Ruthanna.'
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Letters from SGC, as well as correspondence between SGC and others.
Correspondence with: Rick Santorum, Jonathan Sawyer, Lou Schneider, William K. Scull, Paula Singer, Stuart Smith, William G. Soler, Arlen Specter, Anne M. Stadler, 'Steve,' Robert Stephens, Robert Stephens and Pat McPherson, Allen W. Stokes, G. Stockton Strawbridge, Susan Stuard, William Swing, Howard G. Taylor Jr., Joe Thompson, Julia Thompson, Tink Thompson, Jonathan Tobin, Herman Toll, Travel Letter, Tom and Louis Tritton, Varney Truscott, Edwin E. Tuttle, Robert Van Horn and Midge Guise, 'Vint,' Joe Volk.
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Letters from SGC, as well as correspondence between SGC and others.
Correspondence withe: Charles Walker, Margery Walker, Lawrence E. Walsh, George A. Walton, Franklin L. Watson, Leon J. Weil, Donn Weinholtz, Curt Weldon, Dave Wertheimer, Walter H. White, Norman Whitney, John A. Wilkinson, 'Mrs. Wing,' Guy Woodruff, Milton S.J. Wright, Howard Wriggins, Andrew Young, Barry L. Zubrow, Mel Zuck.
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Letters from SGC to various people and organizations, recommending others (largely but not entirely students) to their consideration. Recommendations were written for graduate school applicants, as well as students applying for jobs after graduation. Also includes letters to the Haverford admissions department recommending applicants under consideration, and the responses of the admissions department. Resumes and requests for recommendations are often included as well.
Letters to SGC.
Writers include: Kathryn Abbe, 'Abbott' (nephew), Tom Abrams, 'Adam,' Debbie Adams, 'Aimee,' Greg Alexander, Horace Alexander, Louisa Alger, 'Alice,' Mellicent B. Allen, Donna K. Anderton, 'Andy,' 'Ann,' 'Ann,' 'Ann,' 'Ann Marie,' 'Anna,' 'Anne,' 'Anne,' 'Anne' (daughter), Cynthia Arvio, Timothy Atkeson, Robert C. Atmore, T.T.(?) Aztobolevsky.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: Curtis B---, Thelma Babbitt, Sheila N. Bach, David Bakan, Earl J. Ball III, Brenda Bailey, Henry L. Balderston, Robert L. Balderston, Schuyler Forbes Baldwin, Bill Balthasar, 'Barbara,' 'Barbara,' 'Barbie,' Walter S. Barclay, 'Barkers,' Robert D. Barnes, DeWitt Barnett, Virginia Barnett, Kitty Barragato, Mary Kay Bartele, Tom Bassett, Leigh W. Bauer, Lauren Baumann, Harris V. Beardsley, Judy Belasco, B. Tartt Bell, Stephen Beltle, 'Ben,' Asia Bennett, Alexander G. Benzemann, Pat Bergdoll, 'Bernice,' 'Bill,' 'Bill,' Rich Billing, William McC. Blair Jr., 'Bob & M,' Joan Bobrow, Kate Bodine, 'Bonnie,' Brad Borsari, Edwin C. Boulton, David L. Bourns, William G. Bowen, Ralph Boyd, Margaret Bran(?), Barbara and Raymond C. Brecht, Keith Brinton, Ted Brinton, James E. Bristol, Lynmar Brock Jr., Edwin B. Bronner, Jordan Brown, Tom B. Brown, Thomas S. Brown, Violet Brown, Gordon M. Browne, D. Harvey Buchanan, Daniel Burke, Mary Ann Burke, Harry and Novella Burke, David C. Burnham, 'Burt,' Bruce Burton, Merrill E. Bush.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: 'HJC,' 'Bobbie S.C.,' Carol C.,' Bill Cadbury, Henry J. Cadbury, Mary S. Caldevore, Samuel G. Caldwell, 'Campbell,' John A. Cantrell, 'Carla,' Sister Mary Carmelita, 'Caroline,' 'Caroline,' Betty Cary, D.W. Cary (son?), 'MMC' (Mrs. C. Reed Cary), 'Cat,' 'Charles,' Chatham (MA) Board of Assessors, Amiya Chaka---, Eloise Chevrier, Bronson P. Clark, Eleanor S. Clark, Warren Clark, Carrie Clausen, O. Edmund Clubb, Pennie Coia, Ann Cole, Kara Cole, Albert F. Coleman, John R. Coleman, Steve Coleman, Thomas E. Colgar, 'Colin,' Wallace T. Collett, 'Comt,' Harold B. Confer, Tom Conrad, Elizabeth Cooper, Harris Lee Cooperman, Harold and Ann Cope, Ruth T. Cope, Samuel A. Corson, Bob Cory, Lawrence Coughlin, Spencer Coxe, Liisa Cramer, R.L. Crandell, James D. Crawford, John Cunningham, Beau Cutts.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: 'RHD,' 'Dan,' Thomas D'Andrea, Maxwell Dane, 'Danny,' Bob and Eleanor Danish, Eleanor Dart, ---Dassa, 'Dave,' 'David,' 'David,' 'David & Ruth,' Caroline Davidson, Jonis Davis, John Davison, David & Olive Day, 'Deborah,' 'Deborah,' 'Dee,' Debbie Densmore, William P. Densmore, Marianne DePaulo, Ex Desenbrock, Tom DeWee---, Robert L. DeWitt, 'Didi,' Foster Q. Doan, Robin McKaig Doan, Bob Dodson, Marian Dolan, Keith Doms, Hugh C. Donahue, Tom & Marilyn Donnelly, 'Dorothy,' 'Dottie,' Lucy Dougall, Laura Driscoll, Chuck Durante, Jon Dutton.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: 'E.,' 'Earle & Marjarie,' Chris Eaton, 'Ed,' William Edgerton, 'Edie,' Kay M. Edstone, 'Edwin,' 'Elaine et al.,' S. Gordon Elkins, Eleanor W. Elkinton, Thomas W. Elkinton, Cora P. Emlen, Dick Erstad.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: Robert E. Fatherley, Jr., David M. Felsen, Becca Fenander, 'L. Ferris,' T.J. Filip, 'Florence,' 'Florence,' Mike Ford, 'Frannie,' 'Franny,' 'Franny'(?), David W. Fraser, Dan Freedricks, Debbi Freedman, Theodore Friend.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: Prill G., Martín Gárate, 'Gary'(?), Ralph Gentle, Kate Gentry, 'Geoffrey,' 'George,' Anne Gerbner, Margaret Gibbons, Christopher H. Gibbs, 'Gilbert,' --- Gillis(?), Harvey Glickman, Robert F. Goheen, Else Goldberger, Richard P. Goldman, Taylor Grant, Ruth Greenberger, Ross Groshonk, 'Gregorio and the Fords,' Brad Gilliford, 'Gull,' Francis B. Gummere, Laura Gumpert, Matt Guynn.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: John H., Joan Haley, Greg Hammerstein, 'Hannah,' 'Harveson,' 'Harvey,' Eliza Hanson, David Hartsough, Bill Hayden, David E. Healey, Elizabeth W. Hecksher, 'Helene,' E. William Henry, Erin Herward, --- B. Hester, Richard Hirn(?), Margaret S. Hoag, Francis Hoague, Arline Hobson, Gene K. Hoffman, Jack Hollister, Kate Holz, Charles E. Holzer, David Hoole, Robert Horton, Lewis M. Hoskins, 'Howard,' William & Lee Huntington, Gretchen Hyde.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: J. Rowland Illick, Larry Ingle, 'Isabel,' 'Jack,' Barbara Sprogell Jackson, J. Robert James, 'Jane,' 'Jane,' 'Jay,' Elizabeth Marsh Jensen, 'Jim,' 'Jim,' 'Jim,' 'Joan,' Chuck Johanningsmeier, 'John,' Edie Johnson, Eric W. Johnson, Jean Johnson, 'Jonathan,' John B. Jones Jr., Margaret E. Jones, Paul Jones, Russell Jorgensen, Gloria M. Joseph.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: 'MK,' Louisa M. Kallis, 'Kare'(?), 'Karl,' 'Katy,' 'Kay,' 'Ken,' Leonard S. Kenworthy, Natalie Kempner, Astrid Kerbin, 'Kevin,' John M. Khaminwa, William Khayota, Nancy Kieble, David T. Kimball, Kathie D. King, Mary King, Summer Kircher, Adam Kleinman, Barton Knopp, 'Kristin,' C. Wallace Kunkel.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: Dalai Lama, Leia Lander, Catherine Langston, Emma Lapsansky, Owen Lattimore, Dian Latula, 'Laurana,' E.L. Lazar, Skip Lazell, Robert J. Leach, 'Leannee,' 'Lee,' Sam Legg, James D. Lenhart, Jean Lester, Carl Levine, Jessica Levy, Addie Lewis, Andrew L. Lewis, Drew Lewis, 'Linda,' Sarah Linde, Eugene J. Lipman, 'Liz,' Holly Locke, Frank S. Loescher, Benjamin S. Loewenstein, Eleanor K. Lord, 'Lovida,' 'Lucy,' 'Lydia,' 'Lyndy,' Robert Lyon.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: 'M,' 'TBM,' Alexander M. MacColl, Robert MacCrate, Malcolm D. MacFarland, Pat MacPherson, 'Madge,' David Mallery, Lawrence Mallery Jr., R--- Malone, Tony Manzero, Jen Maranzano, 'Marge,' 'Marilyn,' 'Mark,' 'Marlene,' Bill Marsden, Lydia Martin, 'Mary,' 'Mary,' 'Mary,' Bert Mason, James Matlack, Lou R. Matlack, Milton Mayer, Carla McCarthy, Larry T. McGehee, Frank C.P. McGlinn, George McGovern, Millicent Cary McIntosh, Patricia A. McKeever, Mary Patterson McPherson, Mary Esther McWhirter, Antony E. Meager, 'Meg,' Wayland Melton, Richard Meredith, 'Michelle,' Hugh M. Middleton, Mira Ann Mihelich, 'Mildred,' George L. Miller, Larry Miller, 'Miriam,' 'L. Misha,' Hermine Mitchell, Christine Moe, Barbara Moffett, Betsy Monahan, W. Brooke Morgan, Hannah Morgan, Karen Morris, Emily Hartshorn Mudol(?), Warner Muller, Alberta Murphy, Stan Murphy, Stanley F. Myers.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: 'Nan,' 'Nancy,' Mark Naples, J. Philip Neal, John W. Nash, Krissy Nesbitt, James C. Newlin, Christopher Nicholson, 'Nora,' Betty R. Nute, Michael Oguntona, Alison D. Oldham, Kate O'Shea, Andrea Panaritis, John Papay, Theodore D. Parsons, 'Parvins,' 'Pat,' Jack Patterson, A. William Patterson, 'Paul,' G. Willing Pepper, Jane Pepper, Finley H. Perry, Clarence Pickett, Rachel July Pickett, Robert Pickus, 'Pip,' Ruth Polster, William A. Polster, Florence Potts, Provident Mutual, Andrea L. Puchalsky, Carol Purdy, Thomas E. Purdy.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: 'R,' 'Don and Nancy R.,' Meg Goldner Rabinawitz, John Allen Ramey, 'Randy,' Jim Ransom, Charles R. and Charlotte B. Read, Edward Morton Read, James M. Read, 'Reba,' 'Rebecca,' Jonathan E. Rhoads, Nancy Rhoads, 'Rich,' 'Richard,' Frances Richardson, Rosalie Riechman, 'Robert,' 'Robert,' 'Robert,' Alex Robinson, 'Rod,' Oliver Rodgers, 'Roger,' Edward F. Rogers, Samuel Stevens Rogers, William R. Rogers, 'Ronnie' (purporting to be from Ronald Reagan), Annie Rorer, 'Ross,' Chris Rosselli, Leona Row, 'Roy,' Ira Rydman.
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Letters to SGC.
Writers include: Harrison E. Salisbury, 'Sally "Scat,"' 'Sam and Andy,' Margaret Anne Sampson, Fred Sanders, Olcutt Sanders, Marlene Santoya, Tom Sauerman, Dorothy Saunders, 'Kijana "KJ" Saunders,' Marjarie Schier, Jean Schlottere, Aurora Camacho de Schmidt, Ken Schneider, Louis W. Schneider, George R. Scherer, Robert G. Schwartz, Karl de Schweinitz Jr., Dave Scott, Chris See, Daniel A. Seeger, Ruth Seely, Susan Segall, Adrienne Selinger, Edward O. Shakespeare III, Skip & Ted Shakespeare, Michael J. Sheeran, Peggy Sheppard, 'Sherry,' Rhoda Shynn, 'Sid,' Louise Sims, Bernice Smith, R. Allen Smith, Richard Norton Smith, Sue Snider, Samuel M. Snipes, Ed Stivender, Pam Solo, Edmund B. Spaeth Jr., John Spielman, 'Stan,' Reggie Stanby, Nancy Starr, Dorothy M. Steere, Charles Stegeman, Katherine Kirk Stern, Robert Stevens, John Stevenson, Gerry E. Studds, 'Sugare'(?), Adam Summers (nephew), John A. Sullivan, Florence M. Suplee, William M. Swain Jr., John Sweitzer, David F. Swift.
Physical Description50 items
Letters to SGC.
Writers include: Elizabeth Leeds Tait, 'Tamara,' Bill Taylor, Howard G. Taylor Jr., Nancy Taylor, Jon Taylor, 'Ted,' 'Terry,' 'Theo,' George E. Thomas, Marjorie Thomas, Gayen Thompson, Mrs. H. Eastburn Thompson, Julia Thomas, 'Tobias,' Jonathan N. Tobin, 'Toby,' Sunni Green Tobin, 'Tom,' Tom,' Mike True, Paul B. Tuchman, Russell C. Tuttle, Andree-Francine Ullrich, Willard Uphaus, Wally Van Cleave, Derek B. Van Dusen, Robert Van Horn, 'Vernell,' Joe Volk.
Physical Description50 items
Letters to SGC.
Writers include: 'NJW,' 'WW,' Richard L. Wade, Jamie Wager, John D. Wagoner, Ma--- Waldman, Charlie Walker, J. Bernard Walton, John William Ward, Grace W. Waring, Roy Wasserman, E.M. Waters, Marilyn Keep Weidner, Rander Weiner, Elizabeth Werbe, David M. Wessel, Dave Werschkul, Peg West, Mim Whaley, Rufus White, John C. Whitehead, Cathy Whitmore, S. Whitworth, Matt Wildman, S--- Wilkinson, Paul Wilhelm, Adolphus Levi Williams Jr., Robert Deland Williams, Sally West Williams, George Willoughby, Barbara Winne, Georgia Whitsa, Darrell Wittenberg, Steve Wolf, Ted Wolf, Duncan Wood, Richard R. Wood, Helen K. Woodson, Milton S.J. Wright, C.H. Yarrow, Sarah Yedinsky, Pamela Young, Barry L. Zubrow, Mel and Priscilla Zuck.
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Letters to SGC, signed by groups of people (often committees or teams).
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Unsigned letters, or letters with illegible or indecipherable signatures.
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Contents include:
Letter of introduction from the AFSC for post-World War II relief work, World Health Organization vaccination certificate, other travel documents. Six undated notebooks, one from childhood, along with one notebook dated 1979. Undated address book. Certificate of identity (similar to a passport) issued to SGC by the AFSC for post-World War II relief work. Passports, issued 1935, 1968, 1973, 1979, 1984, 1994.
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Planners kept by SGC.
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Planners kept by SGC.
Physical Description10 items
Essays, speeches, articles, memos and poems written by SGC.
Physical Description100 items
Chapters of SGC's book that were sent to others for feedback, with that feedback and related correspondence.
Physical Description10 items
Notes by SGC on various topics.
Physical Description30 items
Documents and ephemera from various events at which SGC was in attendance, either in the audience or as a speaker.
Physical Description30 items
Documents and correspondence related to SGC's expedition to Baltoro Glacier, in Pakistan.
Physical Description30 items
Documents, notes and correspondence related to SGC's chartering of a yacht for a weeklong cruise.
Physical Description15 items
Notes, documents and tourist information related to a trip SGC took to China.
Physical Description15 items
Correspondence, invitations, notes, cards, poems and photographs from SGC's surprise 80th birthday party in Chatham, MA.
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Résumés and other documents summarizing the life achievements of SGC, as well as the résumé of Dorothy Cary.
Physical Description10 items
Color and black-and-white photographs, most but not all including SGC. Also includes printed digital photographs.
Physical Description25 items
Letters to Betty Cary, along with documents and notes by and about her.
Physical Description15 items
Letters and documents by and about the Cary children.
Physical Description50 items
Miscellaneous documents related to Quaker activities by SGC and others. Contents include (but are not limited to): Map of SGC's hikes around a conscientious objectors' camp, an oral history he gave to a Swarthmore student, essays and writings, both his and others', reports and correspondence.
Physical Description50 items
Cartoons, comic strips, humorous essays and other materials. Some but not all pieces are Quaker-related. Many rely on ethnic stereotypes for their humor.
Physical Description30 items
Essays and reports by others, along with SGC's notes while attending speeches.
Physical Description50 items